Features:

  • Zipper closure
  • Hand wash only
  • 8" high
  • 2.25" wide
  • White 4 way locking cat door w/liner
  • 2-Inch trimmable door liner enables neat, easy installation in all doors, panels and walls
  • Exterior rain seal included
  • Brush strip to reduce energy loss and silent action
  • Poly carbonate flap
Sturdy, cost effective cat flap

With 7 cats in the house, I got tired of opening and closing doors. So I set about finding a cost effective solution to my problem. Having read a number of reviews on different products, I settled on the Cat Mate cat flap, primarily because of this wall liner Cat Mate Wall Liner, which seemed sturdier than most. We have fitted one external flap and 3 internal ones. My husband seemed to have no problem fitting them - the holes on both sides of the walls matched! It took 2 additional wall liners for each cat flap (we have standard walls) and we stuck them together using superglue. I also sealed around the joints with a good quality caulk. Initially, I wasn't sure if they would hold up to all the wear and tear they were going to get - but they have proven to be sturdier that I thought. I just wish they produced a double width liner, rather than having to put 2 together. We have now had them in place for 9 months - and they have been extensively used (as you can imagine) by 5 of the 7 cats. The other 2 will use them if I hold the flap open for them. A couple of the younger cats literally fly through the flaps at full pelt and they have stood up to this absolutely fine. They also play with the cat flap - a cat on one sides of the flap leaning though and smacking the other one. I found that my next problem became being kept awake at night with them constantly opening and closing the flap - thank goodness for the lock! I have absolutely no complaints with either the cat flaps or the liner. The magnetic strip holding the cat door shut has been effective and we have no drafts coming into the house from outside. I would buy these again and recommend to anyone.

If I could install it, pretty much anyone can!

Shopped around first; got this at a great price here on amazon. Arrived very quickly thanks to Prime. It took me two days to work up the nerve to put a hole in my wall, but I did it. I am so happy with the way it turned out! The liner makes it very forgiving if your cuts aren't 100% perfectly straight (mine weren't, probably because I was shaking while cutting the wall!) Incidentally, I used a Dremel tool with a drywall bit to cut it, making easy work of it. All I can say about the installation is that if I can do it, pretty much anyone can. My experience with household tools is mostly limited to hanging pictures (not very well) and assembling furniture with a screwdriver. Installation went like this: Use the included template to trace out the opening area on the wall. (Make sure there are no studs behind the cut-out area). Use the Dremel to cut on the lines as closely as possible. Place the liner in the opening and mark the screw holes. Remove the liner and drill thin pilot/guide holes where the screws will go. Place the liner and the door itself in the opening and screw them in place. Ta-da! That's it! The red and green buttons in the picture are sliders you can set to "in only" or "out only" if you want. This is a great feature! Of course, they'll both normally be set to be open in both directions, but if I should need to close it off for any reason and I'm not sure which side of the door the cats are on at the moment, I can set them to "in only". I can think of other handy uses for these sliders as well. They were a surprise bonus as I had thought "locking" simply meant it was either open or closed up tight. The seal around the outside, as well as through the flap is nice and snug, keeping the outside air out and vice-versa. However, it isn't so tight that my cats can't push themselves through it. Kittens may have to grow into it, though. I bought three of these. One is to give the cats access to go outside through the garage. (Not using on an exterior wall) The other two are to give them access to two rooms with litter boxes so I won't have to worry about keeping a door open for them. This is going to make my "life with cats" much easier. All pros for me - No cons; other than having to put a hole in the wall to make it work. Can't get around that, though! I decided to hang on to the piece of drywall I removed in case I move or change my mind about having a cat door there. It will make the repair a bit easier, I think. Regardless, it makes me feel better to have it.

Well designed, attractive, easy installation

IMPORTANT! This is the product to use on interior doors and seals up to 2" thick. I installed on 1.5" thick interior door with no issues, no cutting the product, and a perfect installation. I needed a small cat door to provide access to my laundry room for the cat's litter box. The most important qualities were that it was small enough to install in the bottom of a 6 panel Masonite interior door to keep the door looking nice, seal the interior cutaway, and be quiet since the laundry room is 2nd floor and in a shared hallway to our bedrooms. This product met all of my expectations. * Just small enough to install in the bottom section of a 6 panel door, which it does, though it places to cat door a few inches lower than it really should, but keeps the door looking nice. * Super easy installation thanks to the cutout template and the fact the two halves of the door do not have to align 100% on thicker doors as each half independently screws in with wood screws instead of some extremely long bolt that has to go fully through the door and align with the holes in each side * As quiet as a magnetic door can probably be. I had a door in my last house that always made a loud snapping/clacking sound. This door is much, much quieter. * Door is smoked so the cat can see through it instead of a solid white door. White would probably match your typical white door color better, but the smoked seems like a good design feature. * Even includes little screw hole covers to finish the install cleanly. I don't personally have a need for the locks, nor the weather seal on the exterior portion of the door. But it includes both of those features. If using on an exterior door I would personally caulk the top and side edges of the exterior cat door just to be certain no water gets in there. For my personal use I ended up modifying the door to remove the magnet and weather stripping as it caused the door to be too difficult for my cat to learn to open, the weather stripping being the main cause of a stiff door. Without the weather stripping and magnet the door now swings totally effortlessly, and still weights down to shut after flapping back-and-forth a few times. Note the cat door also flaps open when you open and close your human door, too, which is a non-issue for me. Great product, would buy it again.

great quality, price, very nice looking and functional door. I've install four of these, note that it's a bit of a handy(person

great quality, price, very nice looking and functional door. I've install four of these, note that it's a bit of a handy(person) project in that you're cutting a pretty decent size hole in a door (do you have the tools, do you remove the door, etc.). I remove the doors just because I find it more convenient but it could be done while the door is hung if you're in a hurry. I will say 2 of the doors where metal (garage-to-house door and a garage-to-outside door) and these where much more challenging than the wood doors; the very thin metal skins and styrofoam cores make not make creating the cutouts tougher (the thin metal tends to bounce up and down while you cut) and then the screws don't have much to bite into when you mount it. I ended filling the interior corners with bondo to hold the screws better.

Mounted on insulated Garage door - only needed to buy different screws

Bought this to allow our semi-feral cats in/out of the garage - which they use for shelter. We used to leave the garage door open a few inches so they can get in/out. Finally decided to put in a cat door. Installed this on a garage door that is insulated with Styrofoam insulation, so the mounting screws would not work to secure inside frame to styrofoam. Replaced the supplied screws with 6-32 x 2" screws, washers, and locking nuts. Had to widen the pre-drilled mounting holes on one of the frames to accomodate the new screws - I forget which, but it'll be obvious. After cutting the hole in the garage door with my Dremel with jigsaw attachment, mounting revealed that I needed to trim the inside bracket to fit the door's 1 inch depth... easily done with the Dremel and cutting disk. Wear eye protection - plastic shards did fly into my face... ok... I didn't wear any. do as I say, not as I do... Once that was done - it was a matter of drilling the screw holes from the outside through the door, aligning the screws --- strongly recommend drilling one hole, mounting and securing one corner at a time (do opposite corners) to minimize the movement of the frames for each subsequent hole you drill because you want to the holes of both frames to line up as you will be putting a 2" screw through both frames. I've propped the door open with a bungee cord for cat 'training' - and they've already figured out there is a hole in the door to go in/out. I'll give it another day or so before I drop the door flap. Overall - quite happy with this. One other tip - if you are mounting this to your garage door like I did - measure the depth carefully, and take the cat door to the hardware store to visually size out the length of screws you will need. My Ace Hardware did not have 1.75" length screws, so the screws stick out a bit more than 1/4" on the inside.

What we needed

We are happy with this cat door. We wanted something that we could lock at night. Seems sturdy. We left the door propped open the first day and got the cat through it using treats. By the second day the cat had figured it out. We created a wooden frame so that we could install it in our lanai.

Super easy to install

Our cats litter box and food are in the garage away from the dogs so I needed a door to give her access from the basement to the garage. This fit the bill. The directions are ok, but then again install is pretty straight forward. I didnt measure or anything. I lined up the template on the door, marked around it, drilled a few pilot holes through both sides of the door and used an electric saw to cut out both sides at the same time. the frame is very forgiving is your not a straight line cutter as I am on flimsy hollow doors that vibrate a lot when your cutting. Everything fit nicely straight out of the box. The cat loves it and I dont have to keep the door cracked anymore. I really like the one way locks. If I need her to go in one room and not be able to get back out its nice and stress free for her. The locks are easy to use too!

20lbs. big boy can go thru it

We LOVE it! fit perfect on our steel kitchen/garage door (drill & metal jigsaw). Good quality, pretty strong for plastic and it's holding up well for as much as they use it. Smokey a 20lbs. big boy can go thru it fine & Bandit pouts if I lock it. I put the cat box in the garage now, cause Smokey can kill you with a fresh pinched loaf!

minimal draft, easy to use

Update: During the Polar Vortex deep deep freeze I decided to lock the cat indoors. I left the incoming lock open in the event he sneaked out. It took him one day to figure out how to open the door in and get out! He's smart. Additionally, you should know that the locks can ice over and prevent the door from opening. So, if you're going away for an extended time and it's sub zero I recommend locking the door both ways, with the cat inside, of course. We installed this in the window on our back porch. We removed the lower half of the window and built a fitted frame with double 1/2" plywood including a little landing pad under the cat door. Our cat took to it once he figured it out, which only took a day. He was probably a little shy because prior to installing it I put it on the floor for him to investigate. He pushed the window open, then grabbed the flap and pulled on it smashing his paw in the window. Being a cat, he didn't realize he had to push to release his paw and instead kept pulling. I helped him out and told him not to do that again. So, you should be sure to supervise your pet until s/he's comfortable with it.

Our cat loves it

We have a one year old kitten/cat that loves to be outside but loves to have attention too. It was a constant cry to go out only to want back in after 30mins or so later. Then he soon wanted back out... all day. We live on the edge of a National Forest with lots of wild life so we need the cat inside at night or when we're gone. This is the perfect cat door for us. Jose has his option of indoor or out and we can keep him secure at night. So far he hasn't brought any friends in with him so I hope that stays that way. As for Jose learning to use the door we only had to show him a couple of times in and out had he got it and I'm here to tell you Jose is not the brightest cat on the block. The lock in/out feature is perfect for our situation and the door keeps the cold and heat out. As for installation. I installed in an outside wall so I needed two of the extenders. Overall It was an easy install. I don't give many products a 5 but this product deserves it. Good quality, low cost, and works as intended!

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