Remove Siding Nails

Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it.

Remove siding nails.

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. Look on the left or right side of that initial piece to find the buttlock seam that covers the nail fasteners. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building. 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. 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. Position the pry bar beside a nail and pry the upper board outward until the nail pops. It was installed with ring shank nails.

If you happen to miss a nail the piece of siding will not come off of the house. 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. Remove the anchoring nails.

Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw. Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. Locate the first piece of vertical siding that you re removing. Up off the siding.

Step 3 place the flat bar under the first nail or screw and smack the free end of the bar with a mallet or hammer to dislodge the nail or screw.