Has anyone fitted a cat flap in a wall rather than a door?

[foothesnoo]

Am wondering how complicated it is to do - presumably someone did it for you? What was the cost?

TIA

Is it a cavity wall, you'd have to get a core drill to go right through, it would be a big job. Might be better putting it in a window. Actually I think you'd be better off without one, no stray cats can get in and your own cat can't bring dead things in.

I don't think this would be possible would it? Surely cat flaps are a certain thickness and a wall would be too thick for one? We had a fishtank put into our wall that was a big job. My dad is a builder though so it was free.

Whats wrong with the door?

Door is a glass one and I don't want a catflap in it. Have looked and there are lots of catflaps which are described as suitable for installing in a wall.

What is a cavity wall (dim)

Seashells the relative thickness of wall and catflap is what I can't get my head around!

Fishtank in a wall sounds v James Bondesque.

A cavity wall is a wall a space and then another wall. Newer build houses have them.

It was my dads idea. It was on an inside wall obv. Oh the fun we had when we realised the tv remote would work through the glass He still can't work out why the tv only switched itself off on an evening and not during the day

We had the same problem. All our doors are glass. So in the end we just opened a little window and made some platforms so the cats can get in and out.
It's going to be difficult when they get older though.

Ah - it's not a cavity wall then.

Isn't it a total pain having cats and no catflaps? Also we're out a fair bit so would have to have litter trays.

It is fairly easy to fit one to a glass door (or window I suppose) we have a double glazed door but just got a man raound who did it in now time for £80 includung the flap and a little magnet thing for the cats coller. I got him from the yellow pages! (The man not the cat!)

oh no, it's a total pain having a tom cat come in and spray all over the kitchen and terrorise your own cat. It's a pain finding blood and guts from a shredded frog in the kitchen when you get up in the morning. When I had a new back door fitted I didn't have a cat flap put in again.
You just need to let the cat out regularly, I used to put a litter tray inside at night, but he stopped using it and hung on til he could go out in the morning anyway.

Am watching with interest as we are in exactly the same situation. Can't do the window thing as any windows left open for cats, burglars could get through - no small ones! (windows not burglars )

We have a conservatory at the back and a steel reinforced front door so not an easy job to put a cat flap in either one. Has anyone ever just let cats out during the day and brought them in at night?

Ooh - moshie - looks like you answered my question. Does it seem to work that way?

Oh I see!!! I completely misunderstood the title and thought you were jokily intending to have a catflap instead of a door!!!

Oh yes I once came home to find I now had three cats. When I had left that morning I only had two.

What are the magnetic collars and flaps like? atm I have no catflap because it is a rented house and i'm not allowed but when we move we are getting one.

incidentally we are getting one put in our steel reinforced back door which, my dad, our builder, seems to think will be as easy as pie.

We have a cat flap in a wall, but not retro-fitted IYSWIM. When we had our kitchen done it included new glass doors at the back and the blocking off of an existing side door. Our builder installed cat flap as part of the blocking off of the door.

Yes,I find it much better, sometimes he doesn't want to come in at night, especially in the summer, but that's up to him.
Holidays might be a problem though, because with a cat flap someone can come in just to feed the cat and not have to let him in and out, but I'll worry about that when the time comes.

My mum had a magnetic one, and the cats kept losing the collars, so she gave up and took the magnet off it to leave it unlocked, but it never seems to shut properly now and lets the cold in.

We cattery for holidays anyway. Thanks for the help - we might try that before thinking about fitting a cat flap in a wall!

Yeah my cats aren't great at keeping collars on so maybe just a normal one and hope that my terrier (who is scared of cats) is enough to keep away any lady friends my two bring home

Anyone else done this?

Am quite surpised by the anti-cat flappers on this thread!

I was told last week you can't put a cat flap in a double glazed window as it will crack... anyone help?

We had a house with a cat flap in the wall once but it was there before us!

In our current house we had one fitted in a double glazed door. They replaced the existing glass with panes that they pre-cut the cat flap holes in. Not cheap (full length glass!) But works fine. We used to lock the cat flap at night to avoid unexpected presents but our two seem to have given up hunting in their old age so dont bother any more. We've only ever had one incident of a random cat in the house and just have a standard cat flap.

We considered it. But then DH decided it would be easier to have a conservatory and get the cat flap fitted in the door when it was manufactured We then had to leave the door open into the house which did get draughty. Having said all that the only people I know who put the cat flap in the wall discovered their cat wouldn't use it - he said it was haunted