How To Measure
Your Pet & Choose a Pet Door
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OPENING WIDTH: a little wider
then the widest part of your pet.
OPENING HEIGHT: measure from the
top of the shoulders to the chest
just behind the front legs.
We recommend the "Cardboard Test"
to ensure correct size for your pet.
Using the OPENING SIZE measurement
in the charts, cut a hole in a piece
of cardboard, and see if your pet
can pass through easily. Or wedge
open a house door the OPENING WIDTH,
and block off the OPENING HEIGHT
(starting just above your pet's
shoulder) and call your pet through.
Pets duck their heads as they push
open their door and step through it,
so ideally you should install the
pet door with the top of the opening
just above your pet's shoulder. But
any position will do as long as your
pet can open the door and get
through comfortably.
If you have any questions please
feel free to call us. |
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Prices
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Choosing a Pet
Door
TWO WAY.
All doors open both ways so pets can come
and go, and close after pet has gone
through. Magnets keep them shut, except
Plexidor models, which operate on a spring
mechanism.
LOCKING.
All doors have a lock or close-off cover to
keep your pet in or out.
INSTALLING.
All measurements in this catalog are
approximate (and may be changed without
notice by the manufacturer), so please wait
for your door and instructions to arrive
before you cut the hole.
FRAMING DEPTH.
Measure the thickness of the house door
where you want to install your pet door. A
standard exterior house door is 1 3/4"
thick, so if you choose a pet door with a
FRAMING DEPTH of at least 1 3/4" it will
extend through your house door and cover the
rough cut edges. Or it will cover the gap
between the inner and outer skins of a
hollow core door. If you prefer to do the
framing yourself, or if you have a thinner
house door or panel, we have pet doors with
framing depths from 0" to 2".
PANELED DOORS.
You will need to build up recessed areas
with wood battens or shims thick enough to
make a flush surface for pet door frame.
METAL DOORS.
Use a sabre saw with a metal-cutting blade
to cut hole, and use sheet metal screws
instead of the wood screws supplied with
door.
ALUMINUM PANELS.
To install a pet door in an aluminum panel
(e.g., at the bottom of a screen door), cut
hole as for Metal Doors. Use small bolts or
sheet metal screws instead of the wood
screws.
WALLS.
The framing depth of the pet door doesn't
matter, as you will need to frame the depth
of the wall with wood (forming a small
tunnel through the wall). Then you mount the
pet door frames to each end of the tunnel.
The flap will be on the inner or outer end
of the tunnel, depending on the model. |
