How about a dog door for a coop door?

[Mac in Wisco]

No, it wasn't too hard. I located the studs and found a good spot in between and just measured for the hole really well to make the frame sit on the baseboard molding inside. The brick was cut with a masonry blade in a circular saw. A hammer took care of the rest. This one came with the sheet metal for the tunnel. I just had to cut it to the thickness of the wall. These type of frames are screwed to the tunnel instead of to the walls. We had some scrap carpet laying around from when the carpet was installed and I just used a spray-on contact cement to stick it to the tunnel. A little caulk around the frame and it looks great.

 

[GardeNerd]

Thanks, mac in abilene. That's helpful. It won't be as daunting as I thought.

The dog door I am thinking of using screws into itself too, rather than the wood door.

 

[beak]

I put in a doggie door and the flap wont keep the wind out. I even snugged the dog hous up against it and cut a hole in the doghouse. Then I put a flap on the doghouse door and pointed the hole away from the wind. Still lets a big cold draft in. Then on top of that the kids left it open during the night and the dogs went out and got sprayed by a skunk and came back in to stink up the whole house. Doggie door is history

Nice job on that install with the brick.

 

[GardeNerd]

Ugh, that's awful about the skunk spray! We have skunks, but my dog has never run into one in the backyard. They seem to stick to the park and the river area.

That's a lot of wind. Where I live we don't get a lot of wind, mostly just Santa Ana winds seasonally and only for a few days at time. Hopefully it won't be an issue with the coop to run door since there won't be a flap.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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The one in the picture has a flap on both sides and there are pieces of steel clamped on the the flaps. Magnets in the frames then hold them shut. The second flap was extra cost. The one going from our screened porch to the backyard only has a single flap since the room is open to the weather anyway.