Three methods for protecting your pet's door from the cold!
Dog and cat door installation have the unfavourable reputation of easily allowing the winter's chill to enter because they permit draughts to pass through. In a patio door with good insulation, the flap is a thin plastic plate, and the only way to close it is to slide in a similarly thin metal or plastic plate. Just as if the producers wouldn't bother trying to create an insulated dog or cat flap. That ought to be a thing of the past now! Not to mention a pet door through the wall: cut a hole in a cavity wall that is 30 cm thick and cover it with a plastic plate! This runs counter to all of our attempts to efficiently heat our houses while maintaining comfort. Consider fashionable, contemporary wooden claddings as an illustration of how wood is crucial for insulating homes. Nobody will be willing or able to install a pet flap in the near future if the dog doors and cat doors industry continues in this direction. A shame for the lovely woodwork that dogs and cats scratc...