How To Remove Roof Tiles With Nails

If your tiles aren t lifting they may have nails holding them in place.

How to remove roof tiles with nails.

Also unplug the tiles. If you do not have a scraper use a garden spade with a flat blade to hook the tiles underneath. This maneuver will help to remove the piles together with nails. Remove tiles from the roof ridge first.

The steel blade slips under the tile until one of the barbs of the arrow shaped tip hooks round the nail that is driven into the roof batten. The best way to do that is to pound the pointed jaws of a cat s paw under the head. Begin by lifting up the next door overlapping tile. This will lift the overlapping tiles on the row above so the tile you want to remove should come out easily.

To pull each nail you first need to raise the head a small amount. Once engaged pull out the nail by pulling down on the tool or giving a hammer blow on the curved handle. Go down to the next row and loosen it. The force of the hammer is usually enough to.