Door for cats with their own hands

Cats are very wayward animals and prefer to walk "on their own", wherever they like. If in their way there is a barrier in the form of a closed door, they begin to scratch it, make all sorts of sounds, turning the host into a doorman who is obliged to indulge all the whims of his pet and open the doors before him. Anyone can ruin this state of affairs. In this case, it is preferable to install the door for cats with your own hands, than to continue without end and edge courting your hairy pet.

A cat's door allows an animal to walk unhindered through all rooms inside the house, and when installing on the front door, even on the street. The simplest homemade cat door can be made of wood or plastic. Sometimes aluminum is used to make a cat's door. If you want a more complex system, doors of different quality and functionality can be purchased at the store and installed

yourself. What are the doors for pets

There are many different designs that differ in shape, size, material used and additional features. All designs have their own distinctive features, as for the cat's door, then it can differ in size and type of material. The simplest version of the passage in the door for pets is the winged manhole. The frame for such a climb is made mostly of aluminum, and the doors themselves are made of plastic. This design does not particularly affect the degree of insulation in the apartment, so it can be installed even on the front door.

To prevent insects from entering the house, the swinging doors can be equipped with a magnet system. When the cat leaves, the flaps will close under the influence of the magnetic field. At the same time, the force of keeping the leaflets is such that the cat can fully overcome it by opening the door.

However, such a simple system can not protect against penetration into the house of other animals. In this case, the door can be equipped with a special sensor that receives the signal from the microchip that is installed on the collar of your pet. With such equipment, only your cat will be able to open the door. The alien cat simply can not penetrate into the room. It should be borne in mind that before you buy in the store or independently make a cat's door, you need to measure the dimensions of your cat. This will allow you to more accurately determine the shape and size of the door.

According to the type of construction, there are three types of cat adaptations for penetration into the room: a manhole, a window and a door. All of them have their own distinctive features. The laz has no wings and is essentially a hole in the door through which the animal freely passes between the rooms. The disadvantages of such a system are obvious: the penetration of smells and noise, the inability to install in the front door for understandable reasons.

The window is a hinged, freely moving door. This device is able to provide the cat with unhindered movement around the house. Pushing the head of the leaf, the animal will easily fall into the toilet or outside. If necessary, this window can be equipped with a lock or a latch. However, it is not recommended to install it on the main entrance door, because the locking element is not very reliable. In addition, such valves are loud enough to knock on the ground, which can cause you irritation when moving the pet.

The door that is the cutting mortise with the flap is most convenient for use. Make it from plastic and wood. A set of such a construction consists of two parts, which are fixed on the lap on both sides of the door. They are connected by a tunnel of the necessary length and equipped with a hinged hinge. A similar door can be made on your own, if you use high-quality wood or thermoplastic. Self-made in this way the door can last for many years.

Homemade cat door

Most often, interior doors in a house or apartment are made of wood or MDF.They are most often veneered with oak, wenge or walnut. In such doors, you can easily make a cat's door

Algorithm for making a cat door in a wooden door:

• The wooden interior door must be carefully removed from the hinges and laid on a flat surface.
• At the bottom of the blade, you need to drill a hole in accordance with the size of your pet. Most often this is 10 x 10 cm or 15 x 15 cm.
• You can finish this by installing the door in place. The cat will simply pass through the hole. However, this option is not aesthetic. In addition, you can break the stiffness of the canvas by cutting the bottom of its frame and not strengthening it.
• To make such a viewer more aesthetic, you need to trim something with its edges. It can be a wood opal or an aluminum corner. It is worth choosing the material that the cat will not scratch with claws. The wing itself can be cut out of plastic. In this case, its size should be 1 mm smaller than the hole.
• The sash is installed on the upper edge of the hole using hinges or piano loops. The main thing here is that the hinges allow the door to open in both directions.
• Doors hang in their place and teach the pet to use the manhole. This door is especially indispensable in the toilet, if your cat goes there to cope with their needs.

As we see for the manufacture of the cat's lizard on the interior door there is nothing complicated. Another thing is arranging the door for cats on the front door.

Outfitting for cat outside the house

Modern entrance doors are mostly metal. Inside of them there are stiffeners and elements of the locking device. Such doors are completely inappropriate for inserting a cat's lazar in them. Therefore, if you assume that you will need a cat door, then purchase doors with an already embedded device, or those in which the laz can be made independently. The second option - to install a cat's door is not in the door, but in the wall, because the fundamental difference is not where to embed the design.

As for the installation outside the house, the aesthetic side of the question, as well as the complete tightness are important, then the kit of the cat's door is best purchased in the store. There you can choose the option that best suits your interior. After all, modern entrance structures for animals have a high-quality finish for wood, plastic, metal and other materials. They are equipped with very tightly closed flaps, which eliminates the penetration of odors and cold air from outside. In addition, such doors can be equipped with a special electronic system.

The electronic version of the cat door is equipped with a reading identification device: only your pet, with its own collar, having a special key, can enter inside. Such systems are equipped with a very flexible control system. There are 2 different modes - open or closed. In some models, even 4 modes - open, closed, closed at the entrance( at the same time the cat can exit) or closed to the exit( you can enter inside).

If you live in a country house, then you can be interested in extremely comfortable cat doors, which are equipped with a device for determining the direction of movement. The electronics of such a system are arranged so that the LED will change color when the animal has entered or left. In this case, the sensor does not trigger a certain number of times, but specifically on the direction. This allows the owner to control the location of the pet, in the house or on the street.

The installation of an already finished door for pets is reduced to cutting a hole to the size of the tunnel and assembling the entire structure inside it. It is noteworthy that the width of the tunnel can be adjusted by adding additional parts or cutting them. This allows you to choose the most optimal option for any thickness of the door or even the wall. Overhead parts are tightened together by long bolts, but can also be screwed with screws to the surface of the door leaf.

Installing a cat's door both on the interior doors and on the entrance doors will allow you not to worry about how your pet will move. He will be able to decide independently where and when to go, without distracting you from important matters.