Rhode Island’s #1 Lightning Protection Contractor
From Providence and the East Bay through Newport and Aquidneck Island, from the South County beaches to northern Rhode Island’s mill towns, Warwick and Kent County, and Block Island offshore, WB Lightning Rods protects Rhode Island properties statewide — the way we’ve protected farms and fine homes since 1950.
Rhode Island is a coastal state through and through. Summer thunderstorms build over the Atlantic and Narragansett Bay and come ashore at full strength, and they find the same targets everywhere: shore homes standing on open points from Barrington to Westerly, historic homes in Providence, Newport, and the bay towns, beach and second homes that sit empty outside the season, and island properties on Aquidneck, Conanicut, and Block Island with water on every side. A strike to a chimney or ridgeline can tear masonry, ignite framing, and send destructive current through every circuit in the house.
WB Lightning Rods works all over Rhode Island — and in a state this size, statewide really means statewide: the East Bay, Aquidneck Island, South County, the northern towns, Kent County, and scheduled trips out to Block Island. We protect the whole property: the house, the barns, the shops, and the trees that shade them, every building designed into the plan. Every system is installed by our experienced crew and personally supervised by the owner, and many quotes are built from satellite imagery, so getting protected starts with one call.
Thunderstorms that build over the Atlantic and the bay arrive over shore roofs with no land to weaken them. On an open point or beach lot, your roofline is the tallest point around.
Providence’s, Newport’s, and Bristol’s older homes carry old-growth timber, historic masonry, and details no modern build reproduces. A discreet, properly grounded system protects the fabric of the house without changing how it looks.
South County beach homes and Block Island houses sit empty for much of the year, with nobody there when a storm crosses the shore. A properly grounded system works whether you’re there or not.
One company for the whole property — homes, farms, barns, trees, and every building in between, anywhere in Rhode Island.
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 fine architecture and coastal living — Providence and Newport historic homes, bay-shore homes, and beach homes from the East Bay to Westerly.
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, guest houses, 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 Rhode Island specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along rooflines, chimneys, cupolas, barn ridgelines, and silos — the high points lightning seeks first on Rhode Island 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 — from shore sand to inland clay and ledge — 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.
WB’s Rhode Island work covers the whole state the way the state is built: Providence and the East Bay towns in the north, Newport and Aquidneck Island across the bridges, Warwick and Kent County in the middle, the South County beaches along the open shore, the northern mill towns and small farms, and Block Island out in the Atlantic.
Wherever your property sits, the approach is the same: the whole property protected under one plan, priced together so multiple buildings cost less per building, and installed by our own crew under the owner’s personal supervision. A beach home in Narragansett and a farmhouse in Foster are one call, one company.
Six regions, one crew, one standard of work — pick your part of the state.
Providence’s East Side and the East Bay towns — Barrington, Bristol, and Warren — historic homes and shore properties along the upper bay.
Newport, Middletown, and Portsmouth on Aquidneck Island, plus Jamestown across the bridge — coastal homes with open bay and ocean exposure on every side.
Narragansett, South Kingstown, and Westerly — beach and second homes on the open Atlantic shore, many of them empty outside the summer season.
Woonsocket, Cumberland, and Smithfield — mill-town neighborhoods, suburban homes under tall trees, and small farms in the northern hills.
Warwick, East Greenwich, and Coventry — bay-shore neighborhoods and inland homes and farms in the middle of the state.
Block Island and the Narragansett Bay islands — the most exposed properties in the state, served on scheduled island trips as part of our statewide service.
Real WB installations by our own crew — estate homes, dairy barns, horse farms, and pole barns.
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 Rhode Island storms the calm way.
Every part of the system works together — rods on the roof, low-profile cables, and deep-driven grounds carry a strike safely into the earth.
Yes — WB serves all of Rhode Island, statewide, islands included. Our crews run the East Bay, Aquidneck Island, South County, the northern towns, and Kent County on regular routes, and Block Island installations are scheduled as dedicated trips coordinated with the ferry. Many quotes are built from satellite imagery, so distance never slows down getting your estimate.
Price depends on roof size and complexity, the number of buildings, and grounding conditions. Farm and estate 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.
Yes. When several homes on the same street, road, or shore 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’s the most affordable way to protect a whole street, and it only takes one organizer to get it started.
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.
Yes. A strike to a nearby tree, fence line, or the ground itself — or one that hits 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.
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.
Rated 4.9 stars with 300+ verified Angi reviews, and a BBB A+ accredited business. Two recent Google reviews:
“William and his team are the best! They took care of it end-to-end. Very pleasant to work with and competent to trust with the lighting rod installation. Highly recommend!”
“Couldn’t have been easier. Efficient, clean, courteous, and friendly.”
Getting protected is quick. Tell us about the property and we’ll call you back with a free, no-obligation estimate — anywhere in Rhode Island, statewide.
Rather talk it through? We’re one tap away.
Call 1-800-557-9037Your request is in. If you’d rather talk now, we’re one tap away.
Call 1-800-557-9037WB Lightning Rods works across Rhode Island year-round — Rhode Island is one stop on a statewide route.
Free estimates anywhere in Rhode Island. Summer storms come off the Atlantic and the bay at full strength — be ready before the next one rolls through.
Get My Free Estimate 1-800-557-9037