Remove Siding Nails

Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw.

Remove siding nails.

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. 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. Pry bars would dent the.

Renail the siding keeping the new nail in the center of the nailing slot and leaving it about 1 16 in. 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. Locate the first piece of vertical siding that you re removing. Use a crowbar flat bar or a claw hammer to pull all of the exposed nails from the piece of siding.

Take your hammer and find out the nail you want to remove. Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it. Look on the left or right side of that initial piece to find the buttlock seam that covers the nail fasteners. Work methodically from left to right taking care not to skip any nails.

Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces. Insert a pry bar between the piece of siding from which you want to remove the nails and the one above it. 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. Position the pry bar beside a nail and pry the upper board outward until the nail pops.

Lift the siding up and look for nails that have been hammered in too tightly.