Removing Nails From Corrugated Roofing

Place the claw end of a hammer up to the nail and push the hammer under the head to grip the nail.

Removing nails from corrugated roofing.

If you are replacing the nails replace them with new ones as you pull the old ones. Create patches for holes with fiberglass mesh screening and roofing tar. The head should be visible on the side of the claw that faces you. Dump trucks are commonly used to escort the old material from your roof and off your property.

Or if they don t slide down the roof carry them to the edge of the roof and throw them into the trash container. We re salvaging metal off some hog buildings. Wear a hardhat safety glasses and gloves while pulling roofing nails. This roof was being replaced because of of hail damage.

Use a straight claw hammer or flat bar to remove the nails. There are 3 nails per 2x4 each time it crosses the truss. I have giant nails in our roof too but i ve just opted to ignore them. Look along the edges of the corrugated panels.

Others like the tear off shovels because they pull out more nails with the shingles. Here s my personal website. Replace dissimilar metal nails with similar metal screws. Roofers will be pulling up the old roofing material the building paper and in many cases the old sub roof and tossing them all into the dump truck.

Work the fork under the ridge caps prying them loose. As they come loose allow them to slide down to the roof jacks. The best way to do that is to pound the pointed jaws of a cat s paw under the head. Corrugated roofing panels overlap each other making the nails located along the eaves or ridge line the easiest to find.

Circle or mark the nails with a professional crayon for easy location later. A few roofing nails are not going to cause much problem but if you are wary of. We ve got some of the roof metal off but the batten boards are 2x4s nailed to the trusses with you got it ringed nails. These people put everything together with ringed nails.

Once the head has been raised slip a small piece of. Anyone have a sure fire way to remove ringed nails. The force of the hammer is usually enough to do the job. I d say who the hell uses 3 nails on a roof but then the previous owners used 16d nails as hangars everywhere.