How To Remove Roof Sheathing

Tie yellow caution tape between the stakes to alert.

How to remove roof sheathing.

Wedge the end of the pry bar. This video is showing one of many ways to tear off a roof with the sheathing. 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. Framing tips vandam construction inc is licensed in utah for commercial and residential construction of any project size.

We knew that this old house had significant gaps in the wood p. 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. They have a fulcrum welded to the back of the shovel head to pry up materials. By starting at the peak and working toward the eaves you ll always.

Put on your safety goggles and work gloves as you will be using the reciprocating saw. It s important to know what kind of a substrate is underneath the wood shakes before removing. Be sure to like and subscribe in order to help me bring you more helpful videos. Drive stakes into the ground at the corners of the house.

A special tear off shovel. How to remove roof sheathing 1. Use the saw to cut along the perimeter from which you removed the shingles and wrap. Mike made his own tool or rather modified an existing one to do the job faster and with less mess.

Remove the wood from the roof using the longer pry bar to assist you. The roof sheathing needs to be cut in order to be removed.