Comments on: Litter Garage Keeps Litter Out and Cats In

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:10:58 +0000

Looks like a good idea, but most cities have codes that require a fire wall between the house and garage. Typically it is fire rated drywall with a fire rated door ( if there is a door).

Cutting a hole in this wall would violate the code. You should check with your local municipality building commissioner before doing any modification to the wall between the garage and house.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:25:13 +0000

I need to thank this website for posting this article because after I saw this Litter-Garage setup, I purchased it. The company shipped fast and has everything you need for the new setup. So here’s my opinion on the setup:

The tunnel/chute is custom made with wood, the kind of wood that would not soak up water (urine) in case cats happens to drag a chunk of wet stuff onto the chute. It easily cleans up. The chute comes in two types, regular is an angled one and if your garage floor and inside floor is at the same level (in our case), you will need to have the straight chute. You’ll need to specify during purchase.

The litter box was much a bigger one than we had previously so our cats probably loves it.

The installation was somewhat difficult because I didn’t realized until later I needed the straight chute (I had purchased with the angled chute). The company had sent me the straight chute without charging me a dime. Once I got the right chute, I was in business. Everything connected properly.

Now onto training out two adult cats now to use the new litter box setup. We first left the door open with a piece of tape for a week. We showed each cat by pushing her into the chute and each would go in and come back out. We did that a few times. For the week, it was good. They both use the new setup without any issues. After a week, I close the door and showed them by pushing their head against the door in and out several times, then pushing them through the chute and have them come back out through the door. Coming back out from the litter box was not a problem for both, it’s the going in that was the problem. They were afraid. We tried several more times by pushing their head into the door and let them see the door can open and close. After a day of assisting with the door, they were able to use it on their own. Litter is less messy since most of it is caught in the chute so less on your floor. The smell is WAY less than the level of having an open litter box inside a room.

I have to give this setup 5 stars of out 5 stars.

-Ricky

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:52:00 +0000

I have a similar setup at my house-I have 4 cats & 4 litter boxes in the garage. (since its a storage area, no cars, its safe.) i found a cute wooden cat shape, stained it and put it above their door.

@kathy- push your cat thru the door. do this a few times and the cat will figure it out. If the litter box is not ventillated well enough, the cat may not use the box because of the smell.
-Kat

By: Char

Char — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:25:47 +0000

My sister’s rental has a closet door in which a few louvers are taken out to provide an opening to the cat’s litter pan. This could be accommodated in that way, too.

By: Tierra McLellan

Tierra McLellan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:20:16 +0000

Thats it! I need to win a house and a handyman to build this for me!! LOL

By: hurt138

hurt138 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:03:55 +0000

@kathy Try leaving the cat door open for a month or so. Once the cat knows it can go in it will open the door on its own.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:05:43 +0000

We just built something simular to this only the door opens to an enclosed wooden box and the litter box is inside it. Had I seen this first, I would have used this instead. But my cats seem afraid of it and haven’t used it yet. Any suggestions?

By: Elaine

Elaine — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:21:40 +0000

My mom built something like this at her house and my brother’s house — a cat door in the wall that goes to the garage, and then one of those small wire dog kennels open on one side and attached to the wall of the garage around the exit of the cat door. Put a litter box in the dog kennel, and voila!

I like how this one is smaller, more insulated, and has the perch to hold it up off the floor though.

By: Amy Russell

Amy Russell — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:44:26 +0000

That’s really a great idea!!

By: Maya

Maya — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:15:48 +0000

i don’t live in a house so no garage for me. but this seems to be a really great product to own.
one of my three cats is a bit overweight and she’s a little shorter then the other two but just as long which mean i can’t buy the large litter box. this product is just what i need. now if only actually had a garage this could work

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:51:08 +0000

Brilliant! I’ve often eyed the wall between our family room and the garage and thought, “Gee, if only I could build a tunnel in the wall and keep the litter box in the garage!”

How nice that it’s an enclosed box on the garage side, so that the cat can feel secure.