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Nail Pullers

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mattmia2
mattmia2 Member Posts: 17,778
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I am going to be working on a project where I need to remove some plywood panels and trim boards that are all attached with nails about twice the size of what is needed. I am thinking of buying a slide hammer type nail puller. Do any of you have experience with this or something else that you'd recommend? This seems both easier and less tendinitis inducing than a hammer and a cat's paw. Is there an air hammer version that works well?

https://www.crescenttool.com/all-tools/striking-struck/pry-wrecking/56np-19-sliding-nail-puller

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  • 109A_5
    109A_5 Member Posts: 4,298

    Are the plywood panels and trim boards going to be reused ?

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  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,621

    What type of nails…..how big are the heads?

    How thick is the plywood?

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 17,778
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1901361#Comment_1901361

    some of it but it will get covered over.

    they are around 7d common nails.

    the plywood is probably 3/8" but there also some trim boards involved too.

    i need to remove some of my porch ceiling to move the posts a bit to give me room to pad them out with trim boards to make them look bigger. i also need to remove some rotting t-111 board to replace it with sheathing and fiber cement shingles. i want to essentially wrap/replace the 1969 "modern" style porch with fiber cement products in a way that is more appropriate to a 1924 house.

  • HydronicMike
    HydronicMike Member Posts: 401

    I've always used a Japanese cat's paw or end cutting pliers, depending on the surface of the nail I'm pulling. If I needed to protect the surface, pry off a wood shim or a putty knife.

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 17,778

    it is also overhead which makes holding the cat's paw and swinging the hammer more challenging

  • Grallert
    Grallert Member Posts: 1,159

    I think that tool will work and unless the sheets are glued in some form you might be able to pull the nails out with the sheets avoiding pulling every last nail, which sounds like torture.

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 17,778

    a lot of nails are in awkward places were it is hard to pry the sheet down. the piece i pulled down to see how it was structured, one post went through a notch in the sheet and the other post was underneath the post. took me a while to figure that out. the post underneath isn't really structural, it is just there to support the railing.

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