Cat flap fitting in Ince-in-Makerfield

Almost always, with the right method. Local walls are old solid brick behind a soft lime skim, with the odd blocked-up chimney breast that swallows a fixing if it is not scanned first, so the substrate is scanned and tested first and the fixing chosen to suit. A standard Ince-in-Makerfield job takes around 87 minutes.

Access here is typically residents’ bay parking close to the door and a planned route past the stair spindles for large boards. Wigan Council controls parking in WN2, so any permit or visitor bay is arranged before the visit and included in the quoted price — never added afterwards.

Timber or composite door starts at from £79 and through a masonry wall is from £159. The price is set by what the flap is going into — timber, uPVC, glass or a masonry wall and fixed in writing before we travel. Rates are identical across WN2, WN3 — postcode never changes the figure.

Not into the existing sealed unit — cutting it would destroy it. We order a replacement toughened pane with the hole pre-cut to your flap and swap the unit over. The same answer applies to every Ince-in-Makerfield booking.

Yes. We core through the wall, fit a lined tunnel across the cavity, seal both faces and make good, which suits flats and houses where the door cannot be altered. Nothing changes for Ince-in-Makerfield — Wigan rates are identical.

Yes. We pair the flap with your cat's chip, test it and show you how to add another cat or change the lock modes. Nothing changes for Ince-in-Makerfield — Wigan rates are identical.

Most Ince-in-Makerfield homes have a solid timber or half-glazed timber back door onto the yard, often the original door with a century of paint on it, which cuts cleanly with a hole cutter and takes a flap without any structural worry The survey confirms the construction before anything is cut, and the flap, fixing kit and liner are matched to that door rather than to a one-size box.

Not into the existing unit — cutting a sealed double-glazed pane breaks the seal and the glass. Locally, upper panels are frequently single-glazed or a later sealed unit dropped into the old frame — the timber panel below is the sensible target, and the glass is left alone Where glass is the only route, we measure the unit and order a replacement toughened pane with the aperture cut at the factory, then fit the flap into the new pane.

Yes. External walls here are typically 9-inch solid brick with no cavity, so a through-wall fit needs a core-drilled opening and a long lined tunnel with an internal and external frame rather than a standard door flap The opening is core drilled, the tunnel lined and sealed at both faces, and the internal and external frames set level so the flap swings freely and stays weathertight.

Small rear yards opening onto a shared ginnel or back alley, so the flap normally goes in the back door and the cat routes out through the gate. On that basis, a microchip selective-entry flap is worth it here — ginnels carry a lot of cat traffic and a magnetic collar flap lets every neighbouring cat in. If a flap genuinely is not workable at your property, we will say so on the survey rather than sell you a fitting.