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33 of 34 found the following review helpful:
 Easy alternative to a glass insert Jun 01, 2007
By Anne Parson
We were looking at the glass door inserts, but not only do they not allow your sliding door to lock, but they are hundreds of dollars. Since our only goal was a way to let our cats in and keep the flies out (during the day we were leaving our screen door open for them) this seemed like a perfect alternative.
It was easy to install (I do suggest leaving a little more screen then they suggest when you are doing the cutout) and works great for letting them in and out.
A couple of items about it to help you make your decision:
If you live where there are alot of mosquitoes or gnats, they will be able to fit btwn the cracks in the unit. You will have to close the glass door to keep them out. Works great for areas like ours in CA where we just have to worry about flys and wasps.
I recommend installing it in the middle of the door. When I lock the cat door, they paw at it if they want to go out and it can get rough on the screen. We installed it in the middle of the door and so we can just close the glass door halfway to keep them from pawing at it.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Lock feature is useless. Apr 12, 2010
By Sara|araS
This was very easy to install. Ignore the review where they state to cut the hole after you install it. It's impossible to install the door without the hole already being cut. I installed this on my screen door from my screened in porch. All you do to install, is hold up one side of the pet door to the screen, cut the screen, leaving some slack to attach to the pet door, then snap the other side on. No need to remove your door to install the pet door (as stated in instructions).
The complaint that I have about this thing is the locking feature. If you lock the pet door, your pet can easily just push the whole pet door through the screen (the pet door casing and all). It is so annoying always having to put the door back up, after my cat knocks it down. Purchase this pet door, knowing that you won't be able to lock it close.
21 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Pet door that mounts in a screen Sep 18, 2005
By Larry H. Holt
"OB Bus"
Great product - lousy instructions. Install the door on the screen before cutting the screen. Cutting the hole first gives you a saggy screen.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
This works nicely for us. Mar 24, 2011
By Arline K.
We've had this installed now for over a week and are very pleased. It took a couple of readings of the instructions and a call to the company (they sent, via email, step-by-step instructions instead of the garbage icons on the box). Took our pomeranian about 15 in-and-outs with treats and she had it down pat. She's 9.5# if interested. We were a little concerned because our inside is a little higher than the exterior so she needs to step down when exiting but it wasn't a problem. In addition, we have a grill on the screen that's about 4' high so DH had to cut a hole matching the pet door opening using wire cutters. Then we edged the rough edges, after sanding them, with silver, metalized ducting type of tape, which worked perfectly. Only caution is to be careful not to close the glass door until AFTER the pet door stops swinging or you'll break the pet door frame, clearly. For the money and convenience, I rate it 5 stars. Prior to this, we were seriously considering buying the glass door extension with the built-in pet door. But, it's quite expensive and felt it wasn't really secure, safety-wise, from a break-in, possibly.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Product tears screen Apr 28, 2010
By Stephen M. Mclaughlin
When you press the two pieces together, the plastic tears through the screen. I bought metal screen, assuming it would be stronger. But the sharp edges of the plastic door tear through it. Everytime my small dog went through the door, it tears more. Now I need to re-screen the door. The instructions were not clear, so I read other reviews on Amazon, and they had some helpful tips. I would use screen that is made for pets, for starters. Next, you should definitely not cut the screen before putting the door on. You might try reinforcing the screen around the door by sewing on a 2 inch strip of screen around the pet door. Also, the box says it's for pets under 15 pounds. Then in another place, it says it's for up to 30 pounds. The directions are particularly poor when describing where the door should be placed in relation to your pet. The picture makes it look like you should cut the top of the hole at the top of your pet's back. I would put the pet door bottom about an inch under your pet's stomach. When he walked through the door, the bottom of the door scraped along his stomach. The petdoor is good in theory, but terrible in practice.
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