Perfect Pet The All-Weather Energy Efficient Dog Door, Small, 5" x 9.25" Flap Size

It's up and working great. Here's what we learned.1. Know what your door is made out of and use the proper tools for it. Our door is metal over foam. We didn't know this when we started, so we tried using a regular drill bit. Don't, unless you like heating up your drill, acrid smoke, and terrible smells.Once we got a jigsaw blade and drill bits for metal, installation went a lot smoother.2. You can install the dog door without removing the door from the hinges first. We have pets, so it was easier for us to leave it hanging during the install.3. You can install the dog door on a raised panel door. Just fill in the gaps with silicon caulk to seal it once it's in place. There is also already a silicon seal on the exterior of the dog door which works great.The angled edges of the raised panels are tricky but not impossible to drill through. Mark well and take your time.The included cutting template worked really well. We attached it with painter's tape as we used it on both sides of the door. We marked the inside of the door with the template, removed the template, drilled through the door, made the cuts on the inside with the jigsaw, repositioned the template on the outside using the drilled holes as references, marked the cutout for the template on the outside, removed the template, and cut the outside.4. Lay out all your tools and safety equipment first so you don't have to stop partway through to go find anything. For metal skin doors, we used a long sleeve shirt, long pants, boots, gloves, and safety goggles that cover around your eyes too, and a face mask. The flying bits of metal are no joke.If your door is metal skinned, hearing protection is another must. The sound of metal cutting through metal is very loud and painful.5. You can use a skill saw or a jigsaw for the cutout. We used a jigsaw with a blade for cutting metal.6. Clean as you go. We used the nozzle attachment on an upright vacuum and a soft, fine bristled broom and dustpan. A shop vac would also work.We're entirely on hard surfaces and those worked, but wouldn't be enough over carpet so please put down a dropcloth first. You don't want your pet to get into any insulation and metal bits.7. Take your time. Despite what you may see on YouTube, this will take more than 20 minutes, especially if you clean up afterward.Overall installation went well but was challenging, and that's our fault because we were not using the right tools at the beginning. The door works great and is really well made. We're looking forward to it lasting for years.

This was a really good doggy door that my husband was able to install pretty quickly because he had the tools on hand needed to cut a hole in the door. I say was, because it went with our house when we sold it, but it worked really well with 3 dogs going in and out all day. The plastics were durable and the fit stayed tight in the door. Nothing on it ever broke or became loose. It came with a separate hard plastic piece that you could slide in and out to close it off permanently in the case of bad weather or possibly critters. We didn't experience bad weather coming in through the door because it had 2 separate hanging flaps, not just one, that hung straight down and were kept there by magnets I believe, when the dogs weren't using the door. The magnets weren't so strong that the dogs couldn't get through (10-15 pound dogs each), but it kept rain, snow, mild wind out. However, for heavy wind, it would blow in through the side cracks in the flaps, so we would slide the solid plastic piece in place and have to manually lift it for the dogs to go out.

Super sturdy, large sizes available, super easy to install and you can open and close the door in the dark and fast if needed to. I have changed several of other doors out with this All-weather door, as it is sturdy and can not be opened or pushed out of the frame like others and the door does not melt or bend due to temperature changes

The Perfect Pet door arrived promptly. I asked a friend, who has construction tools, to install the all weather door in our garage on the "people" door that opens on the side of our garage. He measured the opening using the template that came with the Perfect Pet door. Using a nifty electric saw, he cut the opening and installed the Perfect Pet door. It installed quickly and easily (because my friend had all the right tools to cut the door and complete the installation). A few days later, I purchased some grout from my local hardware store and sealed the junction of the Perfect Pet door with the people door to keep out any rain. That was the easy part.The goofy cat was a whole other problem. As soon as my friend arrived with his construction tools, our cat took off and hid. After the installation was complete, our cat wanted nothing to do with that door. So, the little monster had several days of just remaining in the garage. My wife finally had it with the little monster and simply shoved him through the door. After a few more shoves, the little knucklehead seemed to get the idea. Soon he was using the door all by himself. His "break-in" to the door took about two weeks. He still (after about two months) is a little nervous about the door, but seems to overcome his fear because of his desire to go outside and play. After playing (or whatever he does when he scoots-off), he is anxious to get back into the garage, get out of the Utah winter, and eat something.I am very pleased with the Perfect Pet door. It works well. It is on the north side of our garage. It has held up to the winds and cold Utah winter so far. I am very pleased. I asked our monster cat if he liked the door. He looked at me and yawned. I guess that is cat-talk for "yes, I like it."