Pet flap fitting: toughened glass is never drilled, the whole pane is replaced
Pet owners can buy a flap in minutes but will not cut into their own door or glazing. You survey it, pick the right flap and fit it so the door still seals.
The whole job is decided before you pick up a tool, by what the door is made of. Timber and a uPVC panel can be finished in one visit; sealed glazing means a survey, a made-to-order unit and a second trip weeks later. For a beginner the hard part is not cutting — it is surveying honestly and walking away from the jobs that must not be done at all.
A cat that wants out in the middle of the night turns its owner into a doorman. Ordering the flap takes minutes; the box then sits in the hallway for months. Cutting into your own front door is a one-way decision on something you cannot put back, and the trades who could do it rarely want to — a joiner has no glazing supplier and an emergency glazier cannot afford to wait for a made-to-order unit.
💡 Why it works
🐾Customers pay for nerve, not for a hole
Ordering the flap is the easy half. Making an irreversible cut into a door that cost real money is not, and that hesitation is the entire service. You are not competing on price, you are competing with the job never getting done.
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