Gutter Fixing Screws

Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter.

Gutter fixing screws. 40mm long and a 4mm strong screw suitable for use with power screw drivers or impact drills. Rain gutter spikes or screws should be at least seven inches long and eight is even better. If clips or brackets hold your gutters check for broken clips and loose or missing screws. Align the end of the threaded spike with the hole in the front of your gutter and push the end through by about 1 2 inch 1 3 cm.

Feed a threaded gutter spike through the hole in the front of your gutter. The ferrul is a bit flimsy in comparison to the screw so is easy to crush if the screw is over torqued. Fixing screws for fixing fascia brackets to hold guttering in place. Look for a 7 8 in 18 20 cm gutter spike or screw that has at least 2 inches 5 1 cm of threading on the end.

Then use a cordless drill to drive the screw into a new hole in the fascia board. Here s a quick fix for that problem demonstrate. Gutter nails or spikes used to hold rain gutters in place can work themselves loose with seasonal movement. Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia.

To replace gutter spikes with screws simply remove the old gutter spike and insert the screw through the existing hole in the front of the gutter.