Our basement has a portion that is unfinished. I'm looking to install a cat door that goes thru the wall. Will this work on a single sheet of drywall?
1705499
My nepgew put the cat door on several wooden doors in his house. Guess it shoukd work n that one sheet ? Wood back wall of yours.
1705500
No, it's made to install in a door minimum 1 1/4" thick. You would have to frame it with wood first.
920882
I just received mine yesterday. I have a metal door downstairs. Another metal door upstairs in a concrete block apt. and it works great. The only problem was the cheap two way tape for the push button didn't hold and fell off the wall. I bought heavy duty 3M Command so just testing that out.
795119
Agree with previous answers. .. it won't be as easy but if there's dry wall behind it; it should work.
379205
My cat door, installed, is about 4-3/8" deep total. It protrudes from the wall about 1.25" on both the outside and the inside. The remaining 1.875" is the depth of my wall. As I recall there was a lot of room for variance in the depth of the wall. According to the Sureflap website dimensions the tunnel thickness is 3/16", so that might be the minimum wall thickness.
265150
It is excellent on drywall. You have more control in the tube form which makes it easier to use. Make sure to push to top on until you hear or feel a click.
2102328
We just installed ours yesterday. The brush does fill the gap but it rests on the screws so the cathole can for work for either solid or hollow doors. I do wish the two pieces met and the hole was wood filled, but it seems to work great. I am very pleased so far.
568842
I use it over the door. However, that way I can not close the door as the metal hanger prevents door from closing. I am sure you can drill small holes and mount it directly to dry wall. I am not that resourceful
564226
Correct, but only if the previous nail or screw was not centered in the first place. You have to assume the person who put up the drywall originally did the job right. I suppose you could just use a strong magnet too, but it's worth the cost.
744150
Yes, it can be done. I had a carpenter cut out the hole for the door, install the cat door and then he sealed it with silicone. I have pictures of it and am trying to figure out how to post them so you can see how it was done.
809456
I would not recommend this on drywall. Recently took a whole bunch of command hooks off my drywall. On many of them, the adhesive broke from behind the hook. Some pulled part of the wall off with them. Didn't have this problem on wooden doors and came off easily from tile as well.
714592
It will install on drywall with the proper mounting screws and drywall anchors . Just go to the hardware store and tell them what your doing and they will get you what you need .
1403775
We installed on an interior wall. Its designed to work on a door, not a drywalled interior wall, so we had additional work to install. On a drywalled wall, we used a keyhole saw, screwdriver, some studs to fill in the difference in the wall and drywall plaster. We tried to install on a door, but did not figure in the panels... door need to be flat. So I cannot comment either on what tools are needed for a door install.
92667
It requires screwing at the ends. It gives a bit of range. I was able to squeeze it in a less than 5-foot opening (wall-to-wall is 5 ft. but then tile reduces this dimension by about 1/2 inch). I think it would work well on drywall, but I needed it to be on tile to be in right position for shower curtain to fall into tub properly.
1922453
No, staple is too short to get through base: you need at least 1 1/ 4 inch nail, depending on the thickness of the drywall.
59258
Mine worked great but our walls aren't plaster. I think it would work if you made sure to find the wall studs and then drilled carefully into those. Can't hammer into plaster you must drill the hole and then use those little plastic plugs then screw into that.
1230636
The specific cat door I purchased and the one in the picture I have been asked to review, is recommended for "thin doors and screens up to 1/2-inch thick." I installed it into a 1/2 thick screen porch wall...anything thicker, such as an interior wall or typical door would not work for this specific product. You need to get a cat door recommended for whatever thickness your wall or door is. I did not have to frame the opening...just cut out the hole and the door itself acted as the frame.
1859298
I don't think so, you have to cut into the dry wall to flush mount it to the ceiling.