Ideal Pet Products Designer Series Plastic Pet Door with Telescoping Frame, Medium, 7″ x 11.25″ Flap Size

Missing template
I gave this 5 stars since even with the missing template I was able to install the door in about an hour.I bought the same exact door 7 years ago on Amazon and it’s currently installed on an exterior metal door. Didn’t notice much difference – they’re both sturdy, functional, etc. I did notice that “offwhite” color is now light gray instead of light beige. I was expecting them to match but oh well.I bought this to install on an interior door (to basement) that’s 2 inches thick and hollow so I needed the telescopic frame to hide the interior of the door. I previously had a smaller cat door on it but it didn’t have a deep frame and I was using tape to protect the interior of the door (to give you a mental pic of how awful it looked). I have an average handiness level, so measured the size hole needed and marked it with a pencil. Then laid down blue painters tape along the lines to prevent my cheap door from chipping out, and cut the hole with a jigsaw. Fit the frame in and screwed both sides together.I would say the screws were the hardest part. I had to hand tighten each one rather than using the drill because they were such a tight fit and I was afraid the plastic frame would crack. Got them all in with a bit of elbow grease and the door looks great!

Replace a medium size ideal with this XL
I like the Ideal pet doors. They are durable, sell replacement flaps and have the best covers for doggie door (when not in use) in the business. We needed a larger opening door as we adopted an Australian Cattle Dog and she was barely squeezing through the medium door.I cut the door on the hinges to the size of the outside opening of the receiving screw panel. DO NOT cut an opening like direction tell you to-DO NOT use the door covering as a template-It is too big-there will not be enough door surface for the doggie door to press up against for proper installation I was about to use it and then came to my senses. If I did, I asked myself, wouldn’t the opening be too large? There must be some door support for the dog door panels to set up against. I’m glad that I realized this before committing to cutting. Wear safety glasses and a mask. The door is a little too big but there is no size in between med. and Xl. Too bad. Oh well, great product, they just need to change their directions for cutting-maybe a paper template to trace/tape on the door and the need in between sizes. Overall, good product, but one star off for improper directions.

Great item.
I bought a size too small and I am NOT a handy man so was afraid to cut a hole in my door so hired a handy man who charged $200 to install it!!! This brand electronic door is well worth the money. It keeps out cold and critters and there is even a customer support line if you have any questions. I expected the door to open on its own when activated by the key but the dog has to push it open with their nose. That’s fine but it’s a tad heavier than the ones that are just a plastic flat and don’t lock or keep out cold and that wear out pretty fast. Also, no electrical needed – it’s all battery operated and even though my dog will lay near it and keep it going off over and over, the batteries last a long time. Changing them requires a screw driver and I think I will have to reprogram it when I replace the batteries. That’s no big deal but I will have to refer back to the directions to refresh my memory as to how to program it for my dog’s key tag. I love this thing. I have a 26 pound wire fox terrier – about 17 inches at the shoulder and he has to shimmy through it and he’s not crazy about that so I often just open the regular people door for him. That’s totally my mistake because the website says to get a bigger size for a dog the size of mine. I thought since this small size was about the size of the old just a plastic flap doggy door that I could get away with this smaller door. I think the next size up would be a considerably heavier door and it might take some doing to get my dog to push through such a heavy door. But, no worries about unwanted critters getting in and keeping out the weather is a huge improvement over the plastic flaps that potentially let anything (critters, weather, people) in. Maybe one day I will upgrade to the next size up. The door I bought ended up also being too wide for the door where I wanted it installed, so we just framed the hole we cut in the door with scrap wood and that easily filled the gap. I wouldn’t want to be without a doggy door like this! My dog can escape in case of fire even if I’m not home. He can go potty whenever he needs and he can patrol the yard whenever he chooses. My dog loves it too!

This was a replacement for an old dog door of the same brand. I had to get the this brand again because I couldn’t find another dog door with the same cutout size. Anyway, my old one has been a good door. After seven years the plastic on the outside had degraded in the sun and looked pretty bad, but the door itself was not broken and worked fine. For some reason the screws that came with the new dog door were too big so I had to find smaller ones. Once I gave up trying to force the screws the door came with, it was easy to install.

Cómo tengo perro grande es muy difícil encontrar una puerta especial por el tamaño de mi perro, pero Amazon la tenía y me llegó súper rápido

Ellos ya entran y sales super bien por sus puertitas, ya compre tres para toda mi casa!! mega recomendables