How To Remove Siding Nails

Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it.

How to remove siding nails.

Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. Unlock the course of siding above the tightly nailed piece sliding the unlocking tool along underneath the lap. The best way to do that is to pound the pointed jaws of a cat s paw under the head. Use a mallet or hammer to gently drive the tip of the bar up behind the siding if necessary.

Lift the siding up and look for nails that have been hammered in too tightly. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building. 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. Pry bars would dent the.

Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it. It was installed with ring shank nails. To pull each nail you first need to raise the head a small amount. Slide the blade of a hacksaw.

If the siding is hard to remove try tapping it with the palm of your hand. Pull them out with a. Press the upper siding board back against the wall leaving the popped nail heads accessible. If the piece still seems attached to the wall gently pull it outward so it comes free of the channel holding it in.

Ive used a small angle grinder 4 inch with a metal cutting blade. If it remains stuck double check to see if. Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove. Run the blade at a 45 degree angle just before the sidings nailhead.

This will cutoff the head about a 1 4 inch below the. Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw.