Roofing nail removal tool - GIF

[Jon]

Roofing nail removal tool.




Previously:

Roof lifting posts - GIF
Making a bark roof shelter - GIF
Thatching a roof - GIF and photo
Roof snake for shingle repairs - GIF
Strong winds peel roof off a building - GIF
Roof rigger mobile suspended user crane - photos
Ladder roof safety clips - GIF
Slate roof tile shaping tools - GIF
Using rope to remove snow from roof - GIF

[Philip Davies]

That’s very clever. I see the nails are proud, from the felt. So I suppose it would not work on longer nails?

[tedg53]

For $797 it should collect the nails as well. That way they don’t end up in your tires!

[Elizabeth Greene]

For $797 it should collect the nails as well. That way they don’t end up in your tires!

Or under the boot of a roofer causing a fall.

[hemmjo]

Well we cannot be sure exactly how they removed the shingles, but, done properly there would not be that many nails remaining. Except for a few stragglers, the nails typically come off with the shingles.

[Frank S]

I would name this thing the nail-epilator
Many roofers shuck the shingles from a roof using a #1 scoop shovel with notches cut in the leading edge or a 10" wide straight hoe. The notches hang the nails and their momentum strips them out.