How To Remove Nails From Wood Siding

Slide the blade of a hacksaw.

How to remove nails from wood siding.

Wet the wood with a hose and apply the wood cleaner with a roller or sprayer. Use a nail puller to extract the nails that hold the damaged area in place. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building. In this gem from the fine homebuilding video vault john ross shows us how how finesse and a few special tools help to free bent headless and the most stubborn of all galvanized nails.

How to remove nails from siding 1. Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it. Pull them out with a. Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it.

To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in. Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove. For nails that prove difficult to remove use a hacksaw. Insert wood wedges underneath the damaged panel to elevate the wood.

Use a small hacksaw with a sharp blade. Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing. Step 3 remove nails. Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving.

When the head rises make a secure and tight hold on the head of the nail and create a. It was installed with ring shank nails. Step 3 scrub the siding vigorously with a nylon scrub brush. Leave the wood cleaner on the wood for 15 to 30 minutes.

Slide a pry bar underneath the panel to slowly lift it up. Be careful not to damage the adjacent wood. Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. Pry bars would dent the.

How to remove nails with hammer. Pry the nail head up from the siding to remove. Place the straight slots of a cat s paw tool to the head of each siding nail.