Vermont’s #1 Lightning Protection Contractor
Vermont’s side of the Upper Valley runs from Woodstock and Quechee through Norwich, Hartford, and Hartland along the Connecticut and White rivers: village homes with two centuries of history, horse and dairy farms on the valley hills, and hilltop properties that catch every storm rolling down the river corridor. We protect the whole property: farmhouse, barns, shops, and silos, every building covered.
From Woodstock’s village green and the Quechee gorge country through Barnard, Pomfret, and Hartland to Norwich and White River Junction — the Vermont side of the valley, across the Connecticut River from Hanover — this is some of the most storied farm and village country in the state. The exposure runs both ways: valley farms stand open on the river hills, and historic village homes sit under maples that have stood for a century. A strike to a barn roof can ignite hay and framing; a strike to a chimney can tear masonry no modern build reproduces.
WB Lightning Rods protects Upper Valley properties the way we’ve protected farms and fine homes since 1950: whole-farm packages that design the farmhouse, horse and dairy barns, pole buildings, shops, and silos into one plan, priced together — and low-profile home systems for the valley’s historic villages that respect 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.
The Upper Valley’s barns, arenas, and run-in sheds stand on open hillsides above the river — the tallest structures around, holding animals, hay, and tack. A barn fire is the worst-case loss protection is built to prevent.
Woodstock’s and Norwich’s older homes carry old-growth timber, historic masonry, and details no modern build reproduces. A discreet, properly grounded system protects the fabric of the house without changing how it looks.
Thunderstorms build over the valley walls and track along the Connecticut and White rivers all summer. Valley and hilltop properties take them at full strength, season after season.
One company for the whole property — farmhouses, horse and dairy barns, village homes, pole buildings, and shops, anywhere in the Vermont Upper Valley.
Complete lightning rod systems for houses of every size, designed around your roofline — the work WB has done since 1950.
Low-profile systems for Woodstock and Norwich custom and historic homes and Upper Valley village properties — 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, horse barns, dairy barns, pole buildings, 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 the Upper Valley specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along rooflines, chimneys, cupolas, barn ridgelines, and silos — the high points lightning seeks first on Upper Valley 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, upland 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, arenas, pole barns, run-in sheds, 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, horse or dairy barns, pole buildings, run-in sheds, 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 Woodstock farm and a lake home on Champlain are one call, one company. Many quotes are built from satellite imagery, so the process can start with one call.
Real WB installations — barns, stables, and village homes 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, horse and dairy barns, pole barns, shops, 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.
Very little, when it’s designed properly. We use low-profile terminals and route heavy conductor cables cleanly along rooflines and downspout lines, following the architecture instead of fighting it. On Woodstock’s historic homes, visitors never notice the system until it’s pointed out.
Yes. When several homes or farms 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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