Is this a normal method if fixing skirting with these???

[Himaginn]

Don't you lot ever go on at me again for going on!

Seriously, when I'm dismantling anything, if the nails come out easy, then they are taken out, partly for safety, partly for convenience. If I'm intending to re-use the timber, the nails come out, especially if they're likely to be in the way.

However, in the case of cut nails in skirting, or in this case left in the wall, there's probably going to be 4/6/8 or even more of them, and they don't come out easily. (unless they're in wooden plugs in masonry, when the wooden plugs are probably a bit rotten anyway.)

If one, in the future, is cutting through and happens to encounter one of these offending nails, there's maybe one or two that are in the way, possibly bent over (if woody's been there.) It's not much problem to unbend 'em and remove 'em. Although in my limited experience, it's usually a bit more leverage required than just a claw hammer, and I don't mean just the grunting and swearing.

I don't think a core drill or grinder blade will notice the nails, when going through masonry. If it's for a new door, well the timber is being removed anyway. For a cable, just re-route the cable ever-so-slightly. For a pipe, think ahead.........Aaaah, that'll be the plumbers then. Not so easy.

 

[600rob]

If anyone can tell me one "future" problem that bending a 1/8 clasp nail over, behind a bit of skirting, then I'd love to hear it and will include it in my memoirs.

An actual problem though, not some obscure 'might-do' with lottery winning odds.

Sorry woody I wasnt reffering to the nail and skirting problem in my last post.
Just talking about general experience.
Cheers for the advice though.

 

[^woody^]

Off the top of my head, someone wants to saw a hole through the wall for a waste pipe, or cut an aperture for a new door, or chase a cable.

A waste pipe? That low? Through the front room?

And if you are cutting a door opening, a nail at the back of the skirting is going to be a concern? Please.

I don't understand your resistance to the idea. You already have the claw hammer in your hand, how hard is it to lever rather than hammer?

Because as the OP found out, it pulls out half the wall. And then there is the time and material in making good.

Instead of 3 seconds and a quick tap with that claw hammer.

 

[honda]

If anyone can tell me one "future" problem that bending a 1/8 clasp nail over, behind a bit of skirting, then I'd love to hear it and will include it in my memoirs.

An actual problem though, not some obscure 'might-do' with lottery winning odds.

A mouse would find it a difficult job making an entrance when making a new home.

 

[^woody^]

A mouse would find it a difficult job making an entrance when making a new home.

1 point for your concern for our furry friends.

But I'm with the cats on this one.

 

[honda]

I'm not a lover of mice but just thought if one came across a nail it would think the wood a bit woody Woody wouldn't it.

 

[catlad]

I find it easier sometimes to get some pliers and bend them a few times until they snap off.