Cat flap in new build french doors

racheyrooney

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Don't get cross on them going back on what they said. Look on it as an opportunity.

Their supplier does not want to do a catflap and has explained the reasons. Those reasons mean that you are about as likely to get a catflap as to get the moon on a stick. However, it does not mean that your builder is not embarrassed. So offer them a way out.

If they give you doors which have rails half way up, giving 2 panels, then you can get your own contractor to replace a lower glass unit with a catflap in a plastic panel.

If you argue till you are blue in the face to get a catflap, you are unlikely to get one - and if you have doors with just one pane of glass, you are not going to have a rail to provide the option to fit a catflap in the lower half. So make sure that you get a door with rails half way up

Thanks for the suggestion but they will only give me what is specified in the list! Plus the doors are my only source of light into my living room so putting a plastic panel in isn't an option really without losing light.

racheyrooney

chris_m wrote: »

Won't you have a kitchen door to the back garden? If so, could a cat flap not be fitted in that?

No just the living room goes out to the back garden, the kitchen is at the front of the house with no door to the outside.

chris_m

racheyrooney wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestion but they will only give me what is specified in the list! Plus the doors are my only source of light into my living room so putting a plastic panel in isn't an option really without losing light.

How about a hole in the wall (the brickwork), lined with a section of pipe (so it's properly weather sealed) and the cat flap on one end of that?
That is a solution that I have seen suggested & used successfully elsewhere in the past.

poppysarah

racheyrooney wrote: »

No just the living room goes out to the back garden, the kitchen is at the front of the house with no door to the outside.

What sort of house is it that has no real windows in a the lounge and no door in the kitchen.

Seriously. Do you want to buy this box?

racheyrooney

poppysarah wrote: »

What sort of house is it that has no real windows in a the lounge and no door in the kitchen.

Seriously. Do you want to buy this box?

Umm it's not a box! :mad: It's a 2 bed mid terrace house! The kitchen is at the front so doesn't need a door and it has big french doors in the living room. It also has a big garden!

twodogsandacat

racheyrooney wrote: »

Umm it's not a box! :mad: It's a 2 bed mid terrace house! The kitchen is at the front so doesn't need a door and it has big french doors in the living room. It also has a big garden!

It needs big french doors if it has no windows.

Sounds pretty boxy to me.

racheyrooney

twodogsandacat wrote: »

It needs big french doors if it has no windows.

Sounds pretty boxy to me.

To be fair I came on here to ask for advice about a cat flap not to have snide remarks made about the size of my house which I am actually excited about and more than happy with (cat flap issue aside). Plus does it matter if it is boxy? I'm the one that has to live there!!

Thanks to all those that have made helpful comments. :T

pinkshoes

poppysarah wrote: »

What sort of house is it that has no real windows in a the lounge and no door in the kitchen.

Seriously. Do you want to buy this box?

twodogsandacat wrote: »

It needs big french doors if it has no windows.

Sounds pretty boxy to me.

The OP asked for advice on getting a cat flap fitted, not for random guesses and rude comments about the size of the house!

I used to live in a 1 bed flat that was actually bigger than the 3 bed semi I now live in!

vickyj

twodogsandacat wrote: »

It needs big french doors if it has no windows.

Sounds pretty boxy to me.

You need to go steady on that high horse of yours !

twodogsandacat

vickyj wrote: »

You need to go steady on that high horse of yours !

I will. Just as the cat will presumably have to have a cat flap in the front door.

I assume it has a front door.