I need to install a latch on an interior wooden sliding door
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I need to install a latch on an interior wooden sliding door
I need an easy-install latch for an interior sliding door. I need to put it on without boring any holes for set-in hardware. It all needs to be attached to the surface of the door and the surface of where the door goes into vertically where it closes. I need to be able to latch it from the outside when I leave, and from the inside when I come in. The only purpose of the latch is to keep a 10lb. male cat from opening the sliding door, which lets the heat out.
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With the constraints you've put on it about all you could do is use Velcro tape on the door and jamb.
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Hi, a piece of 1/4 plywood about 30" High and 4" wider than the door. Put on the side of the door where the cat is and use 2 one gallon jugs of water on the floor to hold the ply wood in place. Works for me.
Good Luck Woodbutcher
Good Luck Woodbutcher
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the latch is to keep a 10lb. male cat from opening the sliding door
without boring any holes
How about some magnets to add some greater opening force!