Previous owners installed plant hooks in the high ceiling of the wooden beams in the living room. I went to remove them today and found that the hook itself was a simple plastic piece that unscrewed from what appears to be a headless metal screw - it is a screw-like piece of metal, with threads exposed (that is what the hook itself attached to) and then a non-threaded part, and then a part that is sunk into the wood itself.
I have no idea how to remove this - since I didn't install it, I don't really know how it works. I thought perhaps it was threaded at the other end and I tried to grip the threaded end with pliers and turn, but either it's not threaded or I can't get a tight enough grip to turn it. I also tried the claw part of a hammer to see if I could get a grip and yank it straight out, but that didn't work.
Looking for any suggestions folks may have about getting these things out! Thanks so much!
Steve Portigal