Remove Siding Nails

Use a crowbar flat bar or a claw hammer to pull all of the exposed nails from the piece of siding.

Remove siding nails.

Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove. 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. 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.

Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it. Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. Lift the siding up and look for nails that have been hammered in too tightly. Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw.

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

Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it. Work methodically from left to right taking care not to skip any nails. The job was to remove the metal siding without damaging it and reuse it for another building. Pry bars would dent the.

Position the pry bar beside a nail and pry the upper board outward until the nail pops.