How To Remove Roof Tiles With Nails

Also unplug the tiles.

How to remove roof tiles with nails.

If the nail is proving difficult the tool will cut through the nail. This maneuver will help to remove the piles together with nails. Work your way through the top row of tiles weakening and pulling them. To pull each nail you first need to raise the head a small amount.

Removing a tile from the roof. 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. Go down to the next row and loosen it. 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. The best way to do that is to pound the pointed jaws of a cat s paw under the head. If your tiles aren t lifting they may have nails holding them in place. The force of the hammer is usually enough to.