DIY Catio

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A short video showing the finished catio

Materials used:

  • Fibreglass insect screen, avail in several widths by the metre from most hardware stores
  • staples (galvanised for outdoor use)
  • timber mouldings (a couple of different shapes to stretch and hide the edges) - come in 2.4m lengths, get treated timber if poss for outdoor use
  • I also used the flat mouldings, and insect screen to build my own door - adding corner reinforcers, and construction glue to help reinforce without using diagonal pieces. 
  • Finally, because of the width of the original doorway, I picked up a piece of fencing trellis (the bit that is meant to be a decorative topper) from trademe to create a door jamb to hang the screen door on.  It needed cleaning up, painting (solagard), and one end needed to be cut to fit the height. 

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