Work your way through the top row of tiles weakening and pulling them.
How to remove roof tiles with nails.
This maneuver will help to remove the piles together with nails.
If the nail is proving difficult the tool will cut through the nail.
If your tiles aren t lifting they may have nails holding them in place.
Go down to the next row and loosen it.
This will lift the overlapping tiles on the row above so the tile you want to remove should come out easily.
The best way to do that is to pound the pointed jaws of a cat s paw under the head.
The steel blade slips under the tile until one of the barbs of the arrow shaped tip hooks round the nail that is driven into the roof batten.
Once engaged pull out the nail by pulling down on the tool or giving a hammer blow on the curved handle.
To pull each nail you first need to raise the head a small amount.
If you do not have a scraper use a garden spade with a flat blade to hook the tiles underneath.
Remove tiles from the roof ridge first.
The force of the hammer is usually enough to.