Meow Manor® Cat Door Interior Door - No-Flap, Interior Cat Door for Cats Up to 20 lbs, Easy DIY Setup, Secured Installation in Minutes, No Training Needed…

My kitties are coming in a few months. For them, I was looking for an interior cat door or pass-through between my kitchen and laundry porch, where I'll be keeping my litter box. The smallish laundry porch has a second door leading to my driveway. I wanted to be able to stop access to the laundry porch on those occasions I am bringing in groceries or something from the garage, and don't want the kitties (they'll be two indoor-only Bengals) to be able to get out. I didn't like the idea of a door with a locking flap because should they believe it to be open as usual, and find I'd locked it, they'd bang their heads on it, or even not be sure about trusting it! I next then decided, heck, I'll just purchase a pass-through -- basically a hole in the door with a kitty template. That way, if I needed the pass-through blocked, I could just put a large brick or object in front of the pass-through and they'd visually SEE they couldn't get through. The problem with that is the hassle of moving the brick or large object.I just saw this on a video from the folks with Kona the Bengal. The woman was rightfully giddy about how unique and different this was, and I liked its looks and functionality immediately. PLUS, the fact that it DOESN"T have an always-present flap was perfect for my needs. Now I can keep it always open, but on those rare occasions I'll need it closed for a few minutes, I'll just shut its little door.The extra bonus for ME, is that now -- when I might go on vacation and use a cat sitter service -- the sitter can come INTO the house from the driveway with Meow Mansion closed (while gone, I'd move the litter box into the kitchen). That way, she can come in and out with impunity and not worry about the cats squirting out --- she can have that safe buffer of closing the back door, THEN opening the interior door into the kitchen. I know that all sounds confusing, but just think of three areas (1) outside driveway with back door into laundry porch; (2) small laundry porch room with interior door into the kitchen; and (3) kitchen.I just got the kitty door today and even though I have a ton of projects to do, really couldn't wait to install it. Now, I CAN wrench a motorcycle and can do extremely minor repairs, but these are things ANYBODY can do if they read how to do it. The installation of the Meow Mansion was even easier and I absolutely had to take a crack at it. A month or two back (in anticipation of cutting out a whole in ONE of my doors), I purchased an inexpensive jigsaw. I pulled the interior door off the hinges (one of the two pins was stuck but a hammer and screwdriver wrenched it loose). The 1 1/4" thick door was not light but it wasn't difficult to bring it to my backyard where I placed it on my covered hot tub (nice, large flat surface); but really you can probably figure out some place in your home to do it; even on a simple table if there's room).I brought out everything I figured I'd need: the paper template, scissors, tape (to tape the template to the door), a pencil, my jigsaw, a Philips screwdriver, an electric screwdriver, (then, a) drill, screwdriver bits for all, an extension cord, the Meow Mansion and screws for it, a Yeti cup of ice water and my glasses (it was a nice sunny day, mid-60s in the late afternoon). One of my four photos shows most everything I mention just a minute or so before I started.Now, I'd uh, NEVER operated a jigsaw before, but watched a few YouTube videos, and opened the jigsaw package for the first time ever. I saw they gave me about 6 blades. I just made an educated guess which one to use, and even had to find a video of the model to see how to insert the blade. You might need two people to manhandle the door, but I did it myself -- not too heavy, just awkward. Having seen two separate installation videos, I just went for it. Cutting the paper template was easy. I tried to cut/stay in the middle of the outer black line. I then measured the width of the door and made a pencil mark at the center. I laid the template on it and taped it lightly in place away from tracing spots. I then traced with a pencil by pressing down the template and voila! I had a light but very visible line on my door.I plugged in the jigsaw and as best I could, followed the horseshoe-like line. Happily, the jigsaw had a laser light that helped; but I still had to blow away sawdust to see. In MY case -- perhaps because I was using the wrong blade or this was my first time using a jigsaw -- instead of taking about 30 seconds to cut out the hole, it was slow going and took me, I dunno, about 4 minutes. Even though a couple of times I strayed INSIDE my pencil line, I went back and cut those parts wider (that took maybe 20 seconds). It appears that the actual Meow Mansion plastic templates give you plenty of leeway, so don't get too caught up in being 100% perfect -- just do a reasonably good job.AFTER the hole was done, since I had an electric screwdriver I figured I was home free to emplace the 6 (3 on each side) screws onto the MM. But it was not to be. The electric screwdriver was meant for light in-home screws and NOT to start and finish screwing a wood screw into "virgin" wood. It just spun around. Well, I reasoned, I had a nice standard-sized DRILL. But I dunno, I'm no everyday driller either, and it spun around a bit, probably because I didn't think I needed to push down with force. Maybe I shouldn't have been that timid. [Editing here 2 years later it was really because I didn't drill a small pilot hole first.] Ultimately I ended up using a standard Philips screwdriver. I found you had to PUSH hard while screwing, and then they went in fine and I was able to cinch them down. So much for my hopes of just going "Wrrrrrrr" with an electric something-or-other and being done with each screw. Still, I just took my time -- maybe 2 minutes per screw. The only other hassle was completely turning the door OVER for the other side; slightly tricky, but not that difficult. After that, the instructions to emplace the little door handle holder or keeper was easy; even ingenious. You merely placed the keeper on the door handle, remove the sticky tape atop the keeper, then open the door on its hinges against the "wall," pressing the sticky part of the keeper onto the "wall." Then you carefully detached the door knob from the keeper. The keeper was then perfectly in place, and after you use the provided screw that comes with it (again, more cinching down), it is permanently in place. You're DONE!I know this sounded like a lot. But honestly, it took me perhaps 45 minutes from gathering all the tools, removing the door to the outside, cutting the template, the door; REALIZING the electric screwdriver wouldn't work and obtaining my drill and hooking THAT up; failing with that, THEN screwing the MM down manually; and finally placing it back on its hinges and taking photos.The bottom line is, this thing is cute as a button, a good size for just about any cat I'd think; can act as a kitty pass-through OR a blocking mechanism to another room, and was not difficult for someone who at least knows about a few basic home tools (hammer, pliers, some wrenches, that type of thing). Once it's finished there is a lot of joy in knowing you've made life easier and safer for you and your warm, furry friends -- oh, and your kitties too! haha I highly recommend this wonderful cat door!!

We tried to research cat doors/flaps, but didn’t feel like we found a good solution until my sister found this cat door and we thought it was well worth a try after many interruptions day and night of having to open and close the bedroom door for our 2 cats. I’m so happy with how it works and it is so simple! We actually installed it without any power tools because we didn’t have the right one on hand. We used a small saw and a coping saw, which took a little longer, but we were eager to install it and not have to wait to get the right power tool. It is so wonderful and the cats went right through it without much coaxing at all. I would highly recommend to restore the peace of not having to open and close the door every time your cat wants in or out. Also, it’s great that it can lock by the turn of the knob on either side of it for the times you need them to stay in the room. I’m actually late in posting this review, we’ve had it now for almost a year and it’s still working great! Again, we highly recommend it!

This adorable little cat door has so much to offer. Our 11 lb cat fits perfectly and it keeps the dogs away from her, her food and litter. The little door is functional and can be shut and locked if we need to keep the cat in her room.It is such a conversational piece when guests come over.It was extremely easy to install. Came with a template for cutting the door and screwed together nicely. Even had the little plastic inserts for the screw holes.Our cat loves it and if you have a cat you know. Happy cat happy house. lol.

Just what my sister has needed FOR YEARS! Didn't know there was anything like this out there until I needed a regular cat door with a flap for my barn and saw this. Now I'm the favorite sister! My sister's house cats eat and have their litter box in her laundry room, which is right off her living room, and she's always had to leave the door ajar. She never wanted a flappy door because they are ugly and noisy--but this is neither! And it latches open or closed! She has a new cat and sometimes needs to lock one up for a bit when they are bickering and this door just closes when she wants it to--but it never closes accidentally. It looks nice and she doesn't feel like it detracts from her house at all--if she decides to sell, just closing the door makes it basically back into a solid door and then just looks like perhaps a gnome has lived there, no need to replace the door! I got this for her and installed it in probably less than half an hour.Maybe it wasn't that quick, but it was straightforward and easy to do right with ordinary do-it-yourself skills and basic tools (which she doesn't have, but I do, so it worked!). And there's no training period like for flappy doors, which you don't really need for inside anyway. Somebody needed to think of this years ago.

The cats love to be able to go in and out of the basement. A nice looking cat door, with the option to turn the tiny doorknob to lock it to keep the cats in that section of the house incase guest with allergies come over.

Love this pet door! We have received so many compliments! Easy to install and the template included was right on target! Makes you want to be tiny as a cat to be able to crawl thru the door lol! Sooo cute! 10/10 definitely recommend!

Sooo perfect that my friends are now buying it! Yes, we put this in a hollow door and it still works perfect! Best solution for cats and keeping dogs and other people/kids out of areas you don't want them in. Buy this!

Have not installed it, looks easy to install. Cats can’t wait.