Now drill holes at the corners of the exterior wall and make a cut-out at the exterior wall.The Pet Door Products’ innovative new cat door for sliding glass doors is a sleek, energy-efficient design that fits right into your home’s existing panel.Cut out the opening in the drywall with the help of a jigsaw or circular saw.Measure the length of the top mounting edge from the floor and trace the opening of the pet door template.Firstly, use a stud finder to locate the wall studs before mounting your cat door.Better to spend $100 and get the job done right than $10,000 later to get rid of dry rot or $6,000 for the casket you’ll need if you accidentally cut through a power line. We do think it's generally best to hire a licensed contractor to do the job. Remember, cat door installations in walls must be carefully sealed with high-quality caulking for water tightness to prevent damage to the interior of the wall. A wall installation through dry-wall and stucco, for example, is not hard to undo if you sell the house and the buyer doesn’t want a cat door in the wall. This is because a hole in the wall is easier to amend later on than one in a door if you decide to remove the flap pet door. Wall installation is a great route to take to avoid the damage of cutting through interior doors or exterior doors, or even through a sliding glass door. The Hale Cat Door for Walls is also a great option with a sturdy aluminum pet door frame and the choice of a single or double flap depending on how much weather resistance you are looking for.
Another great large cat door option is the PetSafe Wall Entry Pet Door which works for both dogs and cats (great if you have multiple pets sharing a door!). This makes it one of the best cat doors for large cats as well. Plus, a high-quality cat door means you don't have to spend a fortune on replacement flaps! The EnduraFlap also has a high-aspect-ratio flap (taller than the average flap pets doors so the bottom of the flap is lower to the ground). It is manufactured with a sturdy aluminum frame and a flexible, weatherproof flap with strong magnetic closure. If you are looking for extreme weather, magnetic cat door, the EnduraFlap Cat Door for Walls is top of the line for energy efficiency. For instance, the Cat Mate 234/235 Door for Walls comes with telescoping tunnel sections that can be trimmed to fit or snapped together into the plastic frame to fit any wall. Some interior door mount cat door designs allow you to purchase wall tunnel sections or "wall liners" separately for framing (or come with them pre-included).
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All of the cat doors for walls we carry come with a closing panel that can be used to block off the flap at night or any other time you want to prevent access to the door. Walls must be "framed out" when installing a dog door or cat door in order to prevent moisture from getting inside your home, which can cause water damage that leads to dry rot and mold. If you’re installing a cat flap through something thick like a wall, it won't work to fasten one side of the cat flap door to each side of the wall and call it day.
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