Cat Flap

[ferlew]

Feel a tad daft asking, but needs must.
My 14 YO cat has always managed to jump on the sill to get in. More and more often he is falling off, and trying again and again.
Is there any way of installing a cat flap in a double glazed door please ?

[murraymints]

If it opens and not a slider then you can get fabricated doors with flap...

[murraymints]

If it opens and not a slider then you can get fabricated doors with flap...

[ferlew]

I need to pop one in the bottom of the double glazed door, if poss.

[Tilly2]

My neighbours have an Everest double glazed door and they have an electronic cat flap in theirs. So, yes, you can.

[wolf63]

Your next task is to convince your Lord and master to actually use the cat flap.

Could you maybe put something in front of the window he can use to get up? My last cat has a small stool to help him get up onto my/our bed.

[ferlew]

Did everest have to fit it? Or is it 'off the shelf" ?

[237SJ]

Yes but you`ll have to get the door re-glazed. You give the glazing people the cat flap and it is factory fitted in the glass before glazing.

[Tilly2]

Sorry, I don't know. I think they ordered a door with a cat flap.

[ferlew]

OK< just had a chat with hub, he will try and make a 'cat ladder' tomorrow, so said cat can scramble up, rather than leap up and fall off. Just a plank with a few bars on it.

[Tilly2]

..............The bottom half of their door is 'solid' upvc wood..

[murraymints]

The door has to be fabricated with flap and installed....

[Messalina]

Yep. You'll to get a new glazed unit made. I got one done about 5 years back by a local glazier. Cost about £90 including the cat flap. Still have to get up and open the door for the furry little dictator though.

[boxtops]

Yes, absolutely - we have one, the glaziers put the hole in the panel to fit the catflap.

[ferlew]

He is more used to leaping on my craft room sill,, (then falling off) so I think the ladder against craft room window will be the way to go. Thanks all.

All my furbies have me as a slave, and am glad to do so, they bring a lot to our lives.

[B00]

"All my furbies have me as a slave, and am glad to do so, they bring a lot to our lives. "

Awww, that's lovely :-)

[ferlew]

Yayyyy, he has just used the little ladder, (well board with some bits nailed on) - it has taken all day, but he gets it now.

[wolf63]

That's quick - I am glad that it worked. What is his name? My two are siblings and are eight human years old. :-)

[ferlew]

Amazing what a bit of chicken dangled out of the window will acheive Wolf63.
Kidding aside, I had a similar walkway for another cat some years back, and he used that a time or two, so maybe it jogged his memory?
His name is Louis, and he looks a lot like the Felix advert cat, but he is a big lad, solid. My other two furs are Max and Carrie

[wolf63]

My avatar picture shows Frankie and I also have his sister Merlin. She is longhaired and evil.

I am glad that you got Louis sorted out. I had a friend with a cat called Lucas but Lucifer would have been more fitting, :-)

[CatGirl4]

Good luck with making him a ladder,does he have arthritis?