How To Remove Aluminum Gutter Nails

This method of installing gutters is a less expensive cost for the gutter company using this method.

How to remove aluminum gutter nails. Take off downspouts first. Gutter removal grip the head with a good pair of vice grips using the the side of the vice grips. How to remove gutters. Generally an older style method the nail goes through the outside of the gutter and passes through the inside and attaches into the fascia board and rafter.

To remove them you need to pull the nail. Have the handle above the top of gutter then tap the side of the tool with a hammer. If not get a drill bit the size of the spike and drill the head off each spike. The problem is that the gutter is made of thin sheet metal which will crush and deform if you.

Then pull gutter off. As the first line of nails is removed you should hold the gutter to the roof using c clamps but the safest way is to enlist the. Remove the gutter once all hangers are gone. Tackle screws with the screwdriver.

Old fashioned gutter nails are called spikes and ferrules with the spikes being giant nails that pass through an aluminum sleeve the ferrule which holds a gutter to the fascia board of the house. Step 2 removing other nails. This is usually done by removing screws or using a pry bar to remove nails. Now it is usually slipped completely out without damaging the gutter.

This should get them out. Use one hand to support the gutter while you take out the nails within reach. You can use caulk to fill holes left in the siding once the gutters and downspouts are removed. Move the ladder along the gutter edge as you progress.

If rivets are present drill them out. To remove the nails all you need is two hammers and someone to catch the gutters. Use the pry bar or hammer to pull out nails. This is as simple as removing each gutter hanger or other device that holds the gutter in place.

How to remove a piece of gutter. Examine gutters to see if you ll need to remove screws nails or rivets.