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January 23, 2008
How to fit a cat flap
I am well chuffed with myself today. Last night I fitted a cat flap to the front door. You see, I'm not the best when it comes to handy work, I suppose I am average. Mind you at least everything I put up stays up. Apart from my bed but that's another story! Anyway back to the flap. I had to borrow a jigsaw to do it as I don't have many tools of my own (at the moment). The scary bit was cutting a great big hole in my front door. Imagine if I screwed up at that point? Howling wind coming into the house for the next few weeks until I had a professional fit me a new door! That would have been a right nightmare.
I even took some photo's so I could prove I did it. Let's hope the thing stays up now. Oh and had better go get a couple of kittens too.
For those who are interested (I may get a few search hits for "How to fit a cat flap") and actually want to know how to fit a cat flap then the photo's are in the extended entry.
The front door before I was let loose on it:
With the template provided, mark out where you want the flap to go. You can probably see I changed my mind a few times. Four holes are then drilled in the corners. The holes had to be big enough for me to get the jigsaw blade in:
Cut the timber out with the jigsaw, this is where I am hoping it is the right size. It's better to do a smaller hole as you can always enlarge it to suit:
Cat flap screwed from back to front et voila, a fitted cat flap:
Now what can I do? A gate in the garden? Worktop in the garage? Fit a new bathroom? I think I will sit down and have a beer and think about it.
Posted by Markiss at January 23, 2008 10:23 AM
Comments
looks like a very high tech cat flap. like it will vapourise any cat that isnt yours that dares set through!
Posted by: Beav at January 23, 2008 12:11 PM
It does look a bit hi-tech yes. See that red and grey thing? That's a marker that tells me whether the cat is in or out. Only problem is the manufacturers didn't think about people with 2 cats. So a fat lot of good that is.
Oh and Tony, it is straight it's just the photo that is at an angle :-)
Posted by: Markiss at January 23, 2008 12:41 PM
Please quote for a fully tiled wetroom with a couple of showers, manacles,strategic cameras,up-skirt blowers,and the usual paraphanalia.
Can't get the staff here on the mainland!
Posted by: uncle barry at January 25, 2008 3:36 AM
My quote would be £0.00 if you let me stay for a couple of weeks and test the new system out :-)
Posted by: Markiss at January 26, 2008 12:12 AM
