[tucson]

Originally Posted by jojo

Not an electrician, physicist or any of the above, but I do share your concern. I had the Villages Warranty out this week (Our home is less than a year old). I asked her about how to turn off the gas line and learned indeed that ours too was in the attic. We had a frightening view from our lanai of the home that burned - before we knew it was a home my husband said it looked like a gas line exploded. Hope that we get some answers to your questions.

Maybe that's why TV stopped putting gas in the new houses??????

[samhass]

Fran, there was a class action suit filed that concerned the gas lines in the attics. That was one reason we had the rods installed.

[SteveFromNY]

Originally Posted by tucson

Maybe that's why TV stopped putting gas in the new houses??????

I'll bet it was a factor in the decision.

[Sidney Lanier]

We have gas appliances in our house and, at the time we purchased, considered it a plus and never gave it a moment's thought. Rest assured now that we are giving it many moments' thought! Though we've only begun to look into it, I suspect that a properly installed lightning arresting system will not cost more than retrofitting a house to get rid of gas range, water heater, dryer, and furnace and replace all with electric. I could be wrong....

[barb1191]

Originally Posted by Sidney Lanier

We have gas appliances in our house and, at the time we purchased, considered it a plus and never gave it a moment's thought. Rest assured now that we are giving it many moments' thought! Though we've only begun to look into it, I suspect that a properly installed lightning arresting system will not cost more than retrofitting a house to get rid of gas range, water heater, dryer, and furnace and replace all with electric. I could be wrong....

Sure makes sense to me, Sid. That's exactly why we chose the lightning arresting system asap which made sense to Bill and me. Our choice has always been gas. We've always had a monitor for leakage, however, now living in the lightning capital puts a whole different slant on the priorities.

I'm still waiting for a contract to sign. They did email me a quote. Think I mentioned that it was something around $1500 and we live in a corner lot Colony Patio Villa. I would assume that would be a standard fee for this model, although they did mention if there a lot of plantings, it could run more. Although on our corner lot we do have more plantings that are not at all near the house; they run alongside the corner of the street side where there's more land.

I gather that that horrible lightning strike gave many to pause and change some priortizing of plans. I also asked TECO if the protectors we have with them will have any bearing on he lightning arrestors. They said not all all; no problem; everything is compatible and not any danger.

Now I'm very anxious to get it done and I guess they have been swamped, no doubt, since the lightning hit and the devestating damage a total loss to that particular home. How very sad. Even worse, it was the third time that very house was hit, or so I hear or read.

barb

[KayakerNC]

The Villages, Florida

Curious. Will a Home Owners Policy give a discount if you have lightening rods installed?

Or, will they raise rates on TV homes with attic gas lines?

Or do the insurance companies not consider it a problem?