Cat Flap Fitter Salisbury

Salisbury Cat Flap Installation & Repair

Cat Flap Fitter Salisbury Wiltshire (SP1): An ideal way to enhance your cat's independence and boost it's quality of life is to install a cat flap on an exterior door or wall of your property in Salisbury. Cats are very similar to humans in many ways, and will likely start to show signs of irritability and frustration if kept inside for significant periods of time without a break. Allowing your pet accessibility to world outside by way of a cat flap can also help to keep them mentally and physically fit. Obviously, that's not the end of the story, because there are many forms of cat flaps, and deciding which design is best for you and your pet isn't always that easy.

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Essentially, a cat flap at its most fundamental is just that. A hole is cut in an external door and a flexible material is placed over the gap to offer a bit of some protection from the weather. Even though this could be acceptable for a shed door or garden fence panel, the majority of cat owners in Salisbury would no doubt favour something a little more secure and weatherproof for an external door to their home.

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This simple design can be marginally improved on with magnetic strips to hold the flap in place, but it is still a long way off being perfect as it enables other animals or cats a way to enter your house.

Magnetically operated, RF chip or infra-red styles of cat flap, are a significant step up from the magnetic strip variation. This requires your cat to wear a collar that's got either a magnet, RF or IR chip encased inside it. Subsequently, any animal without a special collar cannot leave or access your home. The drawback here is that any other cat in the area who's got a similar style of collar could perchance get into your house when using this type of cat flap. An upgrade to this device is a RF cat flap/collar system which contains a unique identifier that can be programmed by the home owner. An additional layer of control and security is achieved, guaranteeing that only your feline friend gets access.

The next step-up in feline access security is to install the kind of cat flap that recognises your pet's own micro-chip. You have to enter the details of your cat's microchip into the cat flap's memory (which is powered by batteries), and if you've got several cats it will take multiple entries. Whenever your cat is in close proximity to the flap, it will unlock and permit solely your micro-chipped pets to use the entrance/exit.

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The ability to lock it in position is vital regardless which cat flap you are buying. The majority of cat flaps sold these days have a 4-way locking system. Which means it has the capability to be fully locked, allow only entry into your property, allow exit from your property only, or be put in two way exit and entry mode. This provides you with a number of alternatives on exactly how your cat flap functions any time of the day and night. Some high end models can be set to perform specific functions in accordance with the time of day, in keeping with your cat's and your needs.

If you've got a wood door in your home in Salisbury, fitting a cat flap yourself should not be all that complicated. On no account should you attempt to install a cat flap in a reinforced uPVC door or in a double glazed window panel. These types of fittings call for a professional installation from a dependable cat flap fitter or odd job man with the appropriate equipment and skills.

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Double Glazing Installations - If you bring in a so-called "tradesman" who, while trying to fit your cat flap, attempts to drill a hole in a double glazed window or door panel, send them packing immediately. It isn't possible to install a new cat flap into a double glazing window pane or door panel. Making a hole in the double glazing damages not just the strength and security of the panel, but it compromises the thermal insulation properties as well. It should under no circumstances be attempted and will render the double glazing unsound.

A trustworthy Salisbury cat flap installer will meticulously take the measurements of your existing panel and order a ready prepared one from a local glazing company. This new glazed panel will have a pre-cut hole as an integral part of its construction where your cat flap will be fitted. This can take a week or so to manufacture, however it's really the only way to fit a cat flap in an existing patio or double glazed door. Once your new panel of glass arrives, the fitter will take out the old unit, and exchange it for the new "cat flap ready" one. It's now possible to install and set up the cat flap.

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External Wooden Doors - As stated earlier, solid timber doors are the least complicated alternative with regards to cat flap installation on your home in Salisbury. If you are dubious about making a hole in your front or back door, it's probably a good idea to call on an expert to do the work for you. This will provide you with the peace of mind that you will wind up with a professionally installed cat flap, and that the project has been undertaken properly.

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uPVC Door Panels - uPVC doors can be suitable for installing a cat flap. However, certain uPVC door panels are steel lined for further security, which might cause problems. The designs of door with a one piece panel are the best for installing cat flaps, so if yours has a slatted type panel, it might be advisable to swap this for a single panel.

Wall Installation - If, for either aesthetic or safety reasons, you don't wish to have a chunk cut out of one of your doors, you could always decide to install a cat flap into an exterior wall of your house in Salisbury. Calling for a lot more equipment and skill, a wall cat flap installation is definitely better left to a professional, if it's to be executed successfully. Almost all wall cat flap installations are a simple straight tunnelled style, but right angled access via a pillar is also possible. A square hole will need to be made through your selected wall, into which is inserted a metal or plastic, open ended square tube. The cat flap you have chosen can then be mounted on both ends to allow your feline friend to enter and exit as it pleases.

Replacing Your Existing Cat Flap in Salisbury - If you've already got a cat flap installed on a window, door or wall, but it's damaged or not working properly, the current hole can hopefully be re-used for installing a replacement. A good cat flap fitter in Salisbury will efficiently remove the old cat flap, and fix a brand new one as a replacement without harming the surrounding wall, window or door.

If the replacement cat flap is to be fitted into a pre-cut hole in a double glazed panel, you must make sure that the glass has been made and installed accurately. If you discover that this is not the case, and corners were cut in the original installation, the glass unit must be removed and replaced with a new one to avoid any security and safety problems.

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Whether you need your cat flap mounted on a wall, door or window, you'll find that there are handyman contractors, specialist cat flap installers and even glazing merchants in the Salisbury area who will be happy to oblige. There are several ways of finding a good cat flap installer, and few come close to the option of asking for recommendations from friends and relations. If they're prepared to recommend a tradesman who they've used, you can be fairly certain that you'll be happy as well.

Where personal recommendations are not possible, get two or three quotations from local Salisbury cat flap installers or handymen. Study these price quotes closely and don't always go with the cheapest quote, since this won't necessarily be the best of the bunch. Try to get written warranties for the standard of their workmanship, so that if things do happen to go wrong you have some recourse.

A specialist cat flap installer in Salisbury will provide you with a quality product, expertly fitted, and one that will last you, and your pussy-cat, for a good few years.

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Cat flaps can be fitted in Salisbury and also in nearby places like: Bishopdown, Old Sarum, Ford, Britford, Petersfinger, East Harnham, Pauls Dene, Whiteparish, Laverstock, Hurdcott, Idmiston, Bemerton, Milford, Alderbury, Harnham, as well as in these postcodes SP1 1DL, SP1 2EB, SP1 1BT, SP1 2AN, SP1 2ET, SP1 2AS, SP1 1DW, SP1 2DA, SP1 1PZ, and SP1 1ER. Locally based Salisbury cat flap fitters will most likely have the postcode SP1 and the telephone dialling code 01722. Checking this can ensure that you are accessing a local cat flat fitter. Salisbury residents will be able to utilise these and countless other related services. Click the "Quote" banner to get quotations for cat flap installation.

Salisbury Cat Flap Installation Tasks

Salisbury Cat Flap Installation Tasks

There are a wide array of tasks that can be carried out by your local Salisbury cat flap fitter including cat flaps in metal doors, Catmate cat flap installation in Salisbury, the installation of electronic cat flaps into double gazing, the fitting of microchip cat flaps into single glazing in Salisbury, the fitting of 2-way cat flaps into metal skinned doors, cat flap repair, the fitting of cat flaps into uPVC doors, cat flap installation in uPVC doors in Salisbury, the fitting of 2-way cat flaps into conservatories, the installation of infrared cat flaps into French doors, large cat flaps, the fitting of 2-way cat flaps into porches, cat flap installation in glass doors, magnetic cat flaps Salisbury, cat flap installation in wooden doors, automatic cat flap installation, dog flap installation, pet flap installations, infrared cat flap installation Salisbury, the fitting of cat flaps into composite doors Salisbury, cheap cat flaps, cat flap replacement in Salisbury, cat flap installation prices Salisbury, cat flap installation in doors, cat flap upgrades, and more. If there happen to be some other Salisbury cat flap requirements that you need but can't see here, you should mention them on the QUOTE FORM provided. Listed are just a handful of the tasks that are undertaken by those installing cat flaps. Salisbury professionals will be happy to inform you of their entire range of services.

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Also find: Hurdcott cat flap fitters, Milford cat flap fitters, Idmiston cat flap fitters, Laverstock cat flap fitters, Whiteparish cat flap fitters, Britford cat flap fitters, Pauls Dene cat flap fitters, East Harnham cat flap fitters, Harnham cat flap fitters, Alderbury cat flap fitters, Bemerton cat flap fitters, Old Sarum cat flap fitters, Bishopdown cat flap fitters, Ford cat flap fitters, Petersfinger cat flap fitters and more. These and other towns and villages are served by cat flap installers and similar professionals. When it comes to making sure that your cat flap is correctly and securely fitted on your property, their expertise and know-how is invaluable. You can have confidence that a professionally installed cat flap will cater to your pet's needs while also fitting in with your home's aesthetic and safety needs. To obtain cat flap installation quotes, local cat lovers can go here. Would your property benefit from the installation of a cat flap? Why not get a quote today?

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