"nospamgoingjag" wrote in message
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Excuse the lengthy OT message, but I noticed that folks in this group
have built metal buildings for their workshops and though you might be
able to help me.

I am considering building a large garage/pole barn using metal.

I am very concerned with lightening strikes due to where I live.

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We have an old three holer outhouse that is now a garden shed. It had
the same sheet metal roof in hip form, and I liked the look so left it
alone (unlike the house where I had the metal torn off and replaced
with a membrane roof). One day I was mowing the lawn and found a
piece of rusty metal, I looked over at the back of the outhouse and
there was a big burn mark and at least 3 feet of the roof had been
blown off.

Good thing it's no longer in active use!