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What is a tack room shed?
A tack room shed is a stand-alone steel-framed building dedicated to saddlery, rugs, bridles, supplements and feed. The job is to keep gear dry, ventilated, secure and easy to access between rides. A typical Australian tack room shed runs 18 m² to 36 m² in floor area: large enough for a saddle rack, rug rail, feed bin row, fridge for vaccines and a personnel door wide enough to walk a wheelbarrow through.
It sits in the equine category alongside our broader stable, arena and shelter builds. For owners working through a full property plan, see also our equine designs parent page and our horse paddock shelters sibling product.
Tack room shed options
Three configurations cover most equestrian properties.
Stand-alone tack room shed
A simple lockable steel shed sized for saddlery, rugs and feed. Suits agistment yards, hobby setups and properties where the stable block already exists. Footprint typically 4 m × 5 m up to 6 m × 6 m, with one personnel door, one window for cross-ventilation and shelving along two walls.
Combined tack and feed shed
Internal partition splits the space. Tack one side (saddles, rugs, bridles), feed the other (bins, supplements, fridge). The internal wall blocks dust, hay debris and feed-related pests from cross-contaminating the tack. Standard fit-out for any setup with two or more horses.
Tack room with breezeway to stables
Built as a lean-to off the existing stable block, sharing one wall and a covered breezeway. The fastest gear-to-horse path. Best fit for performance and competition setups where time between turnout and tack-up matters.
Lock-up tack room with security upgrade
Full perimeter security: deadlock personnel door, window grilles, alarm cabling, optional steel-clad inner door. Used in agistment yards and on rural blocks where the saddlery represents real money. Insurance value of a single dressage saddle alone often justifies the upgrade.
Sizing, ventilation and pest reality
Tack rooms are sized by what's stored, not by horse count. Plan for:
- Saddle storage: 600 mm horizontal per saddle on a wall-mounted rack, 300 mm clearance below and above
- Rug storage: a 2.4 m rug rail holds roughly 6 to 8 winter rugs, plus saddle blankets on a smaller secondary rail
- Bridle and headcollar storage: allow 200 mm horizontal per bridle hook
- Feed bins: 60 L to 200 L plastic or galvanised bins, one per horse, plus supplements
Ventilation matters more than buyers expect. A closed steel shed in mid-summer drives internal temperatures and humidity high enough to damage leather and short-shelf-life supplements. A high-eave louvre at one end and a personnel door at the other delivers cross-ventilation and pulls heat out at the ridge. The same airflow logic the RSPCA Australia Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses applies to stables (RSPCA Australia, Welfare standards, current) keeps tack and feed in working condition.
Pest control is structural, not chemical. Steel cladding without timber penetrations gives mice and rats fewer entry points than a timber tack shed. Seal the cladding-to-slab joint, install rodent-proof skirts on personnel doors and store feed in sealed bins. Equestrian Australia's National Stabling and Yarding Guidelines (2022) note the same logic in their stable storage section.
Before you get quotes
A good tack room is a 30-year asset that protects significantly more value than its build cost. Steel, engineering and the dealer who delivers it all need to be right.
100% Australian-made BlueScope Steel. Frame and cladding. BlueScope's COLORBOND® steel cladding for sheds and garages carries a warranty of up to 15 years against corrosion to perforation, with the exact period set by location and application (BlueScope, Garages & Sheds Warranty). Check your build on BlueScope's online warranty estimator.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What size should a tack room shed be?
Most Australian tack rooms run 18 m² to 36 m² in floor area, sized by gear rather than horse count. A two-horse hobby setup typically needs 4 m × 5 m. A six-horse competition or agistment setup needs 5 m × 6 m or 6 m × 6 m, with a partitioned feed area and a fridge for vaccines and supplements.
How do you keep a tack room rodent-proof?
Pest control is structural. Use sealed steel cladding (no timber penetrations), seal the cladding-to-slab joint, install rodent-proof skirts on personnel doors and store all feed in sealed plastic or galvanised bins. Keep hay outside the tack room because it's the single biggest pest attractant. Steel construction has a built-in advantage over timber tack sheds.
What's the best floor for a tack room?
A 100 mm concrete slab with a smooth steel-trowelled finish is the standard fit-out. It seals against pests and damp, sweeps clean and supports rolling tack trunks and feed bins. Some owners overlay rubber matting or interlocking tiles around the saddle rack to soften the surface for dropped gear and standing hours.
Should a tack room have ventilation?
Yes. Closed steel sheds in mid-summer reach temperatures that damage leather, vaccines and short-shelf-life supplements. Standard practice is a high-eave louvre at one end and a personnel door or vent at the other for cross-ventilation. The same airflow logic the RSPCA Australia welfare code applies to stables works for tack and feed (RSPCA Australia, *Welfare standards*, current).
Can a tack room be combined with a feed room?
Yes, and it's the most common layout above 18 m². Standard practice is an internal stud wall that separates tack from feed, with a personnel door between. The wall blocks dust, hay debris and feed-related pests from contaminating the tack. The combined build is cheaper and faster than two separate sheds.
What lock-up security is standard on a tack room?
Standard fit-out is a deadlock-capable personnel door with three-point locking, window grilles or fixed glazing on accessible windows, and roller doors with internal locking pins on shed-style openings. Higher-value setups add alarm cabling, motion sensors and a steel-clad inner door. Insurance discounts for a fully locked-up tack room often offset the security upgrade cost within a few years.
What's the difference between a tack room and a tack room shed?
A tack room is the room itself: the function, the fit-out, the storage. A tack room shed is the stand-alone steel building that houses it. Most stables include an internal tack room as part of the stable block. A tack room shed is the alternative when there's no stable block, or when the existing tack space is undersized.
Do I need council approval for a stand-alone tack room?
It depends on your state, council, zoning and the size of the build. Smaller tack room sheds (typically under 60 m² in NSW under SEPP, similar thresholds in other states) on rural and rural-residential land often qualify as exempt or complying development. Larger combined tack-and-feed builds usually need full development approval. Always confirm with your local council.
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