So I'm building this outdoor enclosure 'empire' for my stupid perverse hunger-strike-going-on Mojo cat. (Well, the other cats get to use it too of course <g>).
My original idea was that there was no way to make it even remotely all-season (it gets down to -35C here in the winter), since entry has to be through a cat flap in what is currently the computer room and will very soon be the master bedroom when we swithc things around so the 2 yr old can get his own room. But then I looked around www.petdoorstore.com and there seems to be some possibility of actually having the outdoor run be usable for much of the year (day only).
I currently have a pet door (smallest dog door size) with a single flexible flap and magnetic thingies to encourage it to not be ajar. (They do not work very well at all on this model btw). There is no weatherstripping, and I do not think this will be useable past maybe late October or mid November.
I need something weatherstripped and probably with two flaps. We can block it off at night with an insulated cover, but I'd like them to have daytime access for most of the winter without freezing the house. No possibility of spending over US$200is, and I would have a lot better chance of talking DH into something half that price
(I am seriously considering just buying two replacement flaps and building the frames and weatherstripping myself...)
Anyone have recommendations, either in terms of specific make/model FOR COLD WINTER CLIMATES or in terms of features that you have found to be helpful or anti-helpful?
Thanks very much,
Pat
My original idea was that there was no way to make it even remotely all-season (it gets down to -35C here in the winter), since entry has to be through a cat flap in what is currently the computer room and will very soon be the master bedroom when we swithc things around so the 2 yr old can get his own room. But then I looked around www.petdoorstore.com and there seems to be some possibility of actually having the outdoor run be usable for much of the year (day only).
I currently have a pet door (smallest dog door size) with a single flexible flap and magnetic thingies to encourage it to not be ajar. (They do not work very well at all on this model btw). There is no weatherstripping, and I do not think this will be useable past maybe late October or mid November.
I need something weatherstripped and probably with two flaps. We can block it off at night with an insulated cover, but I'd like them to have daytime access for most of the winter without freezing the house. No possibility of spending over US$200is, and I would have a lot better chance of talking DH into something half that price
Anyone have recommendations, either in terms of specific make/model FOR COLD WINTER CLIMATES or in terms of features that you have found to be helpful or anti-helpful?
Thanks very much,
Pat
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