How do I fit a cat-flap to my back door – do I get a new double glazed panel with a cat flap sized notch made in it?

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yes

edit: well… not a notch, more like a square hole; a notch would be really weak.

It’s a hardwood frame so very tough and I was thinking of trying to keep the cat flap as low as possible, hence the notch idea..

Our last two front doors were really nice hardwood doors which I could not bring myself to cut holes in so we built a cat tunnel through the wall.

In both cases the tunnel was not near the door, just a convienient piece of wall. Had the advantage that the cat flap mechanism is easy to fix into the wall and the brickwork can be replaced at a later date and everything made good.

I had a new double-glazed panel for a conservatory door made with a round hole in it (I think you do round in glass/PVC, goes without saying to buy the cat flap and check size etc first). It’s worked a treat. Was expensive (£200 I think but that was for a full panel, you’ll only need half) but much better than a stinky litter tray in the house.
Make sure you keep the old panel as when poor kitty moves on you can put it back in and not have a great draft through your door. Wish I’d thought of this before.

Lee Glass were excellent, not surw how national they are though http://www.leeglass.com/

Do you have a thing for flaps?

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