Pennsylvania’s #1 Lightning Protection Service
The Wyoming Valley runs between two mountain ridges, and summer storms ride up the Susquehanna corridor and strike the high points first — the chimneys of the Hill Section, the steeples along the river, and the barns out in the Back Mountain. We protect the whole property under one plan: house, barns, pole barns, and outbuildings, every building covered.
Northeast Pennsylvania packs a lot of exposed architecture into one valley. Scranton’s Hill Section and Wilkes-Barre’s historic districts are full of tall Victorian and colonial homes with steep roofs, brick chimneys, and slate that has weathered a century of storms. Out through Clarks Summit and the Abingtons, and across the river in Kingston, Forty Fort, and the Back Mountain — Dallas, Shavertown, and Harveys Lake — custom homes and farm properties spread over open ground, with barns and pole barns standing taller than everything around them. Storms that build over the Endless Mountains and the Pocono plateau drop into the valley at full strength, and the tallest structure in the neighborhood is where they land.
WB Lightning Rods protects Wyoming Valley properties the way we’ve protected homes and farms since 1950 — complete systems designed building by building, then priced as one property plan. On a historic home that means low-profile terminals and clean cable runs that respect the architecture; on a Back Mountain farm it means the farmhouse, the dairy barn, the horse barn, and the pole buildings all in the same design. Every system is built to NFPA 780 guidelines with UL-listed materials made in the USA, installed by our experienced crew and personally supervised by the owner. We also inspect and repair older systems across the valley — rods and cables installed decades ago, storm-damaged or worn, brought back up to standard. We make old systems great again.
The ridges on both sides of the Susquehanna channel summer storm cells straight up the valley. Houses on the high streets and farms on the open flats above the river take the first strikes.
Steep slate roofs, cupolas, and brick chimneys were built to stand above the street — exactly the profile lightning seeks. Protection has to be designed around that architecture, not bolted onto it.
Back Mountain and Endless Mountains-edge farms stand in open country where the barn and silo are the tallest things for a mile. One plan covers the farmhouse, barns, and pole buildings together.
One company for the whole property — historic homes, custom homes, lake houses, and farms, anywhere around Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and across Pennsylvania statewide.
Complete lightning rod systems for houses of every size, designed around your roofline — the work WB has done since 1950.
Low-profile systems designed around slate, stone, and standing-seam metal roofs on Wyoming Valley historic and custom homes — clean runs along rooflines and downspout lines.
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, pole buildings, garages, and outbuildings — 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 Wyoming Valley specifically, not copied from a template.
Low-profile terminals placed along ridgelines, chimneys, cupolas, and dormers — the high points lightning seeks first, sized to sit quietly on the roof.
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, worked into the valley’s mix of river-bottom soil and rocky ridge ground so strike energy disperses quickly and 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, garages, and outbuildings incorporated into the property plan — no building left exposed.
A valley property is rarely one building. Our multi-building packages price the whole property as one design — house, barns, pole buildings, shops, and garages, all protected — which costs less than protecting buildings one at a time and leaves no gap between them. Well pumps, barn lighting, and pool equipment all ride the same electrical service, and the design accounts for every one of them.
Already have rods on the house? Older systems are common on valley homes, and many have never been checked since the day they went up. We inspect what’s there, repair what storms and time have worn, and bring the system up to current NFPA 780 standards — and because WB serves all of Pennsylvania statewide, a Scranton home and a lake house at Harveys Lake or a farm up in the Endless Mountains are one call, one company. Many quotes are built from satellite imagery, so the process can start with one call.
Real WB installations — rods fitted to the stone and slate roofs of older homes, 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 Pennsylvania storms the calm way.
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 most historic homes in the Hill Section and the river towns, visitors never notice the system until it’s pointed out.
Yes — inspections and repairs are a big part of our work in the valley. We check terminals, cable runs, connections, and grounding, repair storm damage and wear, and bring older installations up to current NFPA 780 standards. We make old systems great again.
Yes. A strike to a nearby tree, a fence line, or utility lines down the road can send a damaging surge through wiring, well pumps, 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. Whole-property packages cover the farmhouse, dairy barns, horse barns, pole buildings, shops, and silos under one plan, priced together so protecting everything costs less than protecting buildings one at a time.
Lakefront homes stand open to storms that cross the water with nothing to slow them down, and the house is often the tallest structure on the shore. We protect lake houses across the Back Mountain and the valley’s lakes, main house and boathouse or garage together.
Price depends on roof size and complexity, the number of buildings, and grounding conditions. Multi-building packages price properties 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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