Using a former horse barn?

[heus]

I have a 24x36 hip roofed horse barn on my property (built new in 1993). I would like to convert it to a sugar house. Is anyone using a building that formerly had animals in it. I just wonder if that would be a sanitation issue. The barn is very clean, with concrete floors. If I pressure wshed everything would that be ok?

[davey]

I am using the back room of an old barn that started as a bull pen and has held pretty much everything else since then. I sprayed it down with deck cleaner and then powerwashed it really good. If you use the deck wash, be smarter than I was and put some fans or something in to ventilate it very good, the fumes were a little rough.

[RileySugarbush]

Here is what we did to clean up an old camp bunkhouse that was mouse infested for years:

Clean, sweep, vacuum.

Power wash all wood surfaces, Twice.

Let dry, then soak all surfaces with nature's miracle to neutralize odors.

Let dry, then spray all wood with shellac to seal in any remaining odors.

Results have been great. No bad smells even when saturated with water vapor.

[3rdgen.maple]

Steam clean that sucker by boiling some sap in her.:)

[buck3m]

I just wonder if that would be a sanitation issue. The barn is very clean, with concrete floors.

I milked cows for years in a barn. People drink milk!

[KenWP]

I don't think the horses would mind. I have seen barns converted into houses so a sugar cabin should not be to much harder.

[heus]

buck,
Great point!

[Big maple]

Are you positive about this? Horses are less expensive, less work and are worth something when you are done with them.
I would not think twice about it, after you have cleaned it out you have a good looking building that is already there and big enough tha you wouldn't have to add on to for at least two years.