Sliding Glass Pet Doors

You can stop getting up to let your little kitty out. 

How many times do you want to have to get up out 
of that nice and comfortable patio furniture to let 
your cat out?  Then get up to let them in.  How 
many times will you repeat this process a day or 
night.  If your cat sees you either alone or with 
company out on the patio and it is a social cat, it will 
want to be out there with you.  The way to solve this 
problem is with sliding glass pet doors.  Most patios 
have a sliding glass door that leads out to the patio.  
So essentially what you are looking for is a glass pet 
door.  A patio pet door if you will. 

There are other types of cat doors besides sliding 
glass pet doors.  These other types can be installed in 
wooden or steel doors and even in walls.  The 
installation will take time and a little mechanical 
ability.  When it comes to sliding glass pet doors, 
there is an easier solution.

Essentially, this type of pet door is actually a seperate 
panel that goes in the track of your existing sliding 
glass doors.  That means there is are no holes to cut, 
no risk of screwing it up and having to buy a new 
door for sliding open and shut.  Your patio door that 
is there now, stays there.  These are easy to install 
and will let your pets come and go without you 
having to open and shut the door a thousand times 
for them.  They can go and come as they please 
instead of sitting in front of the door and meowing. 

When you purchase sliding glass pet doors for your 
cat, there is one essential thing you must get right.  
You must make sure that the  sliding glass pet doors 
that you buy will fit with the track height of your 
sliding door.  

Here are some more tips.

The next thing you need to know is how wide the 
thing should be.  You want your pet to be able to 
move freely going in and out of it.  You will may 
want sliding glass pet doors that will require 
minimal stepping height for your cat to go through 
it.  When you cat gets older, it may not be able to 
step up that high and would therefore render your 
cat door useless.  If you can get one where you can 
adjust the how high the bottom of it can be, do it. 
This will allow for you aged pet to get in and out 
easier in the later years.

If you do decide to purchase a sliding glass pet door, 
try and get one that will actually match your door 
and house.  If you can not find one that matches, 
get one in white.  You can paint over white easier 
than a dark color.  This way you can match the 
panel door and it will look like it belongs there.  

If you live in an area that has extreme temperature 
changes, go for dual pain glass.  This glass will keep 
the extreme temperatures out and your heat and 
airconditioning in.  It will save you some money.  

There is always the problem of bugs getting into the 
house through one of these doors to.  You can get a 
product that will keep the bugs out.  One 
manufacturer calls it the bug warden.  All it does is 
make a seal between the screen when it is closed and 
the sliding glass cat door.