posted 1 year ago
I love a "good" dog door. But over the years I have noticed some"not so good" side effects of a hole in the wall to the great outdoors, accessed by critters with no real concept of keeping warmth in/cold out.. I installed a store bought "quality" door for large dogs. Built it right into my wall. Being an addition built for a non-electric kitchen, I had the luxury to re-think "the dog door". So, to cut un-towards winter blow, I built a dog tunnel, 8 feet of tunnel. Layed a cobble path in the tunnel. 2 benefits: snarfy wet, muddy dog feet have a chance to shed tracking material on the stones before entry to the kitchen and the blow-in of winter is nill. So, patting myself on the back for this "marvel", which on the inside is a wonderful long window seat....Then woo hoo! The clear swinging flap with the magnetic bottom catch...came apart. I checked the replacement product for the company to find that the now available size was different than the hole in my wall. What the H E double Toothpicks!! Brain storming...I removed the pieces and made a replacement door. The "fail" was at the top where the clear flap screwed into the frame. The repair: Full grain, oil tanned leather. Measured carefully to recreate the right size. I took the intact lower portion of the old flap and re-constructed the upper with the leather. Sandwiching the leather over a good bit of the old flap, keeping the magnet edge intact. So far this is holding up very well. To secure the repair to the old flap I cut the leather secured it to the flap with double stick tape to prevent shifting, then punched holes through the 2 sandwiched materials. Through the hole I ran stud fasteners with little dome heads and 2 little bend over tabs on the back. (like the closures on manilla envelopes.)
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