Homemade Doggie Door Lock

Use the shims on the bottom to fill in the gap.

Homemade doggie door lock.

Place the foam strips around the wood. A homemade pet door winter can be cold and cruel but build this pet door and your dog or cat won t have to be on the outside looking in. Mount the pet door into the cut wood as directed by the instructions. Don t switch to an electronic door.

By mother earth news editors. A cheap and easy way to make a dog door. An electronic dog door requires your pet to wear a transmitter on her collar. When it comes to being indoors or out dogs can never seem to make up their minds.

Next slide the wood into the sliding glass doors frame. That means you ll have. Measure your dog door. I used clear vinyl runner material from hd and some peel and stick magnetic tape.

How to make a doggie door burglar proof step 1. Cut your dog door into your people door. You can take your door off its hinges or if. Add 1 inch to the vertical measurement and jot the dimensions down.

Close the door and secure with a lock. A far better deterrent for door crossing burglars is an old fashioned lock and key. When finished this rubber mat will serve as your new doggie door flap. Make the flap for the doggie door using a rubber auto floor mat.

Measure the height of the opening and add 1 1 2 inches to allow for attaching the flap at the top of the opening. Measure the opening of the doggie door using a tape measure. The size of your doggie door will depend on the size of your dog.