Pennsylvania’s #1 Lightning Protection Service
Sewickley sits on the Ohio River bluffs west of Pittsburgh, and Sewickley Heights rises higher still — horse farms and large custom homes on open, high ground in the Sewickley Hunt country. WB protects the houses, outbuildings, and pole barns on those properties as well, not just the horse barns, under one whole-property plan.
Height is the story in Sewickley. The borough climbs from the river, Edgeworth and Osborne line the bluff, and Sewickley Heights spreads across the ridge tops in large lots, pastures, and bridle paths. Summer storms that build over the Ohio River valley and the plateau to the west meet those ridge-top roofs first — tall chimneys, cupolas, and long rooflines standing above mature trees, with barns and arenas spread across open pasture. A strike to a chimney can tear masonry and ignite framing, and a strike to a barn full of horses and hay is the call no owner ever wants to get.
WB Lightning Rods protects Sewickley properties the way we’ve protected homes and farms since 1950, with low-profile systems designed around each roofline: terminals placed along ridges, chimneys, and cupolas, heavy conductor cables routed cleanly along rooflines and downspout lines, and deep grounding set for bluff and ridge soils. That covers residential homes and custom homes from the borough up into the Heights, horse barns and arenas, garages and shops, and tree protection for the tall oaks that shade so many properties here. 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.
Homes on the bluff edge and the Heights ridges stand higher than everything around them. Storms crossing the river valley hit that high ground at full strength.
Barns, arenas, and run-in sheds stand apart from the house across open pasture. Each building holds animals and equipment, and each one stands exposed.
A protection system on a large custom home has to work without announcing itself. Low-profile terminals and clean cable runs protect the house while the house still looks like itself.
One company for the whole property — custom homes, horse farms, and farm buildings, anywhere around Sewickley 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 brick, stone, and slate roofs on Sewickley custom 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, horse barns, garages, shops, 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 Sewickley area specifically, not copied from a template.
Low-profile terminals placed along ridgelines, chimneys, cupolas, and barn roofs — the high points lightning seeks first on bluff-top 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, designed for the bluff and ridge-top shale and clay soils 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.
Horse barns, arenas, garages, equipment shops, and run-in sheds incorporated into the property plan — no building left exposed.
A Sewickley Heights property is rarely one building. Our multi-building packages price the whole property as one design — the house, horse barns, pole barns, garages, and shops, all protected — which costs less than protecting buildings one at a time and leaves no gap between them. Well pumps, arena lighting, gate operators, and pool equipment all ride the same electrical service, and the design accounts for every one of them.
The same thinking applies street by street. Neighbors along the same ridge road who install together earn neighborhood discounts on multi-home packages, and because WB serves all of Pennsylvania statewide, a Sewickley home and a second property anywhere else in the state are one call, one company. Many quotes are built from satellite imagery, so the process can start with one call.
Real WB installations — a very large home under construction with our crew on the roof, plus stables 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 Pennsylvania storms the calm way.
During construction is the cleanest time — we design and install while the home is going up, so cable runs are planned into the build and nothing is retrofitted after the fact. We work on new custom homes across the Sewickley area, and on homes already standing as well.
No. We protect the house and the barns together — houses, outbuildings, pole barns, arenas, and shops included. Protecting only the barn leaves the home, and everyone in it, uncovered on the same high ground.
Yes. A strike to a nearby tree, fence line, or utility line 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 rods on the roof: a properly grounded system gives strike energy a direct, controlled path to earth at the structure itself.
Yes. When several homes on the same 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.
Yes. A tall tree close to a house or barn can side-flash a strike into the roof, or send current through its roots toward the foundation. We install lightning protection for trees themselves — their own terminals and grounding — and we factor nearby trees into every property design.
Price depends on roof size and complexity, the number of buildings, and grounding conditions. Whole-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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