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Ideas for improving dog door insert for sliding glass door.
Hello all, I'm working on improving a poorly thought out impulse buy at my parents house. They wanted to add a dog door to an existing sliding glass patio door and bought this insert. I installed it how they wanted, but it obviously doesn't seal well. I relocated the latch and added some foam weather stripping, but it hasn't worked at sealing up the entryway. Furthermore the latch mounting hole in the thin sheet metal has opened up and the bottom screw will no longer seat. I'm looking for ideas on making a more permanent solution. For context, this opens out to a shaded patio in Phoenix, AZ. So far I have Slap band aids to make a more permanent temporary solution with larger screws and more weather stripping. Remove insert, buy a new sliding glass door with built in dog door. 3.Remove insert, unmount the static glass panels and put the insert on the side opposite the door. 4.Ugly DIY some sweeps on either side of the insert to seal like the existing door track Hire a professional solution ??? submitted by /u/DeltaBravo82 [link] [comments]
Hello all, I'm working on improving a poorly thought out impulse buy at my parents house. They wanted to add a dog door to an existing sliding glass patio door and bought this insert. I installed it how they wanted, but it obviously doesn't seal well. I relocated the latch and added some foam weather stripping, but it hasn't worked at sealing up the entryway. Furthermore the latch mounting hole in the thin sheet metal has opened up and the bottom screw will no longer seat. I'm looking for ideas on making a more permanent solution. For context, this opens out to a shaded patio in Phoenix, AZ. So far I have
Slap band aids to make a more permanent temporary solution with larger screws and more weather stripping.
Remove insert, buy a new sliding glass door with built in dog door.
3.Remove insert, unmount the static glass panels and put the insert on the side opposite the door.
4.Ugly DIY some sweeps on either side of the insert to seal like the existing door track
Hire a professional solution
???
[link] [comments]
