On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:40:18 GMT, "." wrote:

|Will Owen wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I need to install a cat flap in my kitchen wall. It is a single skin
| brick wall (1930s red brick) with plasterboard and insulation behind.
|
| How easy is it to cut the hole out for this? I have some long masony
| drills etc, but am unsure as to how much you knock out. i.e. can you
| drill holes in a line through the brick to create the hole of the
| required size or do you have to knock out the surrounding bricks and
| fill in around it afterwards?
|
| Apols for sounding like a novice, but have never had to do this
| before.
|
| TIA
|
| Will Owen
|
|apply template, drill a series of holes to suit, knock out the hole
|with a 2" bolster chisel or SDS chisel, fit catflap inner, infil voids
|with either mortar (hassle) or builders foam, fit catflap.
|
|make sure you've bought a magnetic catflap or every cat in the
|'hood will be wazzing up your sofa and stealing tiddles food.

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