Roof House Lightning

Thunderstorms in chester damaged the roof of a house and caused a number of power sockets in the same road to blow out.

Roof house lightning.

Fire crews from ellesmere port and powey lane fire stations were called to lumley road at around 6 45pm yesterday monday august 10. Metal roofing materials are non combustible so if a metal roof does get struck by lightning it is less likely to result in a fire than some other types of roofing materials such as cedar shakes. Metal roofs do not attract lightning. A house struck by lightning is one that can experience a lot of problems even after the damage has occurred.

Metal roofs and lighting the misconception that metal roofs attract lightning is probably because metal itself is known as a good conductor of electricity and people therefore assume that a metal roof must attract lightning. The call was to a house fire which we believe started when the roof was struck by lightning. This includes water damage which is normally triggered by lightning that has struck a roof and left behind an opening for water. If the roof is covered with combustible materials such as wood shakes or extremely flammable asphalt shingles they are easily ignited as the lightning channels through on its way to the ground via the house s pipes and electrical system.

Surprisingly one of the main fears people hold about metal roofs is without merit. The incident also caused a number of sockets to blow at three. A lightning protection system will not keep your house from being struck by lightning but a properly installed system will instead provide a safe path from the site of the lightning strike which is often on the roof to the ground. The hole in the roof of an upstairs bedroom caused by the lightning strike.

Excellent work from crews to get this sorted so quickly no injuries to report either. A bolt of lightning has blown a hole in the roof of a house in knutsford. Location lightning tends to strike the highest point in any terrain but lightning can also be capricious random arbitrary and unpredictable. The view of the collapsed roof through the loft hatch one firefighter said of all the lightning strikes he s known.

Remaining roof tiles on the house became unsafe and fire crews from knutsford and lymm attended on tuesday morning to assess the situation.