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Default Gutter Nail Replacement?

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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:22:17 -0400, Ron Hardin
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My gutter is coming down at one end - three consecutive nails have
worked themselves out over 40 years, I guess.

I climbed up there to hammer them back in, but they show almost no
resistance to hammering - you could just push them back in the holes
by hand.

Obviously they will not stay.

Are there various diameter gutter nails, and I just have to go up
one size?

Wrap them in something like friction tape and them hammer them back?

Glue of some sort to encourage them to stay put?

What's the drill for this?


My bet is the facia board is rotted out. You could try a regular
gutter nail a few inches away.


I wondered that as well. If it is the case, then affixing the gutter should
only be a temporary measure whilst arranging to replace the fascia.