Remove Siding Nails

Look on the left or right side of that initial piece to find the buttlock seam that covers the nail fasteners.

Remove siding nails.

Pry bars would dent the. Locate the first piece of vertical siding that you re removing. Remove the anchoring 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.

Use a crowbar flat bar or a claw hammer to pull all of the exposed nails from the piece of 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. Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building.

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. Up off the siding. Lift the siding up and look for nails that have been hammered in too tightly. Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it.

Position the pry bar beside a nail and pry the upper board outward until the nail pops. 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. Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw.

Work methodically from left to right taking care not to skip any nails.