The Dog Door…A challenge

This posting answers the question…Is it possible for a 15 year old boy to fit through a dog door?

It does not however answer the question…Is there anything Harris won’t do for $5.00?

Landscaping…The Dog Run

After Jay’s JLM Landscaping crew finished up their part of our high-tech dog run Paul went to work installing the pet door and building a ramp to the porch. The photos below shows all of the elements of the backyard dog run together for the very first time. In the first we see the K9 grass inside the fencing and the ramp leading to the porch (we’ll remove a couple of spindles later).

The second photo shows the dog run, ramp, and pet door off the back side of the breezeway porch. We plan to have a “flexible” barrier that will clip in-between the porch railing and back wall of the house to restrict access to part (or all) of the rear breezeway porch.

I think this entire system is going to be really nice for both the dogs and humans.

Carpentry…The Dog Door (day 2)

Paul continues his work on the dog door in the outside wall of the mudroom. The first photo shows the the “inside” half of the dog door standing next to the opening Paul has created in the wall. We are using the double flap version of an Endura Flap pet door from Patio Pacific that includes a magnetic “closer” and a sturdy locking cover on the inside flap.

The next photo shows Paul holding the door assembly in place in the wall. The last photo shows the MiraTEC trim and DuPont window flashing Paul is using as he finishes the rough door opening on the outside wall.

Carpentry…The dog door

I snuck out the back breezeway door and finally got a photo our camera shy construction supervisor…Paul Winters…as he worked to cut his way through the James Hardie siding on the porch where the dog door will be installed (he couldn't hear a thing with the grinder running) .

The next photo shows the nice clean hole he cut in the siding where he plans to install a MiraTEC frame surrounding the dog door. The last photo shows the doggie ramp extending into the dog run from the breezeway porch. The plan is to train the dogs to run out through the door, and down the ramp into the dog run to “do their jobs” on the K9 grass.