How do you get rid of a cat flap?

Blue160

Blue160

Blue160

Soldato
Joined
26 Oct 2010
Posts
2,997
Location
Leatherhead
As per the thread title really :)

The previous owner of our house had cats, so there's a cat flap in the back door. This would be fine except that my one year old son has reduced the mechanism to a pile of broken plastic. It's more of a cat hole now which obviously isn't ideal!

Is there a way of blanking off a cat flap? The door is a plastic one. I'd very much like to not have to buy a new door!
 
Thanks for the reply.

I've got no idea how to get the trim off, but that would seem to be the ideal solution if it's possible. Pulling the door apart scares me though!
 
Replacing the cat flap seems like the answer best matching my DIY skills! Not sure how I'd stop the urchin messing with it though. It's at just the right height for him to fiddle with.
 
The beading strip being the black rubbery bit about 4mm thick around the edge of the panel? That sounds simple enough......
 
Ok I've looked up a few YouTube videos of how to remove the beading and I think I understand what to do. I'm going to attempt replacing the panel later in the week. Thanks for the input everyone :)
 
Thanks for that doofski. That's given me a bit more confidence that I'm not about to wreck a perfectly good door :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom