Remove Siding Nails

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

Remove siding nails.

It was installed with ring shank nails. Renail the siding keeping the new nail in the center of the nailing slot and leaving it about 1 16 in. Remove the anchoring nails. Locate the first piece of vertical siding that you re removing.

Pry bars would dent the. 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. Set your hammer to the head of the nail and then pry it.

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. Look on the left or right side of that initial piece to find the buttlock seam that covers the nail fasteners. 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. If you happen to miss a nail the piece of siding will not come off of the house.

Lift the siding up and look for nails that have been hammered in too tightly. Up off the siding. Loosen the tight nail or cut it with a hacksaw. Keep prying until the head rises from wood or other surfaces.

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