Metal roofs do not attract lightning strikes.
Roof lightning protection system installation.
Advanced roofing provides professional lightning protection installations repairs and recertification services.
Our lightning protection division is fully licensed bonded and insured with more than ten years of experience protecting buildings from the risks of a direct or indirect lighting strike.
The only way to protect a building is with a properly designed and installed lightning protection system lps.
Installing lightning protection systems in the home costs between 436 and 2 515 averaging most homeowners 1 422.
The main conductors perform the current carrying function from the strike termination devices to the grounding system.
Ground rod installation for an lps.
Lightning is a powerful destructive force of nature and will strike a building regardless of its type of roofing.
Nor do metal roofs protect a building against lightning.
A single lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.
Through roof penetrations should be kept to a minimum and be sealed by a qualified roofing contractor he adds.
Also harger feels it is imperative that the installation contractor follow the roofing manufacturer s requirements when it comes to attaching lightning protection components to the roof surface.