Norm's Gadget

[The Medway Handyman]

Watching Norm build a shed on TV, he had a gadget I hadn't seen before.

Steel bar around 2' long. Attached to this about 6" from the base was a right angle steel bar - so the whole thing looked like a lower case "h". Both bars had points at the bottom & it pivoted where the right angled piece met the straight piece.

When fixing a side of the shed the straight piece was tapped into the floor & the angled bit tapped into the bottom of the wall section. Pulling back on the straight bar pulled the two together.

Any idea what such a gadget is called?

[Richard]

Wall puller.

[Davey]

Norm's tool?

[Bob Minchin]

Cheap in the US but silly money over here

[Gazz]

Because if not, then they must be the cheekiest bastards alive, asking 88 quid for 2 lengths of steel bar and a bolt to hold them together,

[David WE Roberts]

I thought Trojan was a brand of American condom?

[Bob Minchin]

Very true but it is an imported length of steel bar & bolt with a niche application.

Bob

[The Medway Handyman]

I saw that coming :-)

[geoff]

There's an even worse joke there

... I shall resist

[grimly4]

In a Jiffy?