I'm going to be getting the exterior of my house painted in the near future and a few of the fascia boards will need to be replaced. Therefore, the gutters will need to be removed to do so. I'm contemplating whether to have the gutters replaced or just have them re-installed. The gutters are original to the house (32 years old), but appear to be in pretty good shape. The main issue is the fasteners are pulling away from the fascia boards, but I figure I could just replace the fasteners with larger diameter ones (if that's even possible) to get a better bite in the wood. Is there any reason why I should replace the gutters as opposed to fixing them? Do they make a screw-type fastener that holds better as opposed to the nail-type that works itself loose over time? I have the middle style fastener (spike/ferrule) and most of them have pulled loose. Hammering them back in has not worked (they continue to pull loose), so I'd like to use a screw-type if one exists. Or I suppose I could use a different style fastener (e.g. concealed) and just leave the old fasteners in place. [ATTACH]52400[/ATTACH]

So we had a flood watch in effect the other day, and with all the rain our basement window well was filling with water and eventually cam through the window. Luckily we were downstairs when it happened... anyway, I sought out to dig a bit and see if I could locate a drain, but there doesn't appear to be one (see attached picture). Did I go deep enough to be able to find one if it were there? Also, I dug out a lot of dirt, and about a 5 gallon bucket full of rock. Should I replace the dirt/rock, or just replace what I dug out with all rock?? Supposed to rain the next couple of days and don't want a repeat! Thanks! [ATTACH]52663[/ATTACH]