How To Install Pet Sliding Door

These are the general steps for installing your pet door in a standard exterior door.

How to install pet sliding door.

Place the template in the desired location on the door at least 3 inches above the bottom edge of the door. Please consult the manual and cutting template for your pet door for more specific instructions. When installing a pet door in a glass door a panel is inserted into the sliding door track. Tape the template in place.

Cut out the template as instructed. They have glass on one side and the pet door on the other. If your pet door doesn t include a template use the plastic slide as a template. These window pet doors come with a pre installed pet door.

Pet doors or dog doors that mount in the sliding screen door are usually installed in the lower left or right corner of the screen door depending on how your patio door opens. Through the glass pet doors. For sliding windows the window will slide up against the side of a pet door. Install the pet door insert in seconds.

You d need a 7 step over to get the top of the flap up high enough. Once you install a doggie door in a glass door the slider of the door slides in its track against the sliding glass pet door panel. This prevents you getting the screen door out and accidentally installing the dog door or pet door on the top instead of the bottom. The top of the door flap is ideally placed at least as tall as the pet at the withers top of the shoulder.

Your dog is 22 at the withers and you buy a new pet door with a 15 flap. Lean it against wall or sliding door frame. How do i install my sliding door insert. Usually you ll need to add step over height to get the flap up high enough.