Roof Lightning Protection

Advanced roofing provides professional lightning protection installations repairs and recertification services.

Roof lightning protection.

Harger president ceo harger lightning grounding grayslake ill. All lps components should be listed by ul specifically for lightning protection. The only way to protect a building is with a properly designed and installed lightning protection system lps. A lightning protection system doesn t attract lightning or lessen the power of a storm nor does it act as a whole house surge protector to shield delicate electronics.

To prevent galvanic action with roofing and flashings copper components should be used with copper roofing and aluminum components with steel or aluminum roofing. 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. Lps components are typically cop per or aluminum. The speed of lightning current and splitting the flow among multiple paths will not permit components to heat to any instantaneous ignition temperature hazardous to typical building materials.

Nor do metal roofs protect a building against lightning. Lightning is a powerful destructive force of nature and will strike a building regardless of its type of roofing. Metal roofs do not attract lightning strikes.