How To Make A Homemade Dog Door Flap

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How to make a homemade dog door flap. Make the flap for the doggie door using a rubber auto floor mat. Vinyl floor runner large enough to cover the hole twice over to make two flaps. The size of your doggie door will depend on the size of your dog. A box cutter and scissors.

Magnetic tape in two widths 1 and 1 2. Measure your dog door. How to build a dog door flap. However most of them don 39 t do a great job of keeping the elements out of your house.

You can take your door off its hinges or if. Cut your dog door into your people door. If you have a fenced yard and a pet a dog door is an awesome investment. That means you ll have.

Add 1 inch to the vertical measurement and jot the dimensions down. When it comes to being indoors or out dogs can never seem to make up their minds. Carefully cut the rubber. Measure the doghouse door opening.

I used clear vinyl runner material from hd and some peel and stick magnetic tape. The solution is a two flap door. Measure the opening of the doggie door using a tape measure. Set the mat on a surface that cannot be harmed by a knife such as an old piece of wood.

Rubber or plastic flap screws glue aluminum strip. Contact cement because the adhesive on the magnetic tape sucks and of course duck tape. Align an edge of the rubber flap at the top of the door opening inside the doghouse and attach it using a staple gun. A cheap and easy way to make a dog door.