Garald Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) Someone on diy.stackexchange.com proposes a lined cat portico tunnel as the solution to combining sound insulation needs and cat needs. I had fantasized about the same. Would that really work (maybe in combination with the Passivhaus cat flap)? Is there anything like that being produced? I don't want to have to pay a fortune to a carpenter, but perhaps there's something that exists that can be hacked. The inside of the tunnel should probably be covered in washable material - the cat will often use the tunnel right after using the cat toilet. Edited January 23, 2023 by Garald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I’ve looked at this many times and after several experiments came to the conclusion cats do not like going through tunnels with flaps on … odd when they will happily crawl under floor boards. I wasn’t even trying for air tightness or insulation purposes, I simply wanted a cat flap in the wall instead of a door or window. But anything tube-like and my cats would not entertain the idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 hour ago, markc said: .... I simply wanted a cat flap in the wall instead of a door or window. But anything tube-like and my cats would not entertain the idea This summer-time exercise worked for us. Feed them outside for a week. Then - with the cats inside the house - put their feed outside at the tunnel entrance with both flaps up. Then one flap down .... Then do the same with both down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I guess a tunnel with a door at each end reminds the cat of a trip to the vet in a cat carrier. Bad things happen there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 A customer of mine many years ago asked me to create a cat tunnel, only one flap tho, from her kitchen worktop through a wall with a dustbin outside for the cat to jump on 🤷♂️. It worked great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Radian said: I guess a tunnel with a door at each end reminds the cat of a trip to the vet in a cat carrier. Bad things happen there. Go outside with a thermometer in hand, they will soon bolt though the tunnel. This may not translate into French, they take their medicine differently there. Edited January 23, 2023 by SteamyTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 41 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: ... This may not translate into French, they take their medicine differently there. Vee Tschermans often sit on our medicines too. I learned the song : Pop Goes the Weasel to that routine. It all works so much faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, ToughButterCup said: Pop Goes the Weasel What @pocster was singing behind me, wondered what it was all about. Edited January 23, 2023 by SteamyTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: What @pocster was singing behind me, wondered what it was all about. I taught him everything he knows, but not about walk-on glazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garald Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 So, do you think something like this would combine well with the Passivhaus catflap? Would the combination give substantial sound protection? https://www.amazon.fr/Tunnel-Pliable-Grottes-Chatons-Cochons/dp/B09PBPK4WX/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_2_2/259-7799006-4956820?pd_rd_w=ue0hq&content-id=amzn1.sym.5dff3cad-8488-40d8-8f9f-5e2c7e20e67a&pf_rd_p=5dff3cad-8488-40d8-8f9f-5e2c7e20e67a&pf_rd_r=CK9CTTHKWX4ZK4Y40J41&pd_rd_wg=0n4nC&pd_rd_r=0608b7a4-ec8f-4c2c-9d4e-10710ddaa2a9&pd_rd_i=B09PBPK4WX&th=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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