Pet Sliding Door Installation

Based on this height you ll adjust the height of your sliding glass dog door.

Pet sliding door installation.

The door is awesome but even better is having full use of the sliding glass door where the old panel dog door was. You can measure this from the inside of the upper track to the inside of the lower one. Installing a sliding glass dog door means you ll be inserting a panel into an existing sliding door track. 2 5 removable piece on the side that creates an opening for the screen door latch.

Then line them up and attach them to each other. No more squeezing through a 9inch slot to get to the patio. 1 x 3 or 4 velcro loop. The height of the doggy door depends on the height of the doggy.

The new panel features glass on top and a pet door flap at the bottom. The best thing to do is to measure your pet and know exactly the measurements you need. A regular hollow core door is the easiest to install a pet door in and the complexity increases with different designs and materials such as metal solid and panel doors. Cut out the template as instructed.

Most pet doors include a template for placement. If your pet door doesn t include a template use the plastic slide as a template. Those measurements should be based on the flap dimension not the pet door frame. Place the template in the desired location on the door at least 3 inches above the bottom edge of the door.

Every door is different so it s important to consider ease of installation when selecting which door you want to install the doggie door in. Attach to the bottom or middle panel of the pop up pet door nearest the sliding door frame. Install the lock glass sweep and weather stripping. Pet doors must be installed at least 1 above the tallest part of the dog s back and at least 3 from the floor.

Lock the height adjuster and secure the insert. Slide the insert into the sliding door frame. Not too many places make these doors and aj was the best price of the ones i considered doing business with. To install a dog sliding door first measure the sliding track.

There are 2 measurements that you ll need here.