Ocala is the Horse Capital of the World, and its horse farms, training barns, and farmhouses stand tall over open Marion County pasture in the lightning capital of America. We protect the whole farm — house, barn, and arena — every building protected.
Ocala's horse farms are exactly the kind of property lightning looks for. Long, low barn roofs stretch across open pasture, covered arenas and tall light poles rise over the training tracks, and farmhouses and estate homes sit far from any neighboring structure. Marion County's summer storms build fast and hit open country hardest — and a strike to a barn threatens timber framing, hay storage, and the horses inside, all at once.
WB Lightning Rods protects Ocala farms and fine homes the way we've done it since 1950: whole-property systems covering the farmhouse, barns, stables, arenas, run-in sheds, and equipment buildings, engineered as one bonded network and priced with multi-building farm packages. Every system is installed by our experienced crew and personally supervised by the owner — because on a working horse farm, protection isn't a luxury line item; it's how you sleep during storm season.
Marion County farmland gives a strike nothing taller to choose. Barns, arena roofs, and light poles stand over flat pasture for acres, and summer storm cells sweep that open ground almost daily in season.
Timber, hay, and bedding are ideal fuel: one strike can take a barn and everything in it within minutes. Ground current from a strike nearby can also spread through wet pasture and fencing toward livestock.
Marion County's grand live oaks shade barns and farmhouses across the county — and a strike-height tree beside a structure is a risk of its own. Specimen trees can be protected with their own air terminals and grounding.
One company for the whole property — homes, farms, barns, trees, and every building in between, anywhere in Florida.
Complete lightning rod systems for single-family homes — the work WB has done since 1950.
Low-profile systems designed around fine architecture, tile, and metal roofs.
Whole-property designs protecting the residence, dock, and boat lift — every structure on the water covered.
Barns, stables, arenas, and run-in sheds protected along with the residence.
Agricultural buildings, equipment sheds, and hay storage — the structures lightning finds first.
Multi-building packages for farms that price the whole property as one engineered network.
Specimen palms, oaks, and banyans protected with their own terminals and grounding.
Neighbors who install together save together — neighborhood discounts on multi-home packages.
Already have a system? We inspect it, repair storm damage, and bring older installations up to current NFPA 780 guidelines.
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 Ocala specifically, not copied from a template.
Placed along barn ridgelines, cupolas, arena peaks, and farmhouse rooflines — the high points lightning seeks first.
Heavy conductor cables routed along rooflines and downspout lines in clean, secure runs, carrying strike energy safely down and away from barns, arenas, and the farmhouse.
Deep-driven ground rods at each structure, sited with care to keep ground current away from paddocks, wash racks, water troughs, and high-traffic horse areas.
Metal fencing, water lines, and electrical systems near structures bonded into the network to prevent dangerous side-flashes.
Indoor and outdoor arenas, equipment barns, hay storage, run-in sheds, and tall arena light poles incorporated into the farm plan — no building left exposed.
Ocala's horse country runs in every direction from the World Equestrian Center — the thoroughbred farms of the northwest side, the training centers along the county's farm roads, and the acreage communities around Belleview, McIntosh, and Reddick. On most of these properties the buildings spread out: a farmhouse here, barns and an arena there, sheds and run-ins across the pasture. Our multi-building packages for farms price that whole layout as one design — every structure protected, which costs less than protecting buildings one at a time and leaves no gap between them.
The same crew and the same owner supervision cover Ocala's estate homes and custom homes in town — and neighbors along the same farm road who install together qualify for neighborhood discounts on multi-home packages. And because WB serves all of Florida statewide, an Ocala farm and a second home anywhere else in the state are one call, one company: 1-800-557-9037.
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 Florida storms the calm way.
The whole farm. We design whole-property systems covering the farmhouse, barns, stables, arenas, run-in sheds, and equipment buildings — every building on the farm protected. Protecting only the house leaves the buildings your horses and your livelihood depend on exposed.
Ground current from a nearby strike spreading across wet ground is a documented killer of livestock. No system makes open pasture strike-proof, but protecting the barns and run-in sheds horses shelter in — with grounding sited away from paddocks — dramatically reduces the risk to your animals.
Tall arena lighting is a prime strike target. We incorporate light poles and similar tall structures into the protection design so they can't become the path into your electrical system or the barn.
Yes — our multi-building packages for farms price the whole property as one engineered system instead of building by building. It's the most complete protection and the most economical way to cover house, barn, and arena together.
Yes. Lightning protection for trees gives specimen oaks their own air terminals and grounding, reducing the chance a strike blows the tree apart or jumps from the tree to the structure standing beside it.
Many quotes are built from satellite imagery of your property — fast, accurate, and no obligation — so the process can start without a preliminary visit. We schedule installation around training, shows, and the World Equestrian Center calendar.
Yes. Veterans, active-duty military, and seniors: ask about our courtesy discount when you request your estimate. It’s our way of saying thanks.
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