Flat Roof Lightning Protection

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Flat roof lightning protection.

Single ply roofing products. 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. Lightning accounts for about 1 billion a year in homeowner s insurance claims for property damage. Fortunately reliable lightning protection of buildings and structures is available.

Advanced roofing provides professional lightning protection installations repairs and recertification services. Still the type of roofing is one of several risk factors. Application methods adhered flat roofs ballasted flat roofs. Nor do metal roofs protect a building against lightning.

The only way to protect a building is with a properly designed and installed lightning protection system lps. It is a combination of individual components such as a self supporting air termin. Lightning is a powerful destructive force of nature and will strike a building regardless of its type of roofing. The hvi power lightning protection system is ideally suited for flat roofs.

Bipv bungalow bangsar. The lightning protection industry began in the united states when benjamin franklin postulated that lightning was electricity and a metal rod could be used to carry the lightning away from a building. Back to flat roof construction. Lightning protection systems which are installed on a solar pv farm are mostly based on a franklin rod connected to a down.

The lightning protection institute is a nationwide not for profit organization founded in 1955 to promote lightning protection education awareness and safety. Before getting on the job the roofer lps installer and general contractor should agree on project schedule and roof access as well as review proposed locations of lightning protection components. Flat roof respectively 17. Lightning fires in non residential properties cause an average of over 100 million in direct property damage annually.