Metal and lightning
Metal roofing, properly maintained it will last 40 to 60 years — longer in some
cases. This saves you the money you’d have to spend on replacing it, so you
make back the cost of installation. But there’s still one question that a lot
of people worry about: what if it gets hit by lightning?
By
the time a lightning bolt hits your house, it’s already gone through thousands
of feet of resistant air, and it will force a path through anything — wood,
brick, stone or flesh — to get to the earth. A metal roof is no more likely to
be hit than any other kind, but it offers less resistance to the flow of
lightning. This means less energy converted into heat. Combined with a
lightning rod, it gives the lightning a smooth and easy path into the earth
that bypasses your home’s electrical system, plumbing and electronics. Even if
it isn’t connected to a lightning rod, a metal roof spreads the strike over the
whole structure, minimizing the amount of damage done to any one part of it.
Charlotte’s best contractors
for metal roofing
Advanced Roofing and Exteriors are Charlotte’s
best roofing contractors, and they offer a 30 to 50 year warranty on their
metal roofs. This family-owned company is also an Owens Corning preferred
contractor and a member of the Home Builders Association of Charlotte. These
licensed general contractors will give you a free estimate, plan their timeline
for work to suit your schedule and provide the materials themselves. If you want
a metal roof for a building in Charlotte or Concord, NC, call today.
