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clot

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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:43:18 +0100, "Clot"
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SteveBell wrote:
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:22:17 -0400, Ron Hardin
wrote:

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).

You are assuming there is rot. It ain't neccesarily so.

Agreed.