The tube and the end caps are well made, but mine was assembled poorly. There were only a few spots of cement attaching the tube to the end cap with the ears. The tube wasn’t continuous either. It was just a heavy sheet of plastic rolled up and riveted together. Those rivets stick out and catch on the drywall as you’re trying to install it.
In retrospect, I should have ditched the instructions and saved the 3M tape for something else. Do this instead:
1. Remove all the factory glue from the end where the tube is attached. It is easy to separate those pieces as there was probably 3-4 drops of glue holding on to both pieces.
2. Run a bead of contact cement along the entire groove of one end.
3. Insert one end of the tube into this groove. The section where the rivets hold the tube together is twice as thick as the others, so this will give you the most trouble when inserting the tube into the groove. Set this end on some paper or something to catch any drips.
4. Put the other end cap on the tube and then put some books or something flat and heavy to keep the tube pressed into the groove with the contact cement (I used a carton of canned pet food). Let this sit and dry according to the directions for the contact cement.
5. When it is dry, put the unglued end of the tube against the wall where you want to install it. Then trace around the edge with a pen or pencil. Use a drywall knife to cut this circle out.
6. Push the tube into the wall until it hits the drywall on the other side. Use the knife to cut small guide holes through the drywall along the inside of the tube.
7. Remove the tube, align it with the holes that you’ve just made, and trace around the outside of the tube. Cut this circle out with the drywall knife.
8. Push the tube in from the original side until the glued end touches the wall. About 1/4” or 1cm or so of the tube will stick out on the other side of the wall.
9. Run a bead of contact cement in the groove on the other end, line up this groove with the tube, reach through the tunnel to hold onto the other end, and push the end cap onto the tube. At this point, you can rotate this end cap to spread the contact cement around and/or to move the entire assembly so the cat ears and tail are pointed in the directions that you want. Hold these three pieces together as tightly as you can until the last piece is set.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2022
Hoping my cat stops driving me nuts with the pawing.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2022
My cat likes to drive me nuts and paw on my door at all hours of the night. I'm pretty sure he does it on purpose. I will leave my door cracked and he will shut it just to mess with me. My cat doesn't actually want in my room, and he doesn't want me. He just wants access to his preferred litter box in its preferred location (he has 3 other boxes he will refuse to use because he wants the one in my closet). I have relocated his preferred litter box all over the house trying to find a solution to him pawing which only makes him mad and he wreaks havoc, as punishment against me, all over the house. He's truly a menace! Hopefully having direct access to his preferred litter box in its preferred location (my closet) while being able to bypass my bedroom and bathroom and go straight from the living room to the closet will prevent him from pawing and meowing at my door until he wakes me inevitably as some awful hour. All I want is to sleep. The product itself my husband was able to install rather quickly, under 30 minutes. We spent more time deciding where to cut the hole. The frame feels like a wood or MDF. It's a printable surface. It comes primed/painted white so it can be installed as is or painted over to blend in or stick out from the wall. We haven't decided if we will paint it. The white blends well, but it's a lovely cat shape so it would be playful and fun to have standing out. Not sure who thought of this genius product, probably someone else who was being terrorized by their cat in the middle of the night. And if I fail to get up and open the door, the cat will attack my husband's feet until he wakes up. He truly is a menace. You should definitely buy this product. Your newly found sanity is thanks enough.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2023
So easy to install. Great product. Raised it a little higher on the wall because we have dogs but kitty goes through easily. Very sturdy and great idea. Very happy with the product.
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