Sliding Glass Pet Door
A sliding glass pet door is the ideal pet door solution. They are more convenient than traditional pet doors and are actually safer for your mutt. You don’t have to cut a hole in a door or wall to install them and you will not have to modify your existing sliding glass door frame.
When it is time to choose a sliding glass pet door, you have to make sure that the “track height” of your sliding glass door is within the adjustment range of the sliding glass pet door you have chosen. Another big consideration is to make sure that the flap size and the pet door’s rise is appropriate for your precious family pet.
More detailed information necessary for people buying a sliding glass pet door — measuring the height of your sliding glass door track will keep you from buying an incompatible sliding glass pet door, while checking the color of your door and the sliding glass pet door will keep you from making a design faux pas. Also, choose double pane glass doors for your sliding glass pet door — it makes it easier to regulate the temperature in your house. Lastly, if you have vinyl framed panel doors, you’ll need to be extra careful to buy a sliding glass pet door that is compatibile.
Cheap Pet Doors for Sliding Glass Doors
Sliding Glass Pet Door
Amazon.com offers a ton of sliding cheap pet doors for sliding glass doors, with all kinds of special features, colors, sizes, and styles. Higher-end sliding glass pet doors, like this one from Petsafe features aluminum construction, shatter-resistant tempered safety glass, adjustable height, a reversible lock (for peopple with sliding glass doors that open oppositely), non-toxic materials, and other extras. If you’re looking for a top of the line sliding glass pet door, this is the door for you. With a price tag of nearly $500, it might not be the best sliding glass pet door for every consumer.
This Petsafe Deluxe Pet Panel is much cheaper at $142.75, aprtially because it is smaller, and partially because it has fewer features. It is still made of tempered safety glass, but does not offer the reversible locking system that the other style does, meaning it is less adaptable.
You can save a little more money by going with a different brand — PetSafe products are popular and well-known, thus expensive. This model from Pride is much cheaper than the high end PetSafe model but is not as “safe” for the pet or energy efficient for your home. The glass is single pane, and no mention is made of it being safety tempered, though it could very well be. One bonus — the “flaps” on the Pride model are rubber and not plastic, and will last much longer because of this.
Looking for a better pet door? Installing a sliding glass pet door is a more energy efficient and easier way to let your dog choose when they want to go out. Gone are the days of cutting holes in the wall or dragging the pooch out every fifteen minutes yourself.
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