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Remove All Remaining Nails

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This is the hardest thing I have ever done...(EP.7)

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What happens here

After all old shingles and damaged sheathing have been removed and replaced, the entire roof deck must be cleared of old fasteners. Use a roofing hammer or a specialized nail-pulling tool (like the roofing rake with teeth shown) to either pull out all remaining nails or hammer them flush with the sheathing surface. This is a critical step to prevent punctures in the new underlayment and shingles, as well as to ensure a flat, safe surface for subsequent roofing layers. This step is highlighted as tedious but necessary.

Goal: Methodically go over the entire stripped roof surface to locate and remove or hammer down any old roofing nails to ensure a smooth, safe surface for new underlayment.

Tools and materials

  • Nail-Pulling Tool (Roofing Rake)
  • Roofing Hammer

What they say

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part that I'm probably most annoyed about I'm gonna have to bang in all of these nails I don't there's nothing there's no speech there's no nothing it's just swing away and uh have fun ladies gentlemen start your engines [Music] look what I said huh last minute patch keep screw that I'm yanking them out this will be so much easier because you can capture a few nails at once [Music] I need a new back I need to rebuild this puppy all right well one eighth of the roof is done [Music] I don't know what these are banging the nails in or prying them off they're both equal amount of Labor you just get a better result I guess from pulling them out so there's not as many nails sitting in these boards so you don't have re-shingling and then hitting a bunch of nails I don't know I'd love to hear what you guys think of this in the comments what's better nailing or removing it because my back hurts from both [Music] oh my back is tight oh I'm gonna need a nice deep tissue massage after all of this oh all right

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