Homemade Doggie Door Lock

How to make a doggie door burglar proof step 1.

Homemade doggie door lock. Cut your dog door into your people door. Don t switch to an electronic door. By mother earth news editors. Next slide the wood into the sliding glass doors frame.

Make the flap for the doggie door using a rubber auto floor mat. Close the door and secure with a lock. A cheap and easy way to make a dog door. Place the foam strips around the wood.

You can take your door off its hinges or if. A far better deterrent for door crossing burglars is an old fashioned lock and key. Measure the height of the opening and add 1 1 2 inches to allow for attaching the flap at the top of the opening. An electronic dog door requires your pet to wear a transmitter on her collar.

The dogs were slow at first but. The size of your doggie door will depend on the size of your dog. Measure the opening of the doggie door using a tape measure. That means you ll have.

Use the shims on the bottom to fill in the gap. When finished this rubber mat will serve as your new doggie door flap. Trace your dimensions onto your rubber mat using a pencil and a straight edge. When it comes to being indoors or out dogs can never seem to make up their minds.

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. Install your sliding glass pet door. I used clear vinyl runner material from hd and some peel and stick magnetic tape.