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Big Daddy asked me a month or so ago about putting a dog door in his screen door to the patio. I told him that I thought they sold them at PetSmart. I looked and they refer to a "Patio Door" model but couldn't find a picture of one and they didn't carry them anyway. Now that Smokey is getting bigger he LOVES to go out on the deck. But it's constantly in and out, in and out, etc. It's driving me nuts because the bugs are starting to come out and I can't just leave the screen open for any length of time without getting bugs in. Well I think I've solved the problem.....
I was at Home Depot the other day and I saw that they carry a really cool system for adding screens to a covered porch. It consists of a base piece and a cap. You just screw down the base and install the screen with regular spline. Then you just snap the cap on and you're all done and have a custom size screen. That got me thinking. I went and bought a regular large size dog door. (the kind that installs in a normal solid door) I just made up a nice sturdy wooden frame out of 1X stock that I can install the door into the lower portion. I bought enough base/cap and screen to cover the upper portion. It's all fabricated now and in the morning I'm going to prime it and then throw a coat of paint on it. Then i can just install the door and screen and it'll be ready to go. It's very easy to install and I can still use the screen door. As I said, it's not completely finished yet but I'll post some pics when it is. If anyone else out there has this problem and would be interested in trying it just let me know. I can post a plan and simple directions as to how I did it.
Stay tuned!
John
I was at Home Depot the other day and I saw that they carry a really cool system for adding screens to a covered porch. It consists of a base piece and a cap. You just screw down the base and install the screen with regular spline. Then you just snap the cap on and you're all done and have a custom size screen. That got me thinking. I went and bought a regular large size dog door. (the kind that installs in a normal solid door) I just made up a nice sturdy wooden frame out of 1X stock that I can install the door into the lower portion. I bought enough base/cap and screen to cover the upper portion. It's all fabricated now and in the morning I'm going to prime it and then throw a coat of paint on it. Then i can just install the door and screen and it'll be ready to go. It's very easy to install and I can still use the screen door. As I said, it's not completely finished yet but I'll post some pics when it is. If anyone else out there has this problem and would be interested in trying it just let me know. I can post a plan and simple directions as to how I did it.
Stay tuned!
John