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Installing Storm Doors 4 Pets |
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Installing a pet door in a storm door is a
great idea. You can give your pet access to the pet door
without cutting a hole in your main door. Then you can close
the main door to prevent access to the pet door in the storm
door.
Here's what we recommend:
- Purchase the storm door
locally. You will have a much better selection,
it will cost far less, you won't have to put it
together (they usually ship "knock down") and you'll
be able to arrange for installation together with
installation of the pet door at the same time.
Problems are much easier to resolve locally as well.
- Remember that the pet
door you buy must be "self-framing"
and it must accommodate doors as thin as the storm
door--which you should measure. All "self-framing"
dog doors have an adjustment range and for some, the
adjustment range doesn't cover a thinner storm door
type door. These adjustment ranges are given
for all self-framing pet doors on our "Pet
Doors for Doors" page.
- Use a high performance
dog door. If you need a storm door, you
probably need one of the better performing pet doors
as well. We recommend sticking with one of the "4
Season and Severe Climate Use" models we've listed.
- Mount at the correct
height for your pet. The height that the pet
door is installed at, especially in the larger
sizes, is critical to the comfortable use by your
dog. You'll find it easier to get this right if you
are supervising the installation yourself.
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A Pet Door Installed in a Storm Door |
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