JHZR2
Staff member
Roofing nails, not fingernails.
My one garage has purlins and cedar shakes as the decking. Original, probably should come off…. But not right now.
I’m trying to work on a few cracked rafters, and sister them up. But there are a number of nails that have come through the purlins and are in the way.
I don’t want to vibrate the roof and shingles and cause a leak, so I don’t really want an oscillating tool. I’d rather have something that even if slower can be a lot more gentle. Something like flush cut side cutters with enough leverage to cut roofing nails. Or a really sharp metal cutting blade with fine teeth and a perpendicular handle. Something like that.
I’m doing much of this on a high step of an 8’ ladder, so ease of use is most important, even if slow.
Any ideas?
I actually tried some fine tooth sawzall metal blades without much luck, and then found an old carpenters saw, kind of was like a japanese pull saw (which I may try too as it may be ideal), and it cut through the nails well.
I’m thinking maybe a small cutting wheel on a dremel extension or something like that? I just don’t want sparks and red hot heat up there by all that old cedar. But something like that may be best and easiest.
I have an m12 die grinder fwiw.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
My one garage has purlins and cedar shakes as the decking. Original, probably should come off…. But not right now.
I’m trying to work on a few cracked rafters, and sister them up. But there are a number of nails that have come through the purlins and are in the way.
I don’t want to vibrate the roof and shingles and cause a leak, so I don’t really want an oscillating tool. I’d rather have something that even if slower can be a lot more gentle. Something like flush cut side cutters with enough leverage to cut roofing nails. Or a really sharp metal cutting blade with fine teeth and a perpendicular handle. Something like that.
I’m doing much of this on a high step of an 8’ ladder, so ease of use is most important, even if slow.
Any ideas?
I actually tried some fine tooth sawzall metal blades without much luck, and then found an old carpenters saw, kind of was like a japanese pull saw (which I may try too as it may be ideal), and it cut through the nails well.
I’m thinking maybe a small cutting wheel on a dremel extension or something like that? I just don’t want sparks and red hot heat up there by all that old cedar. But something like that may be best and easiest.
I have an m12 die grinder fwiw.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
