Since he calls these screws little i presume they are smaller than the spikes.
Gutter screws vs hidden hangers.
They are spaced every two to three feet to ensure that your gutters will stay put through hell and high water.
It s pretty easy and cheap to replace old gutter spikes with screws once they separate from the eave of your house.
Then he got gutters with hangers and screws.
Metal gutter systems in.
Hex head screw included into the fascia board.
Hidden hanger with screw to hang a 5 in.
This is a much more convenient way to hang gutters.
Create a clean hidden look.
Spikes the big nail are the ones the op had.
The hanger is hidden within the gutter.
Hangers come in several different styles each with its own pros and cons.
To install power drive a 1 4 in.
The hanging gutter is fastened to the fascia board.
The main benefit is that the original hol.
This hanger is compatible with most colors and is hidden from sight to give a clean look.
Raytec manufacturing designed and engineered hangfast and hangtite hidden hangers to be strong and competitively priced when hidden hangers first appeared as a replacement for spikes and ferrules they were convenient but they were not very strong.
It is also a better choice cosmetically because both the screws and hangers are hidden and cannot be seen when looking at the house.
Gutters bear these extra stresses with the help of fasteners called hangers.
About hidden gutter hangers.
Hidden from sight to give clean look.
The bracket and screw design of a hidden hanger provides more security.
When hanging gutter systems contractors use these to secure guttering to the building.
But there are also gutter screws the same size as spikes bigger if you count the thread that go in the same spot the spikes go.
This gives it a much cleaner and aesthetically pleasing look as compared to the very visible spike.
It is also a better choice because it gives the gutters optimal strength to resist sagging and the chances of it becoming loose are minimized.