Rhode Island’s #1 Lightning Protection Contractor
Block Island sits about ten miles out in the Atlantic, and nothing stands between its homes and a summer storm: sea-breeze thunderstorms fire around the island almost daily, tropical systems pass close offshore, and the island’s houses — many of them seasonal, many standing on open bluffs and moorland — are the tallest structures for miles of ocean in every direction. We protect island homes as part of our statewide Rhode Island service, with installations scheduled as dedicated trips coordinated with the ferry.
From the Old Harbor and New Shoreham’s village streets to the West Side, the bluffs above the south shore, and the Great Salt Pond shore, Block Island homes face the most lightning exposure in Rhode Island. Storms arrive off the Atlantic at full strength with no land in any direction to weaken them, and island houses stand open on bluffs and rolling moorland. Most sit empty outside the season, so a strike that starts a fire or kills every circuit in the house may not be discovered for weeks.
WB Lightning Rods serves Block Island the same way we serve the mainland: a complete, properly grounded system designed for the property — terminals on the high points, heavy conductor cables routed cleanly, and grounding sized for island soils. Island installations are planned as dedicated full-day trips coordinated with the ferry schedule, and the process starts the same way it does everywhere: many quotes are built from satellite imagery, so you don’t need to be on the island, and neither do we, to get your estimate started. Every system is installed by our experienced crew and personally supervised by the owner.
Block Island takes Atlantic storms at absolute full strength. On a bluff or moorland lot, your roofline is the tallest point for miles — there isn’t a close second.
Most Block Island houses are empty for much of the year. A properly grounded system works whether you’re there or not — protection doesn’t take the ferry home.
Island work runs on the ferry, and we plan it that way: installations are scheduled as dedicated trips, quoted up front from satellite imagery, with the whole property designed before we ever step off the boat.
One company for the whole property — island homes, seasonal homes, guest houses, barns, and shops, on Block Island and the bay islands.
Complete lightning rod systems for houses of every size, designed around your roofline — the work WB has done since 1950.
Low-profile systems for Block Island custom and seasonal homes — clean runs along rooflines and downspout lines that respect the architecture, the bluffs, and the view.
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, guest houses, barns, 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 Block Island specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along rooflines, chimneys, cupolas, and dormers — the high points lightning seeks first on 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, designed for island soils — sand and gravel included, with grounding sized for the lot — 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.
Guest houses, barns, pole barns, garages, and shops incorporated into the property plan — no building left exposed.
Island work starts like all our work: tell us about the property, and many quotes are built from satellite imagery of your home — no site visit needed to get an accurate estimate. When you’re ready, the installation is scheduled as a dedicated trip coordinated with the ferry, with the system fully designed and all materials planned before the trip, so the work is completed in one visit wherever the property allows.
The same property thinking applies on the island: guest houses, barns, garages, and shops are designed into one plan and priced together, which costs less than protecting buildings one at a time. And because WB serves all of Rhode Island statewide, a Block Island house and a mainland home are one call, one company.
Real WB installations — coastal and shore-style homes 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 Rhode Island storms the calm way.
Yes — Block Island is part of our statewide Rhode Island service. Island installations are scheduled as dedicated trips coordinated with the ferry, and the estimate process starts from satellite imagery, so getting protected doesn’t require either of us to make a trip first.
Yes — Block Island is the most exposed ground in the state. Storms arrive off the Atlantic at full strength, and island rooflines are the tallest points for miles of open ocean. A system designed for the roofline gives strike energy a direct, controlled path to earth instead.
Yes — and island homes are exactly where protection matters most, because nobody is there to smell smoke or find storm damage for weeks at a time. A properly grounded system works whether you’re there or not.
Yes. A strike to a nearby tree, a bluff, or the ground itself can send a damaging surge through wiring, well pumps, pool equipment, 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.
Sand needs more grounding, not less protection — rods are driven deep and the ground system is sized for the soil’s resistance, then verified as part of the installation. WB designs every island system for its lot’s actual conditions.
Price depends on roof size and complexity, the number of buildings, and grounding conditions, and island trips are quoted as part of the estimate — no surprises about the ferry logistics. Whole-property packages price multiple buildings together. Estimates are free, and every system carries a lifetime warranty on parts and labor.
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