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Forums › Home Workshop DIY › Cat door install has become a struggle.
Durbin90

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#289851 3-Oct-2021 14:55
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So I'm trying to install a cat door on our front door.
Its a wooden door I've done this before, should be a quick job...
Start drilling and hit something hard. Seems to be a steel or fiberglass plate going through. No drill bits can even go through it!! Even bits I've used to go through stainless before will not penetrate this stuff.

Anyone know what this material could be and is putting a cat door through this stuff even doable?

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Valok
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  #2788655 3-Oct-2021 16:36
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Sounds like a fire door. If so you won’t be drilling through it in a hurry.



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  #2788656 3-Oct-2021 16:37
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I'm sorry but it sounds like your door is made from Inconel. You'll just have to move house if you want a cat door.

 

 

 

 







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  #2788657 3-Oct-2021 16:46
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Get a professional in, sounds like your and the end of your skill level .




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  #2788665 3-Oct-2021 16:55
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Perhaps a picture of the door will have someone recognize what make it is and what it might be?




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  #2788670 3-Oct-2021 17:06
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Valok: Sounds like a fire door. If so you won’t be drilling through it in a hurry.

 

 

More to the point, if it is a fire door then you shouldn't be drilling (and then cutting) through it.

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  #2788689 3-Oct-2021 17:49
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Tried a masonry bit with a hammer drill? Then just sawzill the rest of it out perhaps.

 
 
 
 

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  #2788706 3-Oct-2021 18:22
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Before continuing you need to find out if it is a fire door. Tampering with a fire door can lead to a big expensive slap on the wrist.

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  #2788720 3-Oct-2021 18:59
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Would you have a fire door as the front door?

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  #2788722 3-Oct-2021 19:03
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k1w1k1d:

Would you have a fire door as the front door?

 

 

These guys do:

 

 

 

 

Having said that, there may be a more serious fire risk there.

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  #2788737 3-Oct-2021 19:44
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neb:
k1w1k1d:

 

Would you have a fire door as the front door?

 

These guys do: Having said that, there may be a more serious fire risk there.

 

 

 

it's because they keep the top secret "Stargate" there

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