Ladder bracing for gutters

DETAILED DESCRIPTION One object of the present invention is to provide means for bracing a gutter from the weight of a ladder and ladder user.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a sturdier gutter.
A third object of the present invention is provide a method of bracing a gutter.
These objects and others which will be clear to one skilled in the art will be clear from the present invention, which is directed to a gutter brace which comprises a support which is sized and shaped to fit within a gutter, at least two ferrules and at least one fastener for each ferrule; said at least two ferrules being of a larger inner diameter than an outer diameter of said at least one fastener; the support containing at least two sets of holes, each set of holes being defined in said support, one hole which is of a first size such that a fastener can pass through it but a ferrule cannot and the other hole being of a second size such that both a fastener and a ferrule can pass through; said holes being concentric with each but positioned on opposite ends of the support said ferrule being inserted into said hole of a second size allowing the ferrule to pass through it, said fastener being inserted into the hole of said first size and passing through said support, said ferrule end said hole of said second size.