Anyone know a good way to remove sheets of galvanised steel NAILED to a building? I'm thinking I'll tear down my shop and rebuild it and would like to save the metal. TIA

-- Ross (amulet@istar.ca), January 02, 2002

Answers

We typically use a pincher & clip the heads off the nails, then the sheet just comes off. Basically any way that does not enlarge the holes any bigger works, if you can get a hammer/ pry bar under the nail head and pull it out without damage to the tin, so much the better. But often that increases the hole size so you can't get a good seal reusing the tin.

In some cases you might want to number the tin & put it back up exactly the way it was before to reuse all the same holes exactly. Depends on your plans.

--->Paul

-- paul (ramblerplm@hotmail.com), January 02, 2002.

Another way if it is accessable is to put a sawall blade flat to the metal on the inside and cut the nails that way.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 02, 2002.