How To Remove A Siding Shingle Without Breaking It

Pull and remove shingles.

How to remove a siding shingle without breaking it.

To remove a damaged shingle use a hacksaw blade held with a hacksaw blade holder to saw through the nails that hold the shingle in place 1. Disclaimer our videos are for. Removing the nails is the only hard part about removing wood shingles. Others only need you to help them along.

Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it. Most people would say that once you ve invested in vinyl there s little desire to remove it unless it needs to be repaired. This article describes why owners decided to remove fiber cement siding from their home and to replace it with james hardie s hardieplank fiber cement product. Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece.

However the texture of the cedar shingles was more in line with our vision. Our decision to remove the siding raised questions amongst our family and friends. Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it. Position the pry bar beside a nail and pry the upper board outward until the nail pops.

Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding. The article details just how the old fiber cement siding was removed with minimum damage. A damaged shingle that fits tightly can be split with. Some shingles will require that you pull the nails completely out.

This video will show you how to remove and replace the exterior cedar shingles on the side of your house will brand new shakes.