How To Remove Nails From Wood Siding

For nails that prove difficult to remove use a hacksaw.

How to remove nails from wood siding.

Press the upper siding board back against the wall leaving the popped nail heads accessible. Pry bars would dent the. Slide a pry bar underneath the panel to slowly lift it up. Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove.

Leave the wood cleaner on the wood for 15 to 30 minutes. Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building. Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it.

Pulling nails from boards with a hammer claw using brute force is a sure way to create ugly gouges and to bruise your knuckles. Insert wood wedges underneath the damaged panel to elevate the wood. How to remove nails from siding 1. 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. Place the straight slots of a cat s paw tool to the head of each siding nail. Pry the nail head up from the siding to remove. Use a nail puller to extract the nails that hold the damaged area in place.

Use a small hacksaw with a sharp blade. 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. Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving.

To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in. Step 3 remove nails. How to remove nails with hammer. When the head rises make a secure and tight hold on the head of the nail and create a.

Tap the back of the cat s paw to drive the prongs under the nail head. Slide the blade of a hacksaw. It was installed with ring shank nails.