what would you have mounted gutter brackets with, nail, screw?

[Yrrol]

Screws seem like the modern and convenient option, but the metalworker showed me screws that I can't find in the two larger stores.

I will mount the hooks in 22mm and 25mm boards. Shouldn't require a drill tip then, as most screws for this purpose seem to have. Not keen on the screw going straight through either.

 

[huggan]

That the screw goes through is positive for the strength. I would take a screw. There can be quite a lot of stress on the gutter in the winter.

 

[Yrrol]

Oh typical, I found screws (byggmax) that by a millimeter didn't go straight through and have now installed them.

 

[huggan]

Tight enough that it holds, so you don't need to worry about that, but I just mean that many people think it's worse if the screw goes through, but it isn't. However, you shouldn't drive it too far through, of course.