 Although dog doors were originally meant to conveniently sit within your existing patio or garage door, dog doors for walls really allow you the opportunity to install your door virtually anywhere in your home. Not only that but a wall mounted door can effectively be installed, removed and patched as if it was never there (true for siding like stucco or drywall inside the home)! This makes moving and the unfortunate loss of a pet less painful for you and your family. With a door mounted pet door, any cut or slice will leave a lasting mark that essentially ruins the door. The only downside to a wall mount is that it needs to be framed out. This simply means that the pet door needs to be concealed on all four sides of the interior of the wall to ensure water cannot leak inside and wreak havoc on your drywall. Fortunately, DogDoorBiz.com has you covered. All of our doggie doors for walls are self-framing, meaning a tunnel comes standard with each model. Therefore you and your contractor can rest easy knowing the installation of your pet door has one less, complicated step. But just like every model we carry, these wall mounted doors offer the utmost security features of any pet door as a locking cover comes standard. Just be sure that nothing interferes with the sliding of the cover into place from above (i.e. a window). A good rule of thumb is to ensure you have at least the length of your pet door available above the door itself if you hope to utilize this safety feature. In other words, if your pet door measures 20 inches in length, you’ll want 20 inches of space between the top of the door and the intrusion above. And although most of our wall mounted models are sold with two flaps instead of one (one being a flap on the outside of the house), you’re free to choose either option. Some common considerations for a double flap door would be resistance to wind, better insulation or more aesthetically pleasing doggie doors for walls.
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