O/T-----Dog Kennel Doors

luv2wrench · Feb 11, 2014

Converting an old 1 room house on my farm to nice dog kennel/house with a 20ft fenced dog run on the outside.

Want to have nice dog doors from the run to the inside that can be closed for bad weather yet easy to open and made to last a lifetime.

Want to use steel to make them and thinking about then putting some type of flap on it that can be easily replaced when worn out or gets ripped.

Any thoughts or ideas from you smart fellas???

Pictures would be great!!! Thanks!!!

Patsdeere · Feb 11, 2014

I would probably put a piece of steel on a cable that is run through a couple of pulleys that I could control from inside the house. Then I would get some of that slated plastic that they use on large freezer doorways in a warehouse and put that over the opening. Of it gets ripped just take that piece off and replace.

Ted in NE-OH · Feb 11, 2014

Google "dog doors" clear plastic would let some light in.

Hay hay hay · Feb 11, 2014

Had many kennel dogs for years. Never used kennel doors even in Michigan. I like a set of baffles, so the dog enters thru a little maze. stops the wind and less likely to get frozen shut or get a dog injured.

Goose · Feb 11, 2014

In a marketing class in college, we did group projects. Each group was to come up with an idea for a new product and work out a marketing plan.

My group dreamed up an electrically operated dog door that would recognize the bark of the dog that normally used it. All the dog would need to do would be to walk up to the door, bark, and the door would open. Guess that hasn't hit the market yet.

Seriously, whatever you do, do something that can't freeze shut in the winter.

JerryS · Feb 11, 2014

Winters aren't so bad down where I live (tonight might be kinda sticky, though), so a tight-sealing door isn't necessary. To just break the draft I cover my dog house opening with a piece of carpet, tacked at the top, and split down the center.

Hay hay hay · Feb 11, 2014

Depends on the dog but most kennel dogs, out of boredom, will eat, chew,or shred, carpet, cloth, plastic, then clog a bowel or poke a hole in an intestine and die, or cause you a vet bill so big that it makes you want to die. Experience talking here.

Wood and steel will freeze solid.

Most breeds do not need a heated environment, they just wind protection, an insulated place to curl up, like a piece of plywood over a slab of 2 inch styrafoam, and a cozy roof to hold body heat, like a dog crate with 2 inches of styrafoam on top.

Simple is better.

SW3 · Feb 11, 2014

My dog door to the garage is double layer, one flap on the inside wall and one flap on the outside wall. It is a wide piece of "conveyor belting" - maybe 12" wide, purchased from local surplus center. Pretty tough stuff. Across the bottom of the flap I put a piece of stainless steel to weight the flap so it doesn"t swing so much in the wind-also deters chewing. The steel is 1"x12"x1/4". Sandwich the flap in between it and run screws through it to hold it on.

GordoSD · Feb 11, 2014

I have spring loaded 080 aluminum, spring loaded doors on my runs. The side that opens has a 45 bent "flap on it. The dog learns to open it with his nose. They run about 35 dollars,
I bought one some continuous hinge, the springs (from the company that made my door, and made 6 more.

OH Boy · Feb 11, 2014

I have had these on my kennel for 10 years with no problems

http://www.gundoghousedoor.com/?gclid=CMCXhN6rxbwCFSYOOgodqxQARQ

If link does not work, google Gun Dog House Door Co.

O/T-----Dog Kennel Doors

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