Ideal Pet Modular Aluminum Pet Patio Door with Single Pane Glass and Clear Flexible Flap. Fits up to 1” Aluminum Patio Track Width ONLY, Medium, White

I knew going in that this might be a tight fit for my back door and I was right. My door was just slightly smaller than the minimum height recommended. The track on my door was about 1/8-1/4 inch too high so I had to get my angle grinder and cut off about 1/4 inch from the top piece. Easy enough. After that it fit perfect. If your door is within spec this should be pretty much plug and play for you. Some small issues I experienced: 1. the bolts that hold the 2 pieces together aren't flat so they create a small gap when you put the weather stripping over them. Would have been better to use counter sink bolts. 2. I bought the medium size door and it works great for my cats and terrier, but not my chihuahua. The bottom of the door is about 4-6 inches off the ground and he's just too short to get over it. Something to keep in mind if you have a short dog. I'm going to use something for steps or maybe put some kind of ramp there for him. 3. My door is severely out of square so there was a pretty big gap between the weather strip and my door. I had to use a dremel and sand off quite a bit of weather strip near the top and down towards the middle to get it flush w/ the door. I was hoping to be able to find some weather strip that wasn't so dense and would compress easily but didn't have any luck at walmart or lowes. Wasn't too bad but there was quite a bit of cleanup after. Unless your door is perfectly square you might run into a similar issue. 4. No matter how hard I try there's just no way for me to get the weather strip close/tight enough to close all the gaps around the edges. Not a big deal in the spring/fall, but could be more of a big deal in the middle of summer/winter. Right now for me (January 2023 in Cali) it's not too bad but I can still feel a very slight draft of cold air. If you live somewhere where there's extreme cold you might be impacted more. Those were the biggest issues for me. Other than that the door is easy enough to install and my cats love it. Funny enough, my terrier still doesn't know he can let himself out/in, but my cats learned almost right away. Seems like my chihuahua knows how to use it but he's just too short. And I love it because now I don't have to leave the door open anymore, which will help keep the bugs (especially mosquitos!) out. Not sure what I'm going to do this summer. I like to keep my window open as much as possible and use the AC as little as possible, so I might have to keep switching it between the screen track and glass door track. I didn't test it out on the screen track so I'm hoping it'll even fit there, I'll find out soon enough. Overall, glad I got it, price wasn't too bad, easy enough for me to modify to get it to fit, would recommend. Oh and no drilling too so that was a plus.

I am very happy that I went with the Ideal Pet Products small door for our slider. I did install it with ease and made a couple of changes that I want to share to help others who can save some cash with this door for as the most reasonable I could find. I used the insulation that came with the door on the opposite side that butts into the frame of my slider. I went to home depot and picked up a thicker and wider foam for adhering to the slider door edge to close against the pet door frame. Works much better, totally no gap at all, most of all no draft. As for the lock, don't bother to use it. In its place I cut a broom stick to my open channel dimension and snuggly fits right in at the bottom of the frame and holds the sliding door tightly against the pet door frame. Perfect, easy to open the slider when needed, just lift out the broom stick and open while the pet door stays in position all secured. The pet door is excellent, very nice quality pet door, great looking glass, and the frame looks great, I went with the mil, aluminum selection as my slider is brown, and white wouldn't work but mil looks terrific. I find this pet door very Professional, not cheap. Just do the additional frost seal upgrade and saw off a broom stick handle to fit the rail holding the sidetracked and your good to go. As for the dog, she's 3 lbs. Only a puppy but very curious. The first time through the door we helped her. The second time through we coach her with a treat, took a long time, but now she been poking her head at it all day. Won't be long as she loves to go on the deck. Hopefully we can move her pee pad tray out there and eliminate it in th house. Good luck, hope this helps you decide on your dog or cat door purchase option.

I love this it let's our dogs go out without having to always get up and let them out. I fits perfect as I measured before buying. Its sturdy and the magnet is strong enough it stays closed when dogs not going through so no bugs get in or air like the pop up door I bought. Easy to install once we were able to get screw out to put two pieces together the were so tight almost stripped them gadgets to use oil and wd40 and let it sit for a day and it was still hard as can be to get them out. But once past that hickey up simple to put together and install. Other than tight screws only other issue is weather stripping is not very good and doesn't fit right which I knew from reviews I read before I bought it. Bought some better weather strip from hardware store that was the right size for door and that fixed that. Though if our dog is running and jumps though it and hits sides it can move it. But a bar in track behind patio door stops that or we drilled through and screwed one we had before down so it happens with any of these I think and the weather stripping problem was same with one I bought from pet smart years ago as well. All in this this is as agood one as had before, does what it needs to do, and issues are easily and cheaply fixed. If the addressed these issues Id give it five stars, i only give it four because its expensive and even though issues are easily and cheaply fixed when I buy something ove r 50 bucks I shouldn't have to spend even 50 cents more to fix minor issues at all. But even with that I am happy with it as its better than getting up all the time or not getting there to open door in time and having to wait an up an accident.

As apartment dwellers who both work during the day and needed to make sure our dogs could go out to the patio to use the bathroom while we were gone, this product worked like a charm! The installation video on Amazon's product page was excellent, and made the set up of this a breeze. Our installation was a bit tougher since our sliding door to the patio for our apartment seemed to be a non-standard 88" instead of 80" like 96", but nothing a little extra padding and material to cover the remaining areas didn't solve. The medium sized door is a little smaller then expected, but our two small dogs (a japanese-chin/shih-tzu mix and a pekingese) both fit through nicely and they're each about 14 pounds. Any bigger and I think there might be some trouble. The flap is nice and heavy so it took our dogs some training to push through it, but on the bright side it makes a nice seal to keep out any other bugs and stays closed. The inclusion of a separate plastic door cover to close off the dog door completely is also a nice touch. We also really like the included weather seal padding also works great to fill in the extra gaps between our sliding door and this item. We've had this for about a week now, and no accidents in the apartment and our dogs love going in and out whenever they want. Highly recommended for anyone needing a dog door without the trouble of an entire new door or cutting a hole manually.

This isn’t a standalone product. The functionality of any doggy door depends not just on its components but on the structure you are adding it to. - CLEAN your guides and frame to make the weatherproofing stick and stay. - don’t use an electric drill (you only paid a hundred dollars, where do you think the savings come from? Be gentle) - yes, you need additional weather stripping and probably a stand alone patio lock (like a safety bar) I installed and weather proofed it in an hour. Not because it was difficult, but because I was meticulous. I rent, and my patio sliding door and frame are not in perfect shape. I cleaned everything, let it dry, set weather stripping (3/4”) into the door where it meets the new panel. I used the included weather stripping on the gaps where the frame met the new panel. I am pretty sure any gaps were due to my own warped frame, but either way, I was able to cover them without trouble. I used the thin plastic pieces to block wind and dust applying them outside on the frame, where it meets the panel. (If you don’t know the difference between a frame, a door, and a panel, get someone else to install this) These are all normal things anyone should expect to have to do unless you have a home that’s a new construction and everything is perfectly aligned. You are effectively making an alteration to your home, and have to compensate for your home’s quirks. That will be the case no matter what doggy door you install. The quality you get out of it will depend on your attention to the task. If you think you lack the basic skills required - you should have someone handy help you with it. It’s a great product and I am very happy with my purchase :))

I bought this door for our Westie, and it works perfect for her, but it doesn't work perfectly with our patio door. If I line the door up with the glass door, the screws in the side of the doggy door prevent a tight seal against the glass door. These screws should have been flush type instead of a domed head. If I line the door up with the screen door, it is a better fit with the door, but not a great fit with the track, since the outer edge of the track is not very deep, so the door is barely hanging on. Also, with the door against the screen, you have to keep the glass door opened partially to allow the dog to go in and out, but if it is windy, you can't keep out the cold. I am assuming that all dog doors would have the same issues, so I don't plan on returning it or looking for another one. It works, but wouldn't rely on it to keep a thief out.

It does the major things I bought this for. It's easy to install and removable. I have to take it out regularly to get things in and out of my balcony storage. Even though the cat flap didn't come in the color I wanted the apartments haven't complained and the white looks good enough for me. When I remove and put back the panel one or both corner pieces on the top usually pop off. Not a big deal. What is actually worth noting is that there isn't a way to seal the part that adjusts at the top next to the door. To actually seal this would probably mean putting material in that wouldn't allow me to remove the panel. If your door opening is big enough to not need to remove the panel regularly you can solve this. I'm just hoping not too many tree roaches find their way through that gap once winter passes! The lack of a functional locking/sealing solution is somewhat of an issue but you can probably figure out a solution. The lock provided and people's suggestion to put a wooden board down would work on every other sliding glass door I've seen but mine is installed with the sliding pane on the outside. If there was a lock that pulled the panel and door together they would actually seal, which ar a lot of the complaints. Maybe you could include plates that could be installed to bridge the gap between standard sliding door thickness and your thinner flap door. This would give people the ability to choose their own locks. My apt complex is great but they're only doing emergency maintenance right now. A missing sliding door wheel isn't an emergency when the door will lock without the flap insert so I have had time to think of a solution. If the doors were flush at one point this would be easier. Yes to cleaning your door where it overlaps. You'll have to uninstall the flap panel to clean later. Doable but easier to take care of first! I'm going to put some pretty window film on mine for added privacy. The cat and I are happy we have this. Just know that, depending on your door, it might be a bit of a project. Enjoy!

It seems to me that everyone has forgotten the saying, "You get what you Pay for". It seems these days we expect to get more than we pay for, and when we do not we complain. First of all, for me I did not have any issues installing the insert. I followed the instructions and had no issues. Of course my sliding door is standard. So this product worked great as it was designed for a standard sliding glass patio door. I spent an additional 20.00 at the hardware store. Got some white duct tape and 20 feet of foam rubber door stripping. The reason is, it only comes with one 10 ft strip. If your standard storm sliding glass patio door is like mine, the weather stripping runs all around the door, but not on the inside, but more on the sides of the door. Because of this, where the door meets the part of the frame were the studs lay behind there is no weather stripping. So, when I slid the insert in against the stud part of the frame it left an air gap, even though it is very, very narrow, more like 1.5 CM. It is enough to allow the winter air to come through. Also, the weather strip that comes with it to place along the side were the sliding door will now meet the insert, it was very narrow and thin to where you could see light coming through. So, I got two 10 ft strips of 1.25 in wide x 7/16 in thick and placed one strip were the insert meets the portion where it meets the frame against the stud, and the other on the door were it meets the insert. This sealed the Insert from the outside. I also got some command type lock strips, this was because my storm sliding door is 1.5 in wide and the insert is only 3/4th of an inch. The measurements in the products description is incorrect as it being 1.9 inches. Because of this it would move forward and backward, the whole insert that is. So I used the lock strips at the top of the insert to keep it from sliding. Then the Foam insulation strips I added keep the rest of it in place. After all this, the product still will not be air tight. Mainly do to the insert being only 3/4 inch thick in a storm door frame of 1.9. So, I got some white duct tape to seal off the gap at the top. Then were the to parts of the insert meet, there is a very small air gap, so I used a little of the tape to seal it. After all the additional steps, and 20 dollars it works great! It may sound complicated, but it was not. Anyone who has done any DIY door or window work will find my additional steps on weather proofing very simple.