How To Make Your Own Pet Screen Door
Before going any further make sure that your pet can get through the hole.
How to make your own pet screen door. In this video i ll show you how to make a doggy door for your screen door or storm. Step 4 check that your pet can get through the hole. Measure the height of the highest part of your dog from the ground. The born maker screen door doggy door better than one a dog could make.
A screen door typically is raised which means the dog will jump slightly to get through the dog screen door. When you have the measurement of the animal you can add several inches to the perimeter. This is not one of those diy projects that i can tell you saved us a ton of money or time. The steps provided here use an inexpensive wall pet door and converts it into a sliding glass one.
If you want to get really creative you can even make this part of the project yourself. In comes the screen door barrier. Testing at this stage will not only confirm that the hole is big enough but also introduce your pet to the door at an early stage. My tallest dog is 24 from the ground at the top of her head but she still bumped into the door when it was.
We love how our diy screen door turned out. Otherwise find a pet door that is the correct size for your animal and will work with the wood you have. Cats can be very hard on door and window screens they like to sharpen their claws on the screen material and in doing so they tear up the fabric or wire mesh of the screen. Use the ruler and transfer the measurements to the screen door starting an inch and a half from the bottom of the screen door.
Diy instructions for the screen barrier. For this project i used 2 6 s and cut them to size rather than building with 2 4 s. For my purposes the door will have a finished size of 80 x 36. But we got exactly what we wanted and this screen door is far superior quality to those screen doors that you can purchase for 75 to 100.
The lumber cost us around 32 00 and the screening cost 10 00. This can make it much easier to train the pet to use the door when it is finished. It s 57 5 inches tall and 135 inches wide. Milling lumber for a screen door.
Of course we can reduce the width by removing a screen or pushing them closer together. It s essentially impossible to train a cat to stop scratching screens particularly if more than one screen is involved. Cut a piece off the slotted bar that width with hacksaw or angle grinder using appropriate eye protection in either case. Measure the width of your screen door.
The reason for this is simple it s way easier to find good 2 6 s than it is to find good and straight 2 4 s.