Remove Siding Nails

Up off the siding.

Remove siding nails.

Renail the siding keeping the new nail in the center of the nailing slot and leaving it about 1 16 in. It was installed with ring shank nails. 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.

Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it. Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove. Use a crowbar flat bar or a claw hammer to pull all of the exposed nails from the piece of siding. 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. Position the pry bar beside a nail and pry the upper board outward until the nail pops. 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. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building.

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. 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.