Never having used one of these, is the following a case where one
*could* have been used?Replacement conservatory construction in progress (old one small and no more than a lean-to, really). There are double-doors going out from the kitchen area into the conservatory. When the old one was demolished, these doors were locked and boarded from the inside with a large sheet of ply. So far so good.
Then the lads doing the screeding on top of the insulation they needed to know the level inside the doors so could they remove the ply and open the doors for a minute. Then it transpires that I'd also activated a shoot-bolt in the door into the floor, so needed to undo that.
Unfortunately this bolt had, during the works so far, attracted some grit and in any case I'd forgotten which way to turn it to lift it. Result, sheared off so no way to lift the bolt.
Builder comes over at 07.30 this a.m. and takes a chisel to the bottom of these doors, removes about 4 inches of wood to access the defunct shoot-bolt. So he'll have to make that good as part of the project.
Thinking about this project during the w/e, I'd thought perhaps of an angle grinder with a large (say 6") cutting disk that can do metal. Go under the door, cut through the bolt, should be done in 5 mins. Would this have been feasible or would that have been too dangerous (do those things have guards?) or a bad idea for some other reason, perhaps.
Would like to know before marking his card - thx.