Spring head nail removal.

[Martin Hocking]

I’ve got a lot of spring head nails to take out on a wriggly tin roof at work.

Which in case anyone doesn’t know what they are or calls them something different look like this:


(On a roof they are normally on the high part of the ridge but this is on a fence)

Normal procedure is to cut a smiley face on the top with a cutting disc angled to cut the head of the nail and pop the top off. Zipping a long quite quick.

Once this is done the tin can be knocked off from underneath with a bit of wood and the nails stems pulled out with a nail bar or the like afterwards.

Unfortunately for a few different reasons mostly to do with pigs, height and insulation that’s not going to be so practical.

I wonder if there are nail bars specially suited for this sort of thing? Or do I dare to dream some sort of de nailing machine?!?
Any suggestions for other ways to pull them out would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve got three quarters of a 100ft square shed to do…

 

[chunkolini]

cats paw ?something like this?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dwht0-55524-claw-bar-10-/156KY?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21550393591&gbraid=0AAAAAD8IdPwX0dqWlsEA2_tNdwJ61FEiz&gclid=Cj0KCQjw37nNBhDkARIsAEBGI8MG4TXXetGOCdkk0YSYQ_B0ojyNltg5N18aPxBHi-Mjs9ScrXwAffcaAo3nEALw_wcB

 

[Erie Fred]

These are common over here, never used one though.

https://www.amazon.com/Crescent-56-Home-Tools-Pullers/dp/B00002N7SD/ref=sr_1_6?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ODf8wAwmlvkMvQf45toppPF1hlU92LlRCnVD8HJoO23F2aOA8mm1YvoiYJKTpTymJNdWP9BjA5Bx99qk3FmBtyKb8aL82hxg6loRl5EqA21iZb2vevEKBsG8nFYcvvji4MOxKyL4WnHGm6sR6iUMDkPBpSor_yzKsT05kK7V23FYZJ_KmpXFg8sMeeCVOftKQq-QpM0xaeok3TUQ5dTAMKsJybAPLrY3YnWyqGXN7UNQ3Vk0odkNkZN-2Rf9LRnxRXCpx2zMMNYYGA8Z0Ug-SaifaqJowDvcDnNlzP-aknk.ej_b2V6I1Hr3BkhjclxmO1o4g3YYz7rgw6uGJ4G1wSE&dib_tag=se&keywords=Slide%2BHammer%2BNail%2BPuller&qid=1773098639&sr=8-6&th=1

 

[gaz1]

you want something like a halligan bar something you can hit

but im naughty and id buy a cheap pry bar and slit it with a grinder once you hammer it and wiggle it you can see the nail then slot the cut gap pry it out a bit release it and pull from other side

most pry bars dont have a long slit like the halligan bar

 

[bricol]

I've got one of those slide hammer nail pullers Fred suggests - works well on conventional nails, even one hammered a bit below the surface. Don't know how well they would work with a roofing nail though - the jaws might not open wide enough.