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SteveBell wrote:
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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.

The nails are supposed to go into the ends of the rafter tails behind
the fascia. The fascia is likely just 3/4" thick, which doesn't
provide much strength.

Appreciated, that's the point that I have obviously not expressed clearly.
The rotted fascia needs to be replaced to avoid affecting the rafter tails
( if they have not already been affected).