Cat flap in conservatory door or wall?

[CrackleMauve]

Has anyone any experience of putting a cat flap in a glass conservatory door or through a wall? Who do you get to do it for you? How expensive is it! My cat is a bit nervous so I am not sure she'd go for a wall, the door has no panels so would it mean a new door?

Watching with interest, we also need to make this decision...

Lots of experience on that here Crackle so just keep a weather eye on the thread until the relevant posters come on line later on.

We looked into this when we bought our house 13 years ago. You can't put a cat flap into a ready made conservatory door, so need to have the glass /door made separately. We choose to have a cat flap put in the wall as it was the cheaper option. We had a small local builder cut a hole in the conservatory wall, my husband built a wooden tunnel, although I know you can buy plastic extensions. I think the wooden tunnel was the better option as it's wider than the outdoor cat flap and means there's more space to squeeze through especially as the wall is quite thick and I have two well fed cats. At the time it was around £40 for the builder plus cost of cat flap, but will obviously be a lot more. It is still in use by the same two cats 13 years later.

We've gotten as far as buying the flap for the glass door but haven't had it installed yet. At the moment, they're only outside when we have the door open. As I'm on maternity leave, that's most of the time! But will definitely need to get it done before winter. Already, in the evenings, the breeze coming in the open door is a bit brisk. You're right in saying it is expensive though! These kittens are costing us a fortune, though I'd not change them for the world!

Meant to say - My wife was worried that putting the catflap in a wall would decrease the resale value of the house. Hence using the door. We'll keep the original glass so in the future, if we are selling the house, we can have the possibility of putting back in the full glass.

We had our catflap put in this spring. We bought a Sureflap, the instructions include what size hole you need. We had a new double glazed glass panel made by a glazier which cost approx £100. Our builder, who's also my BIL, put the new panel in and fitted the flap, took less than an hour so about another £100. We kept the old glass panel so can always swap it back. HTH.

Thanks all. I guess I need to look into getting some quotes for the different options. I do think door would be better as sure my cat would freak at a tunnel.

Hi! We did the same as NurseySA with our local glazing company. Be aware if you do buy a Sureflap to put in your glass door, you need to buy an adaptor bit - it's basically two large plastic circles that go either side of the glass and the flap fits on top of it and cost about £10 (I think). We got the microchip version, which has been great once they got used to it!