Why a Cat Enclosure?

Cats love to play outdoors where they feel safe, can wander, play in the garden, and lay in the sun. Cats live longer, happier, healthier lives if allowed indoors and outdoors but in the safety of an enclosed space.

Minimize the Risk of Cat Theft.

An unfortunate reality of the times is that more and more cats are being kidnapped for profit or to avoid the purchase costs.

Help Protect Local Wildlife.

Cat owners know that most cats love to hunt. This has a devastating impact on local wildlife. An enclosure will significantly help to prevent this.

Being a responsible cat owner (and the Law).

Councils are ruling against cats roaming the neighbourhood. This is to keep cats safe from the dangers of the roads, to stop cats roaming into other people’s yards, as well as to prevent cats killing native birds and wildlife. Be a responsible cat owner - have an area of your cat transformed into a cat haven. Save on vet bills and fees to retrieve your cat from the Council animal shelter - keep your cat indoors or in a secure outdoor cat enclosure.

A corner garden enclosure. The client installed the post and the cat flap in the brick wall of the house.

Kat Haven Styles.

We do simple permanent ‘frameless’ netted cat enclosures that use existing buildings and fences to support the netting that suit the home, the family and the cat.

Frameless enclosures are a fraction of the cost of similarly sized steel or timber framed enclosures, and netted enclosures are cheaper and more appealing to the eye than steel mesh.

Quality & Longevity.

We use strong black nylon CatNets netting (which is heat sealed at every knot and UV-stabilised for long life), plus high quality stainless steel fixtures and fittings. Our enclosures are not only beautiful to the eye but are built to last.

To secure the netting to the house and fence…… We attach the netting to stainless steel wire rope which has been threaded through clips attached to the house, fence and paving 45-50cm apart, around the boundary of the enclosure, by means of 100’s or 1,000’s of tiny stainless steel c-clips using a compressor and a pneumatic c-clip gun. This holds the netting very securely and closely to the wire cable and gives a very professional finish to the enclosure. Make sure your installer uses this method.

Gates.

We use L-Shape Chunky Zipper Gates. They are strong, long lasting and easy to use. We currently do not install hard gates.

Accessories.

As part of your Kat Haven installation we can install wall platforms and hammocks that make the area fun and interesting for your cat. Cats love sitting up high on walls where they can look out over the world, and they love lazing in the large triangular hammocks. (Accessories are not available separately.)

Will it work at your place?

If you have a:

• small backyard,

• courtyard, or

• side walkway

  with a fence or other structure opposite it, with no trees taller than fence height, or a:

• pergola,

• patio, or

• balcony (with walls, floor, balustrade and soffit made of either brick, concrete, aluminium or steel, and if it is safe to work on - no fall risks),

then we can turn it into an outdoor safe haven for your cat.

We attach netting between objects already in place, like house and fence, shed and fence, and between posts of verandahs and patios. We don’t install posts or do framing.

What if you rent?

If you rent your home, you will need the landlord’s or body corporate’s permission to have small holes drilled approximately every 45-50cm into the walls of the building, the fences and the paving/floor round the boundary of the enclosure. These holes can be filled in with matching coloured pop-rivets, mortar or wood putty if the netting is required to be removed when you vacate the property, or it can remain in place for the next tenant.

The netting is attractive to the eye and an asset to the property.