		Roofs: Cupola, Roof, Dome, Lightning Rod, Green Roof, Cool Roof, Lightning Protection System, Flat Roof, Tensile Structure, Tile, Onion Dome Paperback. Books LLC 2010-06-06. ISBN 9781157713906
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cupola, Roof, Dome, Lightning Rod, Green Roof, Cool Roof, Lightning Protection System, Flat Roof, Tensile Structure, Tile, Onion Dome, Sod Roof, Roof Construction, Metal Roof, Mansard Roof, Radiant Barrier, Shake, Hip Roof, Crow-Stepped Gable, Imbrex and Tegula, Asphalt Shingle, Rain Gutter, Gambrel, Hammerbeam Roof, Traditional Korean Roof Construction, Wood Shingle, Shukhov Rotunda, Roof Shingle, Roof Coating, Tented Roof, Robb Engineering, Finial, Thin-Shell Structure, Bituminous Waterproofing, Oculus, Crazing, Tar Paper, Blue Roof, Timber Roof Trusses, Roof Lantern, Purlin, Dormer, Widow's Walk, Birch-Bark Roof, Joist, Asphalt Roll Roofing, Box Gutter, Canopy, Acroterion, Pitched Roof, Rafter, Leader Head, Ridge Vent, Bargeboard, Wall Dormer, Eaves, Sima, Cricket, Downspout, Redcedar Bolt, Chantlate. Excerpt: A lightning rod (AUS) or lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod or conductor mounted on top of a building and electrically connected to the ground through a wire, to protect the building in the event of lightning. If lightning strikes the building it will preferentially strike the rod, and be conducted harmlessly to ground through the wire, instead of passing through the building, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. A lightning rod is a single component in a lightning protection system. In addition to rods placed at regular intervals on the highest portions of a structure, a lightning protection system typically includes a rooftop network of conductors, multiple conductive paths from the roof to the ground, bonding connections to metallic objects within the structure and a grounding network. The rooftop lightning rod is a metal strip or rod, usually of copper or aluminum. Lightning protection systems are installed... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20646679

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