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Pet Doors installed in Overhead Garage Doors

Installing a pet door into an overhead garage door can be tricky. You need to make sure that there is enough room in the lower panel for the door so that it will fit your pet. For smaller pets, this usually is not a problem. When you begin to look at pet doors for larger pets, you need to make sure to select a pet door that will give enough clearance so the dog will not have to slouch to go through the opening. This often can cause hip and back problems. Customers with taller dogs find many times that installing a dog door in the overhead garage door simply does not allow for enough room for the door required for your pet.

With that said, make sure you pay particular attention to the exterior dimensions of the pet door. It is this dimension that needs to fit within the dimensions of your lower garage door panel. The other aspect is the thickness of the garage door. Pet doors are designed to fit different thicknesses. Make sure your selection will work for you. Finally, the pet door frame needs to have a low-profile so that there is no interference when the garage door is opened and lowered.

Due to the different considerations of this unique type of install, Moore Pet Doors has a chart below of recommended doors that work best for overhead garage doors.

Pet Dog/Doors for Overhead Garage doors
MoorePet recommends installing a pet door in an alternative location to a overhead garage door, but for those who wish to do so, we have put together below the most commonly used pet doors for this type of installation. If you have any questions please call us at 1-800-829-7876..
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Brand	MaxSeal® Door Mount	PetSafe Freedom	Ideal Deluxe	PetSafe Classic	Staywell Original	Ideal Original	PetSafe Plastic
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Type of Flap	single or dual flexible	single flexible	single flexible	single flexible	2-piece rigid	single flexible	single flexible
Thickness door will work with	1 1/4"- 2"	3/8- 2"	1/2- 1 3/4"	1/16- 2"	any	1 1/4- 1 3/4"	1 1/16- 2 "
Color choices	10	1	3	2	3	1	1
Comments	**Best weather seal, most secure , low profile.	Aluminum, low profile frame, good option for thinner doors	Aluminum framed, low profile, thermoplastic security cover	Aluminum frame, utility door, replaceable flaps, plastic slide in cover	Rigid flap design is very effective, low cost door, fits very thin surfaces.	Plastic version of the Ideal Deluxe.	Plastic frame, flexible flap design. Low profile, plastic security cover