On 07 Aug 2007 02:45:04 GMT, (DA)
wrote:

Here is what I mean by that: I have some useful space in the attic above
the garage. The previous owner had installed a pull-down ladder and nailed
a couple of plywood sheets to the top plates. I just want to expand on
that and make more room covered with plywood so I can store stuff up
there.

There is one problem though: the roofing nails are protruding about 1" to
2" into the inside making this space literally a hard hat area. Having
scratched my head couple times already, I'd like to do something about the
nails if at all possible.

So, can I use my trusty pliers to bend the nails (to the side or all the
way back up) so the roof does not look like bed-of-nails from the inside
or I am running the risk of disturbing the shingles?

Is it a bad idea to just snip them (almost) flush?

What would you do? Any suggestions are welcomed.

I keep a hard hat in the attic. Seriously.

When I go to parts of my attic, the nails were a problem for 24 years,
but after the second roof it was worse because he used longer nails.

Most of the time, I'm in the part that is taller than my head, and
most of the rest of the time, I'm close to the floor or I keep my head
down so as to not be hit by a nail, but I learned the hard way (and my
hair is thinner now**, so without the hard hat, I don't have as much
protection.)

**Although it hasn't turned grey and the hairline hasn't receded, but
I only have half as much hair or less. I would find lots of it on my
keyboard between 51 and 56, but it seemed to mostly stop when I was
about 56.


Thanks!

D~