Ohio’s #1 Lightning Protection Service
On the Marblehead Peninsula and the islands, homes stand at the edge of open water with nothing above them but sky. Lake Erie storms build fast and arrive unblocked — the shoreline house is the first and tallest target they meet. We protect the whole property, cottages and boathouses included.
Waterfront homes carry a lightning profile unlike anywhere else in Ohio: they sit at the boundary between open water and land, often on exposed points and bluffs, with tall rooflines and chimneys standing alone against the lake. Storms that build over Lake Erie reach the shore at full strength, and a shoreline home — especially a two or three-story second home — is frequently the tallest structure for a long stretch of coast.
WB Lightning Rods protects peninsula and island homes with complete systems: terminals along every ridge and chimney, conductors routed discreetly for the roofline, and deep-driven grounding at every down conductor. Main houses, guest cottages, boathouses, and garages are protected together, and we schedule island work around the ferries — every installation by our own crew, personally supervised by the owner.
Storms cross miles of open lake and meet the shoreline house first. Height plus total exposure is exactly the profile a protection system is designed for.
A seasonal home sits empty through much of storm season. A complete system with a lifetime warranty protects it whether you're there for the weekend or away for the winter.
Guest cottages and boathouses stand just as exposed as the main house. Whole-property designs cover every structure on the lot.
One company for the whole property — homes, farms, barns, trees, and every building in between, anywhere in Ohio.
Complete lightning rod systems for houses of every size, designed around your roofline — the work WB has done since 1950.
Protection designed in while the house goes up — new shoreline homes and cottages rising along the peninsula and islands, protected from day one.
Discreet, low-profile systems for Ohio's older farmhouses and historic homes — 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.
Multi-building packages for farms — we protect all of your buildings — house, barns, shops, and sheds — with a lifetime of protection.
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 shoreline road or island neighborhood.
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 — and designed for Marblehead & the Lake Erie Shore specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along ridges, chimneys, dormers, and cupolas — the high points lightning seeks first on shoreline homes.
Copper or aluminum cables routed discreetly along rooflines and down walls, carrying strikes down and away from the structure.
Deep-driven ground rods at every down conductor, sited clear of walks, docks, and buried lines, and bonded together.
Metal roofing, gutters, water lines, dock power, and electrical systems bonded into the system to prevent dangerous side-flashes.
Guest cottages, boathouses, and garages incorporated into the property plan — no building left exposed.
Our Lake Erie route covers the whole shore: Marblehead and Lakeside, Catawba Island, Port Clinton, and the ferry-served islands — Kelleys Island and Put-in-Bay. Island homes get the same complete designs as mainland ones; we simply schedule the work around the boats, and several island neighbors installing together qualify for multi-home packages.
Every system is installed by our experienced crew and personally supervised by the owner, and carries a lifetime warranty on parts and labor with a 5-year maintenance check at no cost. And because WB serves all of Ohio statewide, a lake home and a year-round home anywhere in the state are one call, one company.
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 Ohio storms the calm way.
Yes. A shoreline home stands at the edge of open water with no taller structure nearby, and storms arrive off the lake at full strength. That combination — height plus total exposure — is the classic profile for a strike.
Yes — Kelleys Island and Put-in-Bay included. We schedule island installations around ferry service and complete most homes in a few days, cottages and outbuildings included.
It's arguably worth more. The house sits unoccupied through much of storm season, so a strike's damage can go undiscovered. A complete system protects it year-round, and the lifetime warranty means one installation covers the property for good.
Yes. Whole-property designs cover the main house, guest cottages, boathouses, and garages — every structure gets its own terminals, conductors, and grounding.
Shoreline lots often have mature trees at roof height. A strike to one can side-flash into the house; we protect specimen trees with their own terminals and grounding and factor them into the home's design.
Price depends on roof size and complexity, the number of buildings, and grounding conditions. Estimates are free — many are built from satellite imagery — and multi-home island scheduling brings costs down. Every system carries a lifetime warranty on parts and labor with a 5-year maintenance check at no cost.
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