Any tips for removal?

[foxhole]

Of those plastic capped soffit/facia fixing nails?
Need too remove from underside of soffit minimising damage .

 

[Wayners]

Use a punch and knock it through.

Have a practice using one on some wood

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Have you tried, an old-fashioned pair of princers, to pull them out, by gripping the head?

 

[foxhole]

Have you tried, an old-fashioned pair of princers, to pull them out, by gripping the head?

Heads too shallow, pincers just pull the plastic off.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Heads too shallow, pincers just pull the plastic off.

You will not get the pins out, complete with the plastic heads - pull the head off, then grip the pin head. The pins are cheap as chips.

 

[foxhole]

You will not get the pins out, complete with the plastic heads - pull the head off, then grip the pin head. The pins are cheap as chips.

That’s the problem you can’t get hold of very thin head buried in plastic . Pins are soft metal and snap easily making them impossible to pull .

 

[Wayners]

I think the problem is the soffit. Its soft uPVC sheets so you can't leaver against it.
Can't knock plastic head off either without damaging soffit.
I've only used a wide ened punch, then you end up with a small hole.

 

[Notadecor8ter]

This has been the Bain for me when doing facias, the pins I've used at the smaller ones and strong when fully knocked in but minimal mistimed hammering and I was knackered.

I found the only way was to plier and pull and try to gradually get lucky, not easy with force needed if on a ladder.

I ordered some hole punches but they never arrived in time but was going to try that.

I think if a tool manufacture made a tool capable of removing pins they'd make quite a lot of money.

 

[catlad]

Punch them through, as already mentioned, then use the larger headed nails or caps if it needs to be put back