My neighbors pulled down some of their fence a while back and in its place, they’re putting up a little shed. A few days ago, I brought home some of the old fence home thinking I could make a walkway in my yard and maybe paint garden signs to sell in my Etsy store.
I went out a couple days ago to get started on separating the fence boards from the 2 x 4s. I had my claw hammer and good intentions but soon I realized that whoever had built that fence was deathly serious about fences. I got two boards. I saw that I will need a crow bar to finish separating the 2 x 4s from the rest of the fence boards. Some of the nails they used were legit 3 penny nails. Others? Nails from hell, I tell you, from hell. In any case, wherever they’re from, they were not intended to come out. They had to have been put in with a nail gun.
Anyway, sooner or later I will get them out. It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s that this person and a claw hammer are outmatched.
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Great plan to repurpose the wood! Can’t wait to see your garden signs.
🙂 We’ll see what happens!!!
Nails from hell and back. Last resort may be to saw those suckers right off. Also not easy. Good luck. I like your plan for the boards though 🙂
I’ll need to borrow a hack saw…
Yup! That should do it!
🙂
Those are definitely some serious nails. You are way braver than I am!
I don’t know. They freak me out.
Good Luck!
Thanks! I will need it.
good luck! crowbars can often be found at thrift stores. Also a cheap angle grinder might help. Tough work in the heat. Might just cut off those areas, where possible.
I’m not sure yet, but leaning toward cutting the nails. The boards I want are the fence boards. I think the kids’ parents will loan me a crow bar. Thank god we’re having cool temps and rain.
glad its staying cool. After 3 lovely coolish days here, we’re back over 90 today. Not my favorite thing. Enjoy the cool!
Mine either. We are supposed to stay in the 70s into next week. Thank goodness. Definitely improves all our lives.
That is one project! I love the idea but I’m not sure I’d have the willingness to pry those nails out. Do you have a pair of bolt cutters? If so you could cut them off and then pound them out from the back side far enough to get leverage…
Bolt cutters. That’s brilliant. I don’t have any but I think I can borrow some. 🙂