Review on EGETOTA Cat Door Flap Medium (7.5x7.8 inches), 4-Way Locking Pet 🐱 Door for Interior Exterior Doors, Weatherproof for Cats and Dogs, Easy Installation by Karen Forsey

The product works quite well. I was just tired of making sure the bedroom door was ajar for the cat to come out, eat and use the litter box, so I cut a hole in the inner bedroom door. For that purpose, this product is fantastic. BUT: The instructions are pretty terrible. It doesn't realize that you need to drill a "pilot hole" so you can even put the saw blade through to cut. He also instructs you to drill holes exactly where you will screw the frame in to attach it to the wood of the door. I just needed a hole. I ended up making a combination of good and bad calls because the instructions were useless: - GOOD CALL - First I drew a pattern on paper. It's cleaner and easier on your back than drawing the damn thing on a vertical surface on the floor. I'm also a little pissed that they don't include the TEMPLATE! many others of this type of products DO. In any case, to draw your own, simply tape two pieces of paper together and redraw them. - GOOD CALL - I drilled large holes with a 5/16" drill bit so I could slide in the drywall saw I wanted to go with. I didn't have access to a power jigsaw and it turned out my interior bedroom door was hollow so it was up to the task. - BAD CALL - I drilled holes in the spots where I traced from the frame where the screws should go. At this point in the process I didn't give much thought to how this was going to go, so I just suggested that the frame be designed to bolt to its counterpart from one side of the frame and the friction approaching the door . I took a look at the included screws and should have known they wouldn't be long enough to make it, but I drilled through what I drilled. Sheets of paper and circle the outline of the frame - the outer perimeter, as well as the inner hole. 2. Use a piece of anal pencil to poke through the screw holes to draw on the template where the screw holes are. You need to use something like this because neither the pen nor the pencil goes through the depth of the frame to leave a mark on the paper. Alternatively, you can place the template on the frame where the holes are closest to the paper and simply use a pen to punch holes in the desired location.3. So now you have TWO OUTLINES, an inner loop and an outer loop. What you need to do is DRAW A THIRD OUTLINE BETWEEN THE TWO. The inner contour is not rectangular - with curved lower corners. Ignore this and make the third outline rectangular and as easy to cut as possible. MAKE SURE the outline does not touch the OUTSIDE outline. otherwise, you may end up with a gap on the OUTSIDE of the frame when you're done. ALSO make sure the line doesn't go near the screw hole points you marked on the template. You need to drill holes, but you will NOT drill them to match the screw holes.4. After you've finished drawing the third outline, mark holes in the middle of each side of the rectangle. Don't go to the corners as you may then over-drill and drill out the part of the door where you need to screw the frame.5. Use a spirit level or measure from the bottom of the door to keep the frame level and straight. Use the guide to determine how far from the bottom of the door is from the included guide (almost the only thing useful). For me it was about 4 inches from the bottom of the door.6. Glue the template to the door.7. Drill large holes.8. Use the holes to insert the saw blade and start cutting.9. When drilling and cutting, be sure to be MAXIMUM perpendicular to the surface of the door. If you drill or cut crookedly, the cutout on the other side of the door will not line up properly with the hole you cut on the near side (it's like firing a gun, a slight unintended angle at the shot result point with a large offset away from the target - in this case with the other side of the door a few inches away). The rest is to attach the frame to both sides of the door and screw the frame to the door on both sides. You can probably just use an electric screwdriver to drive the screws into the door, but if that doesn't work for the time being, you can use a small-bore drill to pre-drill the screws. Remember that the drill must be narrower than the screws provided.