Residential
Lightning Protection
Choose from a wide variety of lightning protection applications for your home. Concealed or exposed, we can offer you a certified system at a competitive price.
Commercial
Lightning Protection
Professionally engineered, designed, installed, and inspected lightning protection systems. Blueprints and a Master Label will be supplied to you for the highest quality assurance.
Residential
Remodeling and Repairs
Specializing in remodeling homes, our qualified craftsmen complete your projects with only the highest expectations and strive to do so with as little interruption to your life as possible.
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Formerly Silver Streak Lightning Protection, Ferguson Incorporated has been installing U.L. certified protection systems throughout the Midwest since 1989. Our home base is located in Kansas City, but our services exceed no boundaries. |
| What causes lightning? Most experts believe that updrafts in the sky separate charges so that positive charges end up at the top of the cloud while negative flow to the bottom. When the negative charge moves down toward the earth, this creates a path in the air. Lightning generally occurs when these charges are returning to the sky and join together. This discharge of energy uses the same path down, dissipating into the earth below. |
| How does lightning protection work? A lightning protection system provides a means by which this current may enter or leave the earth without passing through and damaging non-conductors, such as wood, brick, tile or concrete. A lightning protection system does not create or attract a lightning strike; it simply and safely provides a low resistant path for the charges above to reach the earth below. |
A few simple questions to ask before you purchase a lightning protection system:
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Lightning is responsible for:
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Lightning can:
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Residential Systems |
| Concealed |
| A concealed lightning protection system has to be installed while the home is under construction. The copper cables used within the system are connected to points, which extend a minimum of 10 in. beyond the rooftop, then run inside the attic space, down the bare-stud-walls, and exit outside the home just above the foundation line. The cables are connected to ground rounds, which are placed around the perimeter, with a minimum of two per structure, and are no further apart than 100 ft. It is imperative that we install the system before insulating, dry walling, or shingling has begun. If you wish to have your system concealed, please contact us during the framing stages of construction and we will custom design on site or within the blueprints of your home. |
| Exposed |
| On a pre-existing home, the exposed system and components comply with UL's (Underwriters Laboratories) internationally recognized standards for lightning protection. These components are fastened to the rooftop and follow the rain guttering to the ground and are connected to ground rods. On all systems we bond to water, electric, gas, and cable/ satellite/ antennas to create one common ground throughout the structure. We will also install a surge protector inside your electrical box, which absorbs up to 250,000 volts of electricity, and protects all the valuable electronics within your home. Protecting cherished belongings for approximately 1% or less than the price of your home! |
Commercial System |
| We request a copy or set of blueprints to bid and design a U.L. certified system. A meeting with the general contractor, superintendent, or project manager should be scheduled prior to bidding as well as installation.
Please contact us, or fill out a quote request today for a free estimate. |