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Old 07-25-2024, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye View Post
So you’re getting lighting rods so you can attract lighting. Yea, I know this roofing company gave you some song & dance why metal roofs are better. Then why aren’t lighting rods made of asphalt or plastic. So why didn’t they start putting them on houses yrs. ago if they have a 50 to 100 yrs life span? So in other words Ins. rates should go down, right because no more houses destroyed by lighting. We’ll see soon enough. Hope you’re right, not trying to start an argument.
There are a lot of old Florida houses with metal roofs that have lasted for years and years