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That was a good read, cheers for that. Wow, the cabin sounds awesome, so rewarding building your own. I had no idea what a 30-30 was. We don't really have the gun culture here in Oz. I googled it and now understand you blasted the branches off with a gun. That's pretty funny and a much more...

Cheers, sounds like good advice!

Hi Jim, Cheers, I will try to have a read on the weekend. You believe I should not try to isolate the house structure from the ground, but I should completely isolate any "here I am, come and get me" lightning rods from the house structure? So the only way the 2 metal systems are connected...

b.shahvir: Thanks for taking the time to read the thread and for the reply. I wasn't thinking we would keep trimming the trees on design #2, if they kept growing then oh well, lightning may hit the top part of the tree first, then from what I understand would jump to the pole (lower...

G'Day guys, We have been looking around and feel this would be an appropriate forum full of good knowledgeable people to ask a few challenging questions. The missus an I are about to build a house on a mountain top that is the highest peak for at least 1-2 km's (1 mile or more). Obviously...