We put a cat door in our room

Jul 19, 2018 5:09 AM

We like our morning cat greetings, but we also like to keep the door closed. Can’t have both..

So we came up with a solution! Pretty snazzy, eh?

Leo’s just waiting for me to play with him. Smug lookin bastard :P

Edit: huh, front page! Okay. Well it seems many of you aren’t watching the gif. It has a door built in.

Also, this came about when we extended the wall by a foot for the bathroom we added. There was a hole we had to fill and we decided to make a doorway with a sliding wood door. Our house was built in the 1930s and still requires so much work, we wanted to have some fun with it.

And the resale value plummets.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Lol no, we can fill this if we have to. This house is super old, we’ve RAISED the value a lot with tons of work. More to do still.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

REEEET.....MEOW!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My parents had that same rug in our dining room

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I love it! Love the molding too! That’s really cool!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thank you!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Love it ; )

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I have that same carpet!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Its a nice one!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I feel like it needs a flap to keep sound out and stop peaking.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Did you watch the gif?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It did not show as a gif on mobile but now I have!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's not a door, just a door frame. Ah ha!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Did you watch the gif?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Who wants their sleep disturbed at 5am

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Crazy pet people

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You don't really have a choice with many pets. If you close the door, they scratch at it until you let them in anyway.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I have the same string! My cats like the stick better than the string....

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'd put a tiny door and lock on there so he isn't coming into your bedroom when you don't want him to...

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

If you have a quick look at the gif, you'll see that it has a door.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

My Internet is so bad I didn't realise there was a gif!

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Did you watch the gif...? There's a door.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Great, now the Leprechaun can get in to steal your soul

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's pretty cool, @OP. Gets regular use, does it?

8 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 3

Every day!

8 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 1

Wouldn’t it have been better/cheaper/less destructive to pit the cat door in the door

8 years ago | Likes 73 Dislikes 2

*put

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We extended the wall for the bathroom we put in and had a floor to ceiling hole to fill cuz of it. So we left a small opening.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Doors: hard to find exact replacements - usually glossier, shows imperfections - expensive to replace - need to be more rugged.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Drywall - cheap af, forgiving af. This is a no brainer. Drywall is easier 100%.

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8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The world needs more doors for cats...

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I have the same rug at home. Nice...

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Little awkward for sexy time...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Clawver and purrfect solution, @OP

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Why thank ya

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

H*cking cute.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Great now everyone in the house can hear you fuck...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It has a door. Watch the gif!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Big door open bad, small door open good. What am I missing?

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

children

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

And sleeping nude.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I disagree with not keeping the same trim around the cat door. But OK with it if is same casing around normal doors.

8 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 3

It is. The floor trim is original, we decided to keep it. That trim, and the door trim, is all new.

8 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

I would've painted the ply wood as well.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

They just love to beat down doors...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Definitely should have painted the little door before putting it in, but otherwise awesome idea!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah it was supposed to be temporary until we make something better. Oh wells.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I like how you trimmed it out. Good cat ownership OP

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Do me a favor right quick...miter those corners to match the rest

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Lol we’ll touch it up when we need to.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

and I'm sure he still scratch at your door

8 years ago | Likes 128 Dislikes 2

Lol occasionally

8 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 0

Or:

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One time, Honey scratched and meowed at the bedroom door, and i looked and her cat door was open. Idk what her deal was lol

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm glad you like it, but this would be an issue on an appraisal... Source: I'm a real estate appraiser.

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 4

Y’all have quick opinions. We’ve already raised the value of this house by 100K with the other work we’ve done, and more to do...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Would this go for cat doors cut in interior doors as well?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That's the first thing I thought when I saw this. Putting a cat door on the room door would be better since doors can be replaced, not walls

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Actually, this wall can very easily be filled by removing the trim and drywalling. We BUILT the wall it’s attached to.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But as a cat lover I'd see it as a adorable feature

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My SIL did this in the basement laundry room, because that's where they kept the litter box but they wanted to keep the door shut to keep /1

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

kids out. That, I wouldn't mind because who cares if there's a hole in your laundry room wall? This, I wouldn't like. /2

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lol this opens to our laundry room. Irony,

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Cost to remove: $50. Appraisal = size × location^3 - renovation cost.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Plus the pain in the ass of doing the renovation. If they don't want to do it themselves, now they have to find and hire a contractor to /1

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

do it for them. Plus good luck getting matching trim - the OP said in another comment it was original to the house. Guess you're having /2

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

a mismatched section, or ripping it all out and and losing the look of the original. I'd much rather just replace the door, which I can /3

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

very easily do myself. /4

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Cute idea @OP but I’d have put it in the door instead of the wall. Your kitty looks like my baby boy.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Pretty! We did it this way cuz when we extended the wall out, we had a big hole to fill anyway.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh, that makes sense. We just moved from a condo to a house & once we get settled there is a wall I want to set up a cat tree wall on.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nice!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You know, they DO sell them FOR doors...

8 years ago | Likes 563 Dislikes 15

I bet you’re fun at parties...

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

They sell cats for doors? I didn't realize I could buy a cat with doors. I actually have a spare door. See you latter, gonna go buy a cat!

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 3

We also put our cat door in the wall instead of the door. A little drywall is way cheaper than replacing a door when you move

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yesss

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

why have a cat door for the door when you can have a cat door for the fookin' wall. Next up, Bird cage built in the window!

8 years ago | Likes 57 Dislikes 0

My old neighbors converted their window into a bird cage, it’s awesome. The cage hangs a bit outside the house so I can see the birds

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They sell cats for other reasons than tiny doors

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That doesn't................ what?!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Im not sure what you’re saying?

8 years ago | Likes 303 Dislikes 9

They sell doors made entirely of cats. They use the whole animal. Skin, fur, bones, eyes... any size from bedroom to garage door size.

8 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 2

You can BUY a swinging door that's installed on any door, that you can control in only, out only, or both

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I'M not SURE you understand WHICH words you SHOULD emphasize.

8 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

are YOU sure?

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Plus it’s more fun makin stuff :)

8 years ago | Likes 203 Dislikes 7

Hooray for makin stuff! I make stuff every day :) definitely agree.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Pls make stuff for me

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

With how nice you made that cat door, you should try and get a nicer sliding piece of wood. The drywall looks completely out of place.

8 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 4

It was supposed to be temporary. One project at time lol sorta

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh oh yeah, that. We have those but we dont want one on our bedroom door. Also, we converted a closet into a bathroom and had extra space.

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