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Goedjn wrote:
On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:40:47 -0600, wrote:

I am building a pole barn and have a small wooden window to install.
This is a horse barn, and windows must be high or they are dangerous
to the horses. The window will be 16 inches below the roof, but it
cant hinge inward or some of the larger horses could still hit their
head on it and get hurt or bust the window off the hinges.

This is a steel pole barn with 2x6 framing nailed flat against the
poles and covered with the steel sheets. The window is 1 1/4 inch
thick, so it could easily slide between the 2x6s and a sliding window
is preferred since it wont be in the way or get broken.

My question is what do they sell that I can use for tracks. Just
sliding it on the 2x6 edges would leave a real loose fit and the
window would probably jam against the ribs in the steel siding.
Do they make something for this use? Or is there something else I can
use?

How weathertight does it have to be?
I should think you'd be better off
mounting the window on the outside,
on a hooded-rail like a miniature
rolling door.

Was it here, or on misc.rural a few year back that someone
was complaining about one of their horses putting a hoof through
a sheet-metal barn and screwing itself up so much it had to
be put down?

I agree there really ought to be something else interior wall than
simply 26 ga steel sheathing

In our barn, the windows are at normal height, framed w/ conventional
sill and simply slide between the 2x6 studs w/ a screwed-in stop rail
and then the opening is covered w/ a framed heavy screen. During the
60+ yrs it was still used as horse/mule/milking barn, never any problem.