Whenever you can see your gutter spikes hanging out of their holes that means you have loose gutter spikes.
No gutter spikes on my gutters.
Loose gutter spikes are the most common issue homeowners have with their gutters.
Replacing them with steel gutter screws and rigid plastic ferrules provides a more secure alternative and will prevent them from pulling loose or sagging.
First of all the first thing you need to do is to remove all the outdated and defective gutter ferrules or spikes.
One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets.
Pounding them back in is a temporary fix at best.
Then use a cordless drill to drive the screw into a new hole in the fascia board.
They are also the easiest thing to fix.
One main tip to replace the spikes is to simply remove it accordingly one by one and not in a hurry.
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.
If your gutters are fastened with spikes and some spikes are loose or rusted simply hammering the spike back in isn t likely to solve the problem as the spike will tend to work its way back.