Remove Siding Nails

Up off the siding.

Remove siding nails. Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw. Renail the siding keeping the new nail in the center of the nailing slot and leaving it about 1 16 in. Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. Use a crowbar flat bar or a claw hammer to pull all of the exposed nails from the piece of siding.

Work methodically from left to right taking care not to skip any nails. Locate the first piece of vertical siding that you re removing. 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. Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove.

Remove the anchoring nails. Look on the left or right side of that initial piece to find the buttlock seam that covers the nail fasteners. Pry bars would dent the. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building.

Position the pry bar beside a nail and pry the upper board outward until the nail pops. Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it. If you happen to miss a nail the piece of siding will not come off of the house. It was installed with ring shank 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.