It's not steel, it's an internal plywood partition but it's pretty firmly stuck in the wrong place and I don't fancy just bashing it with a mallet.
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How to rig up a 'horizontal' jack?
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Genius!
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+1 for those as clamps, certainly quite meaty, never used them as spreaders though ...
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The forces you can impart by wedging are huge. Are you sure you won't destroy a seam or joint elsewhere by further "easing"?
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I'm sure the fire brigade have those sort of things. Brian
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I'd second a scissor jack. Does depend a bit on the amount of force required of course. I'd want to think carefully about what it's bearing against on the other side, just in case the wrong thing moves.....(I wonder how I know that...)
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A mechanical jack, incorporating a screw thread and bevel gears, will work on its side even if a hydraulic jack won't.
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Mine did.
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A while back Axminster were flogging an inflatable "bag" which was intended for holding and squaring door and window frames - or numerous other purposes. Suspect it could do what you want very easily - but I cannot find them on their site.
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I'm going to take a long hard look at *why* the partition has moved before I try to push it back. I'm fairly sure it is just an 'internal' movement though as it has happened on only one side of a narrow door, so that the door jambs aren't opposite each other any more.
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+1
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door slams
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Sit down across the corridor. Bend your knees and place your feet against one wall. Spread your arms and brace your back against the other wall.
PUSH!
Not moving?
Get a mate to sit next to you.
Repeat until you run out of mates or something moves :-)
Cheers
Dave R
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There isn't actually a door to slam, it's just a doorway.
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It's really rather too narrow for this to work, except for midgets maybe.
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Or, more likely, until you run out of wall for mates to lean against!
It seems to me that you need fairly fine control over the force you exert - otherwise it will move by not enough or by too much. To achieve this, a jack on its side or a ratchet clamp used in spreader mode, would be best.
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Old Land Rover ones which were screw not hydraulic.
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accident with formula one wheel chair and drunk driver?
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I had no problem when I jacked out the back of a car after someone ran into the back of me, so that I could still be mobile until it was repaired. IIRC the jack wasn't quite horizontal, but almost so.
SteveW
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Or a couple of wedges and a bit of wood to make the gap.