Pennsylvania’s #1 Lightning Protection Service
Wayne County runs from the dairy farms around Honesdale, Waymart, and Damascus to the lake country at its southern end — Lake Ariel, The Hideout, and the north shore of Lake Wallenpaupack above Hawley. Farms on open ridge ground, lake homes standing above the shore, mountain homes in the woods between: summer storms find the tallest structure first. We protect the whole property under one plan, every building covered.
Wayne County holds two kinds of exposure in one county. In the north, around Honesdale, Bethany, Damascus, and Pleasant Mount, dairy and crop farms spread their barns and silos across open ridge-and-valley country, with farmhouses and country homes standing just as exposed beside them. In the south, the lakes take over: homes at Lake Ariel and in The Hideout, lake houses along the north end of Lake Wallenpaupack near Hawley and Paupack, and mountain homes scattered through the woods around Hamlin and Lakeville. Storms cross the open water and the cleared ridge ground at full strength, and vacation homes can sit empty between visits — the worst combination when a strike starts a fire.
WB Lightning Rods protects Wayne County properties the way we’ve protected farms and homes since 1950 — complete systems designed building by building, then priced as one property plan. The farmhouse and the dairy barn, the lake house and its garage, the mountain home and its pole building: 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. Our Lake Wallenpaupack page covers the big lake shore by shore; this page is for the whole of Wayne County, farms and lakes together. We also inspect and repair older systems county-wide — we make old systems great again.
Honesdale-area farms hold herds, feed, and hay in barns that stand alone on open ridge ground. A strike to a barn roof is a worst case that distance only makes worse.
Homes at Lake Wallenpaupack, Lake Ariel, and the private lake communities stand open to storms crossing the water, often the tallest structure on the shore — and often empty midweek.
Country and mountain homes in the wooded hills around Hamlin, Waymart, and Pleasant Mount stand above the tree line on their own ground, with tall trees close enough to side-flash into the roof.
One company for the whole property — farms, dairy barns, lake homes, and mountain homes, anywhere in Wayne County and across Pennsylvania statewide.
Complete lightning rod systems for houses of every size, designed around your roofline — the work WB has done since 1950.
Systems designed for the lake houses and community homes of Lake Wallenpaupack’s north end, Lake Ariel, and The Hideout — main house, garage, and boathouse protected together.
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, dairy barns, pole buildings, garages, boathouses, 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 Wayne County specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along farmhouse chimneys, barn ridgelines, silos, and the roof peaks of lake and mountain homes — the high points lightning seeks first.
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 ridge soils, valley ground, and rocky lakeshore lots 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.
Dairy barns, pole buildings, garages, boathouses, shops, and silos incorporated into the property plan — no building left exposed.
A Wayne County property is rarely one building, and it should not be protected one building at a time. Our packages price the whole property as one design — house, barns, pole buildings, garages, and boathouses, all protected — which costs less per building and leaves no gap between structures. Well pumps, barn lighting, and dock and pool equipment all ride the same electrical service, and the design accounts for every one of them.
Neighbors in the same lake community or along the same farm road who install together share one trip and one setup, and because WB serves all of Pennsylvania statewide, a Honesdale farm, the custom homes outside Hawley, and a lake house at Wallenpaupack 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 roofs of country homes, and the barns and stables our crew protects across farm country.
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.
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 homes at Wallenpaupack’s north end, Lake Ariel, The Hideout, and the county’s smaller lakes, main house and boathouse or garage together.
That’s our specialty. Multi-building farm packages cover the farmhouse, dairy barn, pole buildings, shops, and silos under one plan, priced together so protecting everything costs less than protecting buildings one at a time.
It raises the stakes, and it’s common in the lake communities. A strike-started fire in an empty house burns long before it’s seen. A properly grounded system is protection that’s working whether you’re there or not — which is the whole point for a second home.
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 rods on the roof: a properly grounded system gives strike energy a direct, controlled path to earth at the structure itself.
We do — inspections and repairs are core work for us, on farms and lake homes alike. We check terminals, cables, connections, and grounding, repair storm damage and wear, and bring older installations up to current NFPA 780 standards. We make old systems great again.
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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