Pet Door DIY

You know it's a piece of cake to let the dogs out in the middle of the day, but what about in the middle of the night?  Well, of course, the solution there is to have a doggie door.  But what if you have glass sliding doors like this?  You can't cut a hole in the glass, but we've got a product where you don't need to cut a hole in the glass. 

It's gonna be real easy for you to install yourself and we're gonna show you how.  Now the first step is to loosen these little knobs right here.  You see this top part is spring-loaded.  That's gonna allow us to put it in place up here.  You can see the edge here, it's got a track and we're gonna fit that right over the middle rail up here.

With that in place because it is spring loaded, we can lift up and fit the bottom part over the bottom rail.  Now we just nudge it over in place.  You're not gonna believe this but when we tighten this down, that's the end of the installation of this part of it.  Now I know what you're thinking.  What about weather stripping up here?  Well, the kit provides two different types of weather stripping.  This one is peel-and-stick which makes it real easy to apply.

With all of the things included in the kit they also had good instructions on how to teach your dog to use the new door.  And the first suggestion was a good one and that is to just tape it open.  Well let's see if they figured it out.  I hope they'll be able to use this doggie door.  And remember, it doesn't hurt to use a little bribery. 

Now installation took about 20 minutes and you can get doggie doors in sizes to fit your dog.  And the cost?  About $150 to $300.