[charles_2000]

I just wanted to say. You can install an LPS system on your roof without pentrating your roof. They make Adhesive style Air-terminals mounting bases and Adhesive Cable Fastener. This how I am doing my house.

[mrf6969]

Originally Posted by charles_2000

I just wanted to say. You can install an LPS system on your roof without pentrating your roof. They make Adhesive style Air-terminals mounting bases and Adhesive Cable Fastener. This how I am doing my house.

Wonder how well those glued down air terminals will hold up over time. Using copper? What company is doing your installation?

[jrref]

Originally Posted by mrf6969

Wonder how well those glued down air terminals will hold up over time. Using copper? What company is doing your installation?

They work because the air terminals and cables have very low wind resistance. But as mentioned in speaking to the owners of Triangle and A1, there haven't been any issues using the approved roofing fasteners. There are thousands of LPS installations here in the Villages so if there was a problem, many would be talking about it.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

This is where I am today. Haven’t contacted a company yet but it’s on my list (a little discouraged by the talk of a five month lead time).

There are several nationally based firms in the business that do commercial and residential installations.

Try Googling company's in Tampa and Orlando if you haven't already.

Suggest to prioritize multi-level surge protection first since that is the most likely scenario for damage.

[jrref]

When we were talking about Lightning Protection Institute (LPI) and UL certified vs non-certified installers, people were asking why they needed to worry about that. They said they checked the Better Business Bureau and the non-certified installer had an excellent rating. Well, I can't say whether the non-certified installers working here in the Villages do the correct job or not since I haven't been able to look at any of these installations but the first two pictures below shows incorrect work done here in the Villages. I have no idea when this system was installed or by whom but clearly running the grounding cable from the air terminal over the aluminum siding facia along with the tight angles from the roof to the side of the house is clearly incorrect. I've seen this type of installation on more than one home here in the Villages. See the first two attached photos for the incorrect installation and the remaining three for the correct installation. Note one of the correct photo's shows the cable from the roof making a gentile arc over the gutter while the next photo shows the cable going through the roof through the soffit. Either method is acceptable. What is wrong is in the second photo where the cable tightly running aroung the siding and gutter to get from the roof to the side of the house to the grounding rod.