How To Remove Siding Nails

Press the upper siding board back against the wall leaving the popped nail heads accessible.

How to remove siding nails.

Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove. Lift the siding up and look for nails that have been hammered in too tightly. Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. If the piece still seems attached to the wall gently pull it outward so it comes free of the channel holding it in.

Pry bars would dent the. Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building. If it remains stuck double check to see if.

Step 2 pry the piece of siding out toward you gently to let you see the nail or screw patterning of how the planks have been fastened to the under structure. The best way to do that is to pound the pointed jaws of a cat s paw under the head. This will cutoff the head about a 1 4 inch below the. When the head rises make a secure and tight hold on the head of the nail and create a sideway with a little bit pressure.

To pull each nail you first need to raise the head a small amount. Slide the blade of a hacksaw. Use a mallet or hammer to gently drive the tip of the bar up behind the siding if necessary. The force of the hammer is usually enough to.

Ive used a small angle grinder 4 inch with a metal cutting blade. Unlock the course of siding above the tightly nailed piece sliding the unlocking tool along underneath the lap. If the siding is hard to remove try tapping it with the palm of your hand. Run the blade at a 45 degree angle just before the sidings nailhead.

It was installed with ring shank nails. Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw.