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Patio pet door followup

I just wanted to make a quick followup on a previous post.

I’ve actually taken down the patio pet door I made back in this post. It worked incredibly well, but due to some poor construction on my part, the pet flap itself didnt always go all the way back down, so it would hang open. I walked by once and it felt like there was a fan on the other side of the door, blasting cold air through.

Considering I’m desperately trying to save money on my heating bill, this wasn’t acceptable. The cat boxes are back inside for the winter. I’m not thrilled with this arrangement, but its better than having sub-freezing air getting sucked into the house when I’m trying my best to save on heating costs.

When the weather gets better, I’ll open this back up and see if I can get that flap to fold back down how it should. I think its due to some extra strain on the plastic because the hole cut in the wood wasn’t quite large enough.

edit (12/11/2007): I’ve already noticed significantly less heat loss since I took this out.  yay.