Vermont’s #1 Lightning Protection Contractor
Southern Vermont runs between two ranges: Manchester and Dorset in the valley under Equinox, Brattleboro and Bennington in the river towns, and Wilmington, Stratton, and Weston up in the high country. Summer storms build over both ridgelines and break down the valleys, and the region’s second homes and ski homes sit empty for stretches of the year while its farms work through every storm. We protect the whole property: main house, barns, shops, and garages, every building covered.
From Manchester, Dorset, and Arlington in the Batten Kill valley through Bennington and Brattleboro on the rivers to Wilmington and the Stratton high country, southern Vermont mixes historic village homes with mountain second homes and working farms. Storms that form over the Taconics and the Greens strike the valley walls and ridge-top homes first, and barns in the valley fields stand as the tallest structures around. A strike to a chimney in an empty ski home can burn undetected; a strike to a barn roof can take a season’s hay with it.
WB Lightning Rods protects southern Vermont properties the way we’ve protected farms and fine homes since 1950: low-profile systems designed around the building, whole-farm packages that design every structure into one plan, and grounding engineered for valley soils and mountain ledge. Every system is installed by our experienced crew and personally supervised by the owner.
Storms form over the Taconics and the Greens and break down the valleys between them. Valley-wall and ridge-top homes sit in the path of every one.
Manchester-area and Stratton-area second homes stand empty between visits and seasons. A properly grounded system works whether you’re there or not — and many quotes start from satellite imagery.
Southern Vermont’s dairy and horse barns stand in open valley fields — the tallest structures around, holding animals, feed, and tack through the whole storm season.
One company for the whole property — village homes, second homes, farmhouses, barns, and shops, anywhere in southern 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 Manchester and Dorset custom homes and southern Vermont second and ski 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 — main house, barns, shops, garages, and guest houses — 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 southern Vermont specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along rooflines, chimneys, cupolas, barn ridgelines, and silos — the high points lightning seeks first on southern Vermont properties.
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 local soils — valley clay, mountain gravel, and ledge included, with grounding engineered where ledge sits near the surface — 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, equipment shops, guest houses, and silos incorporated into the property plan — no building left exposed.
A southern Vermont property is often more than the house. Our multi-building packages price the whole property as one design — main house, barns, shops, garages, and guest houses, all protected — which costs less than protecting buildings one at a time and leaves no gap between them. Well pumps, barn fans, pool equipment, and shop power all ride the same electrical service, and the design accounts for every one of them.
The same thinking applies road by road. Neighbors on the same valley road who install together earn neighborhood discounts on multi-home packages, and because WB serves all of Vermont statewide, a Manchester 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 — village homes, carriage houses, and barns 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.
Yes — and mountain 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. A strike to a nearby tree, fence line, or utility lines down the road can send a damaging surge through wiring, well pumps, pool equipment, and electronics. That’s why grounding and bonding matter as much as the terminals on the roof: a properly grounded system gives strike energy a direct, controlled path to earth at the structure itself.
That’s our specialty. Multi-building packages for farms cover the farmhouse, dairy or horse 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.
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. Visitors never notice the system until it’s pointed out.
Yes. When several homes 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.
Price depends on roof size and complexity, the number of buildings, and grounding conditions. Property 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.
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