Cat Flap in a Baby Gate

Step 8 Reassemble Gate, and Install

You're done!

Re-assemble the gate hinge by placing the plastic washer, then the spring (narrow end towards the top of the hinge pin) on the hinge pin, then pushing the hinge pin thru the hinge and snapping the E-clip back on.

Install the gate according to the manufacturer's instructions.

After installation, I added a home-made stepstool to the front of the gate so the cat could walk thru easier. On the bottom of the back of the stool I attached magnets with short lengths of chain attached to magnet plates, so that the stool could be loosely attached to the gate door. When the gate is opened or closed, the stool moves with it, making it easier on my wife and me... we don't have to move the stool around to get in and out of the gate, it's just easier.

The stool was a relatively simple project -- a piece of scrap plywood with four holes drilled in the bottom, four table legs bought at home depot screwed into the holes, three pieces of 1x1/4" trim nailed around the edge of the ply (for looks and to prevent delamination), a few coats of stain and seal, then the jerry-rigged magnet contraption to hold it all in place.

Thanks for reading!