Make Your Own Sliding Door Pet Door

Close the door and secure with a lock.

Make your own sliding door pet door.

This past spring i found i needed to install a dog door. Making a doggie door is an opportunity for a do it yourself homeowner to apply basic carpentry skills. That depends on your level of comfort with the installation process as well as the type of dog door you re installing. Step 1 measure your pet.

I was going to be away on a short trip and although my neighbor was willing to come over to feed my dog the weather was still too cold for her to stay outside. If you are a more handy person the installation process will likely be easier and take less time. The trick is to use your current screen door and modify it into a dog screen door. Simple units just have a flap on a hinge while more advanced versions can have electronic access.

Install your sliding glass pet door. Solid wood and hardboard doors used on the rear or side. A dog door which would allow h. The pet door typically an acrylic unit is installed in a section of the glass or door allowing free access to the outdoors for your pet.

A sliding pet door panel takes a few minutes whereas a door or wall mount takes 1 2 hours. Next slide the wood into the sliding glass doors frame. This is the most common option for installing a pet door in a timber door wall or glass sliding door. Use the shims on the bottom to fill in the gap.

A larger animal is quite capable of opening a door that a smaller animal could not manage. The slider of your existing door will slide into the stationary patio panel inserted in the track rather than sliding against the edge of the door frame. Before designing your door measure your pet so that you will know your size requirements. Place the foam strips around the wood.

A typical dog door for sliding door is a glass panel with a built in pet door that sits in the track of your sliding glass door. How to make your own doggie door. The article that follows will show you how to make a dog screen door from your existing screen door. Not many dog screen door products exist because a screen door is a very simple construction which has no substantial thickness to it in order to allow for a dog door.

But a quick trip to a discount mart and a few moments in your back room junk bin should yield enough inexpensive materials to allow you to make your own auxiliary access for no more than 10 or so.