i need to cut a dog door into a fiberglass door.

[vash]

wife's orders.

i've installed plenty of dog doors, but all into wood doors. what am i gonna find when i cut thru my fiberglass door? styrofoam core? this even going to work?

[VINMAN]

Usually they have a foam core. but I have seen some with a cardboard honeycomb core.

[red-beard]

You need to re-think this idea. Dog goes outside, is wet/muddy, etc, and lets itself in. What could go wrong?

I would love a cat door, but I expect several of the neighborhood cats would move inside.

[cstreit]

Originally Posted by red-beard

You need to re-think this idea. Dog goes outside, is wet/muddy, etc, and lets itself in. What could go wrong?

I would love a cat door, but I expect several of the neighborhood cats would move inside.

Uh, you must have missed this part:

wife's orders.

[vash]

i am against this idea..but yup. wife's orders.

we have an active racoon population..possums. i figured it is better to let her try, and when it goes sideways..buy another door.

[VINMAN]

I have one. Best thing I've ever done.

[Rikao4]

mine's large enough for me to use..

scent of the dogs will keep the critters away...

Rika

[74-911]

Originally Posted by vash

we have an active racoon population..possums. i figured it is better to let her try, and when it goes sideways..buy another door.

The first time she walks in on a racoon chowing down on the catfood, your marching orders will definitely be to replace the door.. exact same thing happened to a good friend.

[Jim Bremner]

Tape the door with masking tape where you'll be cutting. Drill a hole use a fine tooth saw. If you're really anal have a spray bottle with water and keep the area misted to control dust. The end.

[Scuba Steve]

If you were closer I have a standard size exterior door I'd give you in trade for one with no dog door cut in it.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Scuba Steve

If you were closer I have a standard size exterior door I'd give you in trade for one with no dog door cut in it.

There is no standard size door. Once it's hung, it's one of a kind.

Vash, get the door that you control the entry, exit functions.

[DonDavis]

Get a second door and install the doggie door in that one and store your original door to reinstall when the wife changes her mind.

You know she will. Just sayin'.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by red-beard

You need to re-think this idea. Dog goes outside, is wet/muddy, etc, and lets itself in. What could go wrong? .

That's the big issue with my dog door. The floor in front of the door needs to be cleaned 3, 4 times a day unless we limit the use of the door. I've gotten to the point where I only allow access during certain hours.

A SawsAll should make whatever kind of hole you need in that door. You may need to reinforce it around the perimeter of the hole.

[dad911]

Can you put it into the wall next to the door?

[pksystems]

haha... I put in a dog door for my <10lb Havanese cross. Very small door installed on a steel/aluminum screen door.

Middle of summer I let him out and went back to sleep. He came back inside and went to sleep. Hour or so later I hear a noise, but think nothing of it. Dog suddenly starts howling, and I hear the clicking sound of a dog walking across the floor.

One of the neighbours pitbulls has jumped the six foot fence, and squeezed himself through the small opening.

Luckily he was friendly.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

Get a second door and install the doggie door in that one and store your original door to reinstall when the wife changes her mind.

^This.
Buy one from the recycle place, a little paint, and use a cut-off wheel.

They make one-way dog doors with chimes/alarms also.
(They don't make wet 'n muddy dog sensors though.)

[Tim Hancock]

Our long haired dog is an outside dog.... The house would be full of hair, cat shiit, mud and stank if we allowed him inside. That said, I do let him sleep in the garage in the winter and I briefly considered installing a door for him to enter the garage.... Then one night he got sprayed by a skunk and I realized there is no way I want either a skunk or my dog after being sprayed by a skunk to enter at will into our semi finished garage.

[john70t]

If there is space and a spigot near a door, you can make a dedicated wash-->drain pit area.
Good for boots and tools also.

[madmmac]

A couple of battery operated remote controlled tabs on the inside part of the door and you can push a button and control what comes in when you want.

Or if you are not that lazy, just a manual slide. Dog can go out, but nothing can come back in till you release.

[juanbenae]

cliff, ive got a very good jigsaw that you can use. take the door off and work from a bench or saw horses. looking to hook up with you to return the wheels sans tires between xmas n new years. will ring you.