How To Remove Roof Tiles With Nails

This will lift the overlapping tiles on the row above so the tile you want to remove should come out easily.

How to remove roof tiles with nails.

Removing a tile from the roof. 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. Work your way through the top row of tiles weakening and pulling them.

This maneuver will help to remove the piles together with nails. 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. If the nail is proving difficult the tool will cut through the nail.

To pull each nail you first need to raise the head a small amount. 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. Begin by lifting up the next door overlapping tile.