Roof Lightning Protection System Installation
A single lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.
Roof lightning protection system installation. The only way to protect a building is with a properly designed and installed lightning protection system lps. The conductor system component of complete lightning protection includes main sized cables the structural steel of a building and bonding or interconnection wires to internal grounded building systems. Nor do metal roofs protect a building against lightning. Ground rod installation for an lps.
The installation shall comprise air networks connected to roof and down conductors and finally terminated in earth electrodes via structural re bars and suitable test points in accordance with the details included on the attached drawings or in the specification section. Installing lightning protection systems in the home costs between 436 and 2 515 averaging most homeowners 1 422. Lightning is a powerful destructive force of nature and will strike a building regardless of its type of roofing. Through roof penetrations should be kept to a minimum and be sealed by a qualified roofing contractor he adds.
The main conductors perform the current carrying function from the strike termination devices to the grounding system. Advanced roofing provides professional lightning protection installations repairs and recertification services. The cost ranges from 100 for just a surge protector to over 3 000 for rods and grounding system.