Power Line Ancher Is Ripping My Roof Off

I know there is a cable inside the black coating over the electric cable that holds tension.

Power line ancher is ripping my roof off.

One vent stack coming off main line with shared fixtures house 7. Make sure none of the wire is exposed. There are 3 of them and the top one is almost touching the middle one. They attached it up under the eave of the house over my bedroom window and now these loopy connections are hanging down in front.

The power lines service drop. What is the best way to get the overhead lines to my house from the pole tightened. Roofing around a power line it is 110 or 220 just be cautious. An electric service drop is the bundle of electrical cables that run from the electric utility company s power pole to the connection at your house.

Lomg tem leraks can be a soucre of rot and mold no ned to have the power cut when having this fixed as roofers do it all the time when reroofing and setting the covers. I need to fix my main powerline roof mast looks like it s coming off question roofing mold. But when the conditions are favorable the homeowner and you as the home inspector are at risk. Call the local power company to verify if it furnishes an anchor bolt for the line to attach to.

In many cases wires are ripped right off the homes they once supplied power to and residents are responsible for repairing some of the damage. The damage was relatively substantial. That s probably not something you hear often. Don t work more than 4 ft.

Find the meter base on the house. Or utility wires whatever you prefer to call them could pose an immediate shock or electrocution hazard if they touch the roof. When the electric company came through to fix downed lines the reattached my line but it was not in the place it had been previously on the back corner of the house. Mount the roof anchor to the peak no closer than 6 ft.

Turns out that a large tree branch had fallen on the power line from the pole to our home knocking out only our power. Get a list of the specifications it requires for attaching a power line to a house. From the edge of the roof. Because the power company lines are higher than your home the cables that go to your home literally drop descending from a higher spot to a lower spot.

To the side of the roof anchor. Relocate the anchor or add more anchors if necessary. Upon investigation in the morning i discovered that the anchor had been ripped right from the outer wall of our house and the line was just hanging draped over our garage roof. After an ice storm last december the power line to my house was taken down by a falling branch.

Locate the roof anchor directly above where you ll be working on the roof. Verify if it has a mast or just a large cable coming out the top.