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Hi My name is bessy from india. Is Your service available in India?. How to protect this roofs from lighting. pls give me details Thnak You.
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8/3/2005
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We are just an association for Noprth America. As to lightning, a metal roof will disperse the ennergy and as it is inert there is no moisture to expand when hit and explode. Some people do take braided copper cable and ground the roof to steel rods in the ground as an additional precaution.
Allan Reid
Dura-Loc Roofing Systems, Inc.

8/3/2005
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