How To Secure Loose Gutters

One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets.

How to secure loose gutters.

Maybe i need to buy 8 or 10 foot ladder with two legs. Gutter nails or spikes used to hold rain gutters in place can work themselves loose with seasonal movement. I just leaned it on gutter finding its unstable cuz the gutter is loose. The cost to fix sagging gutters yourself is cheap.

I will put plywood squares underneath. Tighten up loose gutters. Over time your gutters may sag away from the fascia board the piece of wood that they attach to along your roof if the fasteners break or come loose. Over time rain gutters often start to pull away from the roof allowing water to drip over the gutter sides or between the gutters and the walls.

They do the job all right but eventually the spikes work themselves loose. Years ago spikes and ferrules were a common method for hanging gutters. Hangers generally cost 10 or less apiece and the fasteners run about 1 each. If your gutter spikes keep pulling loose and silt grit or other small particles are building up in there that is a clear indication that the gutter pitch is off.

Pardon me i am not quite familiar with ladder jargon. Fortunately securing a loose gutter is. If your gutters use long spikes or nails that go through the front of the gutter replace them with threaded. It looks like i have to place ladder far left where the gutter is fastened.

Pounding them back in is a temporary fix at best. Fixing loose gutter spikes is the easiest gutter repair there is. Here s a quick fix for that problem demonstrate. Luckily sagging gutters can be an easy fix with a ladder and a few simple tools.

Over time gutters can loosen or even fall down exposing your siding and foundation to staining rot and other problems that can cost big bucks to fix. I happen to have 10 foot ladder with bottom pads.