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Pittsburgh is awesome for LP but I live in Morgantown WV. Just south. I commuted up to Pittsburgh for 4 years and a utility forester position came open with the utility down here so I took it. I only do commercial arboriculture on weekends at best these days. I want to get back into it full time...

interesting. Says on the client list "The Care of Trees". I worked for them in Virginia but that was pre Davey buyout. We used the old style fasteners then. I'd like to give those a try. Too bad I don't install any LP these days.

Ok makes sense. I'd like to see that fastener you mentioned. I agree, the standard fare is too prone to bending and breaking.

To clarify my above post, I meant that Independent Protection Co. gave you the option of ordering parts based on the 2002 ANSI spec or the older LPI/NFPA spec. might be why they over spec some orders.

Guy, They used to give the option to use the 2002 specs or the older one. Not sure why anyone would use the older spec. I renovated a bunch of lightning protection at Kentuck Knob, a Frank Lloyd Wright house outside of Pittsburgh several years ago that another company had installed several...

Glad that helps, I don't get to do these much anymore but I really enjoyed it when I was. I worked in the Washington DC area as well as the Pittsburgh PA area which both experience a lot of lightning strikes per year. I would imagine Florida would be a good place to sell the service as well.

I used to install a ton. This company is a great way to order parts: http://www.ipclp.com/index.html . If you give the height and diameter, they can help spec out the size and quantity of components. If you don't install many, you don't want to end up with a bunch of extra fasteners and...