Could a tall chimney attract lightning?
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Forgot to attach the message. Has this been covered? I suspect it has, but just wondered about it. Could a chimney attract lightning?
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Tim
Subject comes up around once a year. In all the years I have been on here nobody has reported a strike. I have seen pics of lightning destroyed brick chimneys.
Nice stack, by the way.
Nice stack, by the way.
I have never heard of a class A getting hit.
I have a friend with an exterior masonry chimney with a SS flue, he was hit. It cracked the poured concrete wall from the thimble up, blew the trim ring off the wall, blew most light bulbs in the house and killed their appliances! It was pretty bad!
I have a friend with an exterior masonry chimney with a SS flue, he was hit. It cracked the poured concrete wall from the thimble up, blew the trim ring off the wall, blew most light bulbs in the house and killed their appliances! It was pretty bad!
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