How to separate sheeting from timber

mengele

Need to re sheet a shed. What's the easiest way to remove the sheeting from the timber e.g cutting the nails. Shed will be getting new timbers so I can be as rough as I like. Need to separate for sxrap

Who2

4” grinder and a heap of skinny discs. Then make up a bit of a frame for the front loader and push them up from the inside.

jimini0

Are you planning on using the sheets again?
If not hammer the nails through the sheets with a punch

mengele

jimini0 wrote: »

Are you planning on using the sheets again?

No they will be going for scrap

the_pen_turner

a good nail bar and heavy hammer will pull the nails.

patsy_mccabe

You can twist off the old type nails with a vicegrip.

mengele

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

You can twist off the old type nails with a vicegrip.

Hoping for a faster easier way than that

K.G.

Carefull doing that job,in old roofs the nails in the sheetin are often keeping roofs together and things get very fragile when there gone

MickeyShtyles

Who2 wrote: »

4” grinder and a heap of skinny discs. Then make up a bit of a frame for the front loader and push them up from the inside.

Same as this. Did it last year.
Just gotta be sure that where yer standing/sitting is solid.
The roof I was on had esb poles as rafters so I was safe.

my3cents

Might be a good excuse to invest in a battery operated 4 1/2 inch grinder if you are into the accumulation of useful tools.

Melodeon

End Cut or Angled Cut bolt croppers are the bee's knees for this sort of thing, but they're pretty expensive and not readily available over the counter:
http://www.handyhardware.ie/product/27477/End-Cut-BC924E-Bolt-Cutter

http://www.irwintools.co.nz/tools/snips-bolt-cutters/end-cut-solid-handles
http://www.irwintools.co.nz/tools/snips-bolt-cutters/angle-cut-solid-handles

Cavanjack

K.G. wrote: »

Carefull doing that job,in old roofs the nails in the sheetin are often keeping roofs together and things get very fragile when there gone

Also beware of clear sheets that are no longer clear, wind could also carry you and a sheet off the shed and if the she is bad as kg says a sheet could just go from under You when You walk on it.

Wildsurfer

Melodeon wrote: »

End Cut or Angled Cut bolt croppers are the bee's knees for this sort of thing, but they're pretty expensive and not readily available over the counter:
http://www.handyhardware.ie/product/27477/End-Cut-BC924E-Bolt-Cutter

http://www.irwintools.co.nz/tools/snips-bolt-cutters/end-cut-solid-handles
http://www.irwintools.co.nz/tools/snips-bolt-cutters/angle-cut-solid-handles

Jaysus they're a hefty price. Would be handier than working a grinder all the same.

Melodeon

Wildsurfer wrote: »

Jaysus they're a hefty price. Would be handier than working a grinder all the same.

I've only ever seen or used the Record (now Irwin) 24" End Cut version (the €280 one linked above!), but it nipped through old galvanised roof nails and gutter bolts with ease and left practically nothing in the way of damage to the sheeting.

That crowd do a 'Faithful' copy that might be worth considering at €103:
http://www.handyhardware.ie/product/29869/End-Cut-Bolt-Cutter-610mm-24in

There's a 12" version at €50, but I'd wonder how it'd cope with those chunky old roof nails:
http://www.handyhardware.ie/product/27478/End-Cut-Bolt-Cutter-300mm-12in

Just had a quick look; ALL of the above are available some bit cheaper on ebay.ie.
There are actually a bunch of variants there, some for VERY cheap! I'd wonder what sort of cheese the jaws were made from though...

the_pen_turner

Melodeon wrote: »

I've only ever seen or used the Record (now Irwin) 24" End Cut version (the €280 one linked above!), but it nipped through old galvanised roof nails and gutter bolts with ease and left practically nothing in the way of damage to the sheeting.

That crowd do a 'Faithful' copy that might be worth considering at €103:
http://www.handyhardware.ie/product/29869/End-Cut-Bolt-Cutter-610mm-24in

There's a 12" version at €50, but I'd wonder how it'd cope with those chunky old roof nails:
http://www.handyhardware.ie/product/27478/End-Cut-Bolt-Cutter-300mm-12in

Just had a quick look; ALL of the above are available some bit cheaper on ebay.ie.
There are actually a bunch of variants there, some for VERY cheap! I'd wonder what sort of cheese the jaws were made from though...

they will only work if the nails are left proud like they should be. if they are buried home below the high point of the corigation then i dont think they will work

Melodeon

the_pen_turner wrote: »

they will only work if the nails are left proud like they should be. if they are buried home below the high point of the corigation then i dont think they will work

Ah, yeah.
If some rock ape has driven the nails down flush (or further), it's back to mullocking around with pry bars and angle grinders all right

In this particular case though, I don't think the OP is intending to keep either the sheeting or the framework, so something destructive, but quick, might be the order of the day.

the_pen_turner

Melodeon wrote: »

Ah, yeah.
If some rock ape has driven the nails down flush (or further), it's back to mullocking around with pry bars and angle grinders all right

In this particular case though, I don't think the OP is intending to keep either the sheeting or the framework, so something destructive, but quick, might be the order of the day.

of the mybe 6 times iv taken sheets off like that at least 3 have been hammered in too far and a pain to remove. the rest of the times you will get some over driven.
you will of course get the odd one where its under driven or wind has pulled them a bit and the timeber is rotten to the point the nails are just sitting there or rusted away.