Reusing Pallets for Strapping & Installing Strapping on the 4th Wall
Strapping was needed, so we started to take apart some viable leftover pallets.
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Here's how I removed pallet planks with a nail puller & a hammer:
1: First angle your nail puller into the wood (sharp angle) right above the embedded nail head.
2: Hit near the head of the nailpuller with the
hammer, until the nail puller has the nail head between its teeth.
3: Pull the nail, using the nailpuller as leverage. Then push the handle up/down as needed until you have something like this:
Or this:
Whether the teeth are facing up or down doesn't matter. If the teeth are facing up like in picture 2, then hit the hammer on the end of the nailpuller handle (while holding it).
(Long handled nailpullers are best).
If you aren't getting anywhere with the position in photo 1, then switch to the other, or go back in forth.
4:After you have removed most of the nails (or pryed apart the connection) give the plank a pound on the inside, until it looks like this:
(Note: there is many more ways to free a pallet plank, this is just a simple example & a lot of the technique comes from experience).
All nails are different, some easy, some stubborn and some aren't made to be pulled out. Good luck
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After removing many nails, we cut some strapping from 3 ¾inch plywood. Now it's time to install it all.
We drilled directly into the pallet planks, measuring where they were.
Strapping is traditionally used on rooves. It creates a gap between the tin and the wall (or roof) so moisture can escape, thus preventing rot.
After strapping the whole wall, we installed more around the outline of the door to secure the tin edge to.
The strapping was very successful.
On the next page we will be putting tin on the almost complete 4th wall.
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️Here's how I removed pallet planks with a nail puller & a hammer:
1: First angle your nail puller into the wood (sharp angle) right above the embedded nail head.
2: Hit near the head of the nailpuller with the
hammer, until the nail puller has the nail head between its teeth.
3: Pull the nail, using the nailpuller as leverage. Then push the handle up/down as needed until you have something like this:
Or this:
Whether the teeth are facing up or down doesn't matter. If the teeth are facing up like in picture 2, then hit the hammer on the end of the nailpuller handle (while holding it).
If you aren't getting anywhere with the position in photo 1, then switch to the other, or go back in forth.
4:After you have removed most of the nails (or pryed apart the connection) give the plank a pound on the inside, until it looks like this:
(Note: there is many more ways to free a pallet plank, this is just a simple example & a lot of the technique comes from experience).
All nails are different, some easy, some stubborn and some aren't made to be pulled out. Good luck
!After removing many nails, we cut some strapping from 3 ¾inch plywood. Now it's time to install it all.
We drilled directly into the pallet planks, measuring where they were.
Strapping is traditionally used on rooves. It creates a gap between the tin and the wall (or roof) so moisture can escape, thus preventing rot.
After strapping the whole wall, we installed more around the outline of the door to secure the tin edge to.
The strapping was very successful.
On the next page we will be putting tin on the almost complete 4th wall.
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