Review on Interior Cat Door - Non-Flap Cat Door for Interior Door, Interior Cat Door for Cats Up to 20 lbs, Easy DIY Installation, Securely Mounted in Minutes, No Training Required... by Jeremy Gums

My kittens are due in a few months. For her, I was looking for an interior cat door or passageway between the kitchen and the laundry room porch where I would store my litter box. There is a second door on the small laundry room porch that leads to my driveway. I wanted to be able to shut off access to the laundry room when bringing groceries or anything from the garage and didn't want the kittens (there will be two bengals who will only live indoors) coming out. . I didn't like the idea of a door with a lockable flap because if they think it's open as usual and they know I locked it, they're going to bang their head on it or not even be sure they can trust it . ! Then I decided, dammit, I'll just buy a hatch - basically a hole in the door with a cat stencil on it. That way, if I had to block a passage, I could just put a large brick or other object in front of the passage and they would visually see that they couldn't get through. The problem is that moving a rock or large object is difficult. I just saw this in a video from the Kona, the Bengalis. The woman was rightfully amazed at how unique and unusual it was, and I immediately liked its looks and functionality. PLUS, the fact that it DOES NOT have an always-on damper was perfect for my needs. Now I can always leave it open, but on the rare occasions when I need to close it for a few minutes, I just close it. his little door. An added bonus for ME is that now that I can go on vacation and use the cat sitter service, the sitter can enter the house from the driveway when the Meow Mansion is closed (while I was away I would use the litter box in the move kitchen). This way she can get in and out with impunity and doesn't have to worry about cats being thrown out - she can have a safe buffer by closing the back door and THEN opening the inner door to the kitchen. I know this all sounds confusing, but just think of three areas: (1) an exterior driveway with a back door to the laundry room porch, (2) a small laundry room porch with an interior door to the kitchen, and (3) a kitchen. Kitty Door today and although I have a few projects I couldn't wait to install it. Now I CAN spin the bike and do very small repairs, but ANYONE can do it if they read how to do it. Setting up Meow Mansion was even easier and I had to try it. A month or two ago (anticipating cutting out a whole of my doors) I bought an inexpensive electric jigsaw. He unhinged the inner door (one of the two pins was stuck, but the hammer and screwdriver unscrewed it). The 1 1/4 inch thick door wasn't easy, but it wasn't hard to get it into the backyard where I placed it on my indoor hot tub (nice big flat surface); but in fact you'll probably find a place in It can be done at your home; also on a simple table if there is space). Phillips screwdriver, electric screwdriver, (a) drill press, screwdriver bits for everyone, extension cords, Meow Mansion and screws to go with it, Yeti mug of ice water and my glasses (it was a beautiful sunny day, late 60's day). One of my four photos shows pretty much everything I mention just before starting. Puzzle set for the first time. I saw they gave me about 6 blades. I only made an educated guess as to which one to use and even had to find a video of the model to see the blade being used. You may need two people to manually open the door, but I did it myself - not too difficult, just awkward. After seeing two separate installation videos I just forwarded. Cutting out the paper template was easy. I tried to cut/stay in the middle of the outside black line. I then measured the width of the door and made a pencil mark down the middle. I put a stencil on it and gave up the tape. To trace with a pencil, I could just hold or click the stencil (and then I didn't have to worry about missing the trace because it was covered with tape). Voila. I had a light but very noticeable line on my door. I hooked up a jigsaw and traced the horseshoe-like line as best I could. Luckily the puzzle had a laser light that helped; but I still had to blow off the sawdust to see. In my case - maybe because I was using the wrong blade or it was my first time using a jigsaw - instead of cutting a hole in about 30 seconds it was slow and took, I don't know, about 4 minutes. . Although I deviated WITHIN the pencil line a few times, I sent them back and cut these pieces wider (it took maybe 20 seconds). Actual plastic Meow Mansion templates seem to give you a lot of leeway, so don't get too attached to being 100% perfect - just do a good job. After the hole was made as I had an electric screwdriver I figured I'd be home to put 6 (3 on each side) screws in the MM. But it shouldn't be. The electric screwdriver was intended for light house screws, NOT for starting and finishing a wood screw in "virgin" wood. It just twirled. Well, I thought I had a good standard size drill. But I don't know, I'm not a regular driller either, and it twisted a bit, probably because I didn't think I had to press hard. Maybe I shouldn't have been so shy. I ended up using a standard Philips screwdriver. I found I had to PUSH hard while fucking and then they went in fine and I was able to tighten them. So much for my hopes, just "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" with some electronics and gone with every screw. However, I just took my time - maybe 2 minutes per screw. The only other problem was tipping the door completely to the other side; a little tricky but not that hard. After that, the installation instructions for a small door knob holder or holder were easy; even awesome. You simply attached the latch to the doorknob, removed the tape from the latch, and then opened the swing door against the "wall" by pressing the sticky part of the latch against the "wall". Then you carefully removed the doorknob from the guard. After that the mount sat perfectly and after you used the supplied screw (tightened again) it was permanently in place. Ready! I know it sounds too much. But to be honest it took me 45 minutes to gather all the tools, remove the door to the outside, cut out the template, the door; UNDERSTANDING that an electric screwdriver wouldn't work, I took a drill and connected THIS; if this fails, then unscrew the MM by hand; and finally bring it back into the hinges and take pictures. The bottom line is that this thing is as cute as a button, the right size for almost any cat I think; can act as a cat passage OR locking mechanism to another room, and it wasn't difficult for someone who knew even a few basic household tools (hammer, pliers, some wrenches, etc.). Once that's done, it's great to know you've made life easier and safer for you and your warm furry friends, as well as your kitties! haha, I highly recommend this wonderful cat door!