How To Install A Dog Door In A Garage Wall

Locate the studs in the wall.

How to install a dog door in a garage wall. Use the stud finder to locate the wall studs in the wall where you intend to install the door. Clamp the two halves together with c clamps to hold the flanges tightly against the wall or door. A fire resistant door can isolate minor. Stucco exterior and the drywall interior is the perfect example since both sides can be patched and painted to match if the pet door must be removed later.

Install the pet door frame and flap. Tap the interior wall to locate the studs in the area that you. However once a cat door or dog door is put into the fire barrier it ceases to be fire rated. Ideally the top of the pet door should be located approximately two inches above the shoulder of the tallest pet to use it.

Most all homes with an attached garage have a fire rated wall and door. Trace the pet door outline using the cutting template. Drill two or three 1 8 inch pilot holes in each side of the frame making sure each hole penetrates. Installing a pet door in an exterior wall is not a complicated process although it can take an afternoon.

Measure the shoulder height of your pet. Draw a vertical line between two studs 10 12 inches above the floor. As the first line of defense from a fire from the garage a fire rated door is not only a building code requirement. Cut a hole in both sides of the wall.

While installing a pet door in a door effectively ruins your exterior door a wall mount pet door can often be removed and the wall patched leaving no trace of the dog door or cat door flap system. The bottom of the pet door should be at least two inches above the bottom of the garage door.