cat flaps in double glazing

[elviscilla]

I know now that it is possible to install a cat flap into double glazing, my question is how much would the new panel of glass cost/door, especially because it is a double glazed patio door!!

[Robert G]

And the glass is probably the more expensive 'toughened' glass, as well. I cannot help you with likely costs, but I should think they would be high.

Are you able to consider other locations for your catflap? Even a purpose-built one through a cavity brick wall could prove cheaper.

Remember that a catflap does not necessarily have to be low down. If you don't mind your cat using a windowsill, for example, this might open up other possibilities, provided you also provide some assistance to the cat on the outside of the house (eg a platform to replace the ground).

[Robert G]

Great username, by the way. Remember the King!

[elviscilla]

thank you Rogert G, the user name is my cats.....Elvis and Priscilla, plus we have a new addition my brothers grumpy old bird snowy.... she has one green eye and one blue eye.... ground control to major tom and all that!! thanks for your answer by the way!

[Tammera]

in american they have a frame with a cat flap in it that can be inserted in your patio door frame and your door pushed into it. how you secure your door after im unsure about, my dads one had a bar on the other door that came down into a holder on the open door to hold it shut (sorry finding it hard to explain) maybe its worth phoneing some double glazing comapnies to see if they can provide or make these. ill get a link to american ones to show you what i mean but they dont have the serurity bar so maybe if you read them they make say how to secure your door. http://radiofence.com/cat_doors_patio.htm

another thing you can do is see if you can have a hole cut into the door, and you can get magnetised cat flaps, again heres a link. http://www.catflaps.com/

[Dougie69]

I had to get that for my double glazed patio door, and if I remember right, it cost between 2 and 3 hundred pounds for the new panel to be made and fitted. Just phone round a few local glazers for quotes.

[elviscilla]

If anyone is interested a double glazed standard sized patio door with white croos bars (like lead windows but nicer) with ONE - I SAID ONE cat flap....guess how much, go on!!!!!

i should have made this a quiz!!!

�645.oo plus VAT