Dumpster_diving
Cast Iron
- Joined
- May 18, 2017
- Location
- Massachusetts
Looking at estimates to construct a roughly 2,000 sf residential home in rural NY. There's a line item in one proposal that includes $8k worth of 'Lightning Protection'.
My question is twofold:
1- My layman's understanding is lightning protection consists mainly of several roof-top lightning rods bonded to insulated heavy gauge conductors leading directly to grounding stakes. I'm having a hard to imagining how those components plus installation could cost anything approaching $8k. Google turns up numbers in the $2-4k range. Does anyone have any direct recent experience installing a decent modern system? Is that quote way out of whack?
2- I've always lived in urban and suburban detached single-family homes built 100 years ago (but surrounded by other homes, large trees, and with excellent access to fire hydrants and fire departments). Never seen nor heard of a lightning protection system installed in that context. The home we're building will admittedly be on an exposed hillside in a rural area, far from hydrants and emergency responders. How common is Lightning Protection for new construction in the middle of nowhere?
My question is twofold:
1- My layman's understanding is lightning protection consists mainly of several roof-top lightning rods bonded to insulated heavy gauge conductors leading directly to grounding stakes. I'm having a hard to imagining how those components plus installation could cost anything approaching $8k. Google turns up numbers in the $2-4k range. Does anyone have any direct recent experience installing a decent modern system? Is that quote way out of whack?
2- I've always lived in urban and suburban detached single-family homes built 100 years ago (but surrounded by other homes, large trees, and with excellent access to fire hydrants and fire departments). Never seen nor heard of a lightning protection system installed in that context. The home we're building will admittedly be on an exposed hillside in a rural area, far from hydrants and emergency responders. How common is Lightning Protection for new construction in the middle of nowhere?