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Important Safety Information
Explanation of Attention Words and Symbols used in this guide
This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards.
Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.
WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in
death or serious injury.
CAUTION, used with the safety alert symbol, indicates a hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE is used to address practices not related to personal injury.
•When children are present in the home, it is important to consider the pet door
during child proofing activities, the pet door may be misused by a child resulting in
the child accessing potential hazards that may be on the other side of the pet door.
Purchasers/Homeowners with swimming pools should ensure that the pet door is
monitored at all times and that the swimming pool has adequate barriers to entry.
If a new hazard is created inside or outside of your home, which may be accessed
through the pet door, Radio Systems
®
Corporation recommends that you properly
guard access to the hazard or remove the pet door. The closing panel or lock, if
applicable, is provided for aesthetic and energy efficiency purposes and is not
intended as a security device. Radio Systems
®
Corporation will not be liable for
unintended use and the purchaser of this product accepts full responsibility for
oversight of the opening it creates.
•Power Tools. Risk of severe injury; follow all safety instructions for power tools. Be
sure to always wear proper safety equipment.
•The user, prior to installation, must become familiar with all building codes that
may affect the installation of the pet door and determine, along with a licensed
contractor, its suitability in a given installation. This pet door is not a fire door. It is
important for the owner and contractor to consider any risks that may be present
inside or outside of the pet door, and any risks that may be created by subsequent
changes to your property and how they may relate to the existence and use,
including misuse of the pet door.
•Be sure to use heavy scissors for cutting the core covers.
•If cutting a metal surface, be aware of sharp edges to prevent injury.
•Keep these instructions with important papers; be sure to transfer these instructions
to the new owner of the property.
•If homeowner’s door or other application is not level, the pet door must be marked
level to swing properly.
•When applying cutting template there should be a minimum of 3” between the
bottom and sides of the door and the outer edge of the template to maintain the
structural integrity of the door.
•Make sure there is nothing underneath the door where you will be drilling the holes
or cutting out opening.
•Use a manual screwdriver to tighten screws. Do not overtighten. Overtightening
can warp the pet door frame.
•It is not possible to cut holes in tempered or double pane glass except at the time of
manufacture. Consult a professional glazier or glass manufacturer to install the pet
door in a glass door or window.
