How To Remove Roof Sheathing

By starting at the peak and working toward the eaves you ll always.

How to remove roof sheathing.

The roof sheathing needs to be cut in order to be removed. This video is showing one of many ways to tear off a roof with the sheathing. Be sure to like and subscribe in order to help me bring you more helpful videos. Climb onto the roof and walk up to the roof peak.

Tie yellow caution tape between the stakes to alert. Framing tips vandam construction inc is licensed in utah for commercial and residential construction of any project size. Wedge the end of the pry bar. How to remove roof sheathing 1.

One way to remove the sheathing is to go at the nails with a cat s paw but that takes a lot of time and causes a lot of damage to the sheathing. They have a fulcrum welded to the back of the shovel head to pry up materials. Use the saw to cut along the perimeter from which you removed the shingles and wrap. A special tear off shovel.

Drive stakes into the ground at the corners of the house. Remove the wood from the roof using the longer pry bar to assist you. Mike made his own tool or rather modified an existing one to do the job faster and with less mess. It s important to know what kind of a substrate is underneath the wood shakes before removing.

Special tear off shovels have serrated edges that not only tear up the shingles but also pull out most of the old shingle nails at the same time. We knew that this old house had significant gaps in the wood p.