Vermont’s #1 Lightning Protection Contractor
Central Vermont runs down the middle of the Greens: Waitsfield and Warren in the Mad River Valley, Montpelier and Barre on the Winooski, and dairy farms spread across the Northfield and Randolph hills between the ranges. Summer storms build over both ridgelines and funnel down the valleys, and the valley floors are lined with barns and farmhouses standing open in their fields. We protect the whole property: farmhouse, barns, shops, and silos, every building covered.
From Waitsfield, Warren, and Moretown through Montpelier, Barre, and Northfield to Randolph and Williamstown, central Vermont is classic Vermont farm country threaded with mountain valleys. The exposure is the terrain and the buildings together: storms roll off both ranges and break down the valleys, ski and second homes sit on the valley walls, and dairy barns stand in open fields as the tallest structures for a mile. A strike to a barn roof can ignite hay and framing faster than anyone can respond.
WB Lightning Rods protects central Vermont properties the way we’ve protected farms since 1950: whole-farm packages that design the farmhouse, dairy barns, pole buildings, shops, sugarhouses, and silos into one plan, priced together — and low-profile home systems designed around the architecture. Every system is installed by our experienced crew and personally supervised by the owner, built to NFPA 780 guidelines with UL-listed materials made in the USA.
Central Vermont’s barns and silos are the tallest points in their valleys — holding animals, feed, and a season of work. A barn fire is the worst-case loss, and it’s the one protection is built to prevent.
Storms build over both ranges and break down the Mad River and Winooski valleys at full strength. Valley-floor and valley-wall roofs are the first high points they meet.
Mad River Valley ski and second homes stand empty for stretches of the year. A properly grounded system works whether you’re there or not — and many quotes start from satellite imagery.
One company for the whole property — farmhouses, dairy barns, valley homes, ski homes, and shops, anywhere in central Vermont.
Complete lightning rod systems for houses of every size, designed around your roofline — the work WB has done since 1950.
Low-profile systems for Mad River Valley and Montpelier-area custom and historic homes — clean runs along rooflines and downspout lines that respect the architecture.
Discreet, low-profile systems for older farmhouses and historic homes — clean runs along rooflines and downspout lines, protection you have to look for to see.
Barns, stables, and arenas protected along with the residence — horses, hay, and tack, all covered.
Agricultural buildings, equipment shops, and hay storage — the tallest structures on the farm, and the ones lightning finds first.
We protect all of your buildings — farmhouse, dairy barns, pole buildings, sugarhouses, and silos — with a lifetime of protection. Multi-building packages price the whole property together, so protecting everything costs less than protecting buildings one at a time.
Mature oaks, maples, and specimen trees protected with their own terminals and grounding, so a shade tree never becomes the strike path to your roof.
Neighbors who install together save together — neighborhood discounts on multi-home packages for your street, road, or lake shore.
Complete installations and repairs — that’s the work. Already have a system? We inspect it, repair storm damage and wear, and bring older installations up to current NFPA 780 standards. We make old systems great again.
Building new? We design and install protection while the home or barn is going up — cleaner cable runs, nothing retrofitted after the fact.
Every WB system is built to NFPA 780 guidelines using UL-listed materials made in the USA — and designed for central Vermont specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along rooflines, chimneys, cupolas, barn ridgelines, and silos — the high points lightning seeks first on central Vermont farms and homes.
Heavy conductor cables routed cleanly along rooflines and downspout lines, carrying strike energy safely down and away from the structure.
Deep-driven ground rods at each structure, sized for valley soils — river clay, gravel, and ledge included — so strike energy disperses safely into the earth.
Metal roofing, gutters, water lines, and electrical services bonded to the protection system, so stray current can’t side-flash between metal parts.
Barns, pole barns, run-in sheds, sugarhouses, equipment shops, and silos incorporated into the property plan — no building left exposed.
A farm is never one building. Our multi-building packages price the whole farm as one design — farmhouse, dairy barns, pole buildings, run-in sheds, sugarhouses, shops, and silos, all protected — which costs less than protecting buildings one at a time and leaves no gap between them. Well pumps, barn fans, milk-room power, and shop equipment all ride the same electrical service, and the design accounts for every one of them.
The same thinking applies road by road. Neighboring farms that install in the same trip earn neighborhood discounts on multi-home packages, and because WB serves all of Vermont statewide, a Mad River Valley home and a Kingdom farm are one call, one company. Many quotes are built from satellite imagery, so the process can start with one call.
Real WB installations — dairy barns, farmhouses, and farm buildings protected by our own crew.
Many quotes are built from satellite imagery of your home — fast, accurate, and no obligation. Call 1-800-557-9037.
Our experienced crew installs the system, and every installation is personally supervised by the owner, start to finish.
Lifetime warranty on parts and labor, with a 5-year maintenance check at no cost. Then you watch Vermont storms the calm way.
That’s our specialty. Multi-building packages for farms cover the farmhouse, dairy barns, pole barns, shops, sugarhouses, and silos under one plan — we protect all of your buildings, with a lifetime of protection, and pricing the property together costs less than protecting buildings one at a time.
Price depends on roof size and complexity, the number of buildings, and grounding conditions. Farm packages price multiple buildings together, which brings the per-building cost down. Estimates are free — many are built from satellite imagery of your property — and every system carries a lifetime warranty on parts and labor.
Yes. A strike to a nearby tree, fence line, or the ground itself can send a damaging surge through wiring, well pumps, barn fans, milk-room equipment, and electronics. That’s why grounding and bonding matter as much as the rods on the roof: a properly grounded system gives strike energy a direct, controlled path to earth at the structure itself.
Yes — and valley second homes are exactly where protection matters most, because nobody is there to smell smoke or cut power when a storm comes down the valley. A properly grounded system works whether you’re there or not, and many quotes start from satellite imagery so the process doesn’t need you on site.
Yes. When several homes or farms on the same valley road install in the same trip, everyone shares the travel and setup — and we pass that saving on as a neighborhood discount on multi-home packages. It only takes one organizer to get it started.
A tall maple close to the house can side-flash a strike into the roof, or send current through its roots toward the foundation. We offer lightning protection for trees themselves — their own terminals and grounding — and we factor nearby trees into every property design.
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