Unlike Parlors, Tie Stall or Stanchion Barns, have very few pre-manufactured pieces. The pipelines are custom built to fit the layout of the building. There is a lot of creativity and expertise required to install Tie Stall milking equipment; for instance, if the barn isn’t properly sloped for a pipeline, there is a balancing act that occurs between making the pipeline low enough to be able to reach the highest milk inlet, but not so low that feeding equipment and personnel can’t easily pass underneath it where it crosses over the feed alley to the milk house.

Center Alley Pipelines are a very recent innovation that moves the pipeline from the front half of the stall to the back, above the gutter. Milkers in this layout prep and attach the cow from behind, between and around the rear legs of each cow, much like in a Parallel Parlor, but not quite the same. However, unlike a Parallel Parlor, there are no shields or barriers between the cow and the milker kneeling behind her on the gutter grate.