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.
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.
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