Illustration: lightning strikes a house with no lightning protection and its attic catches fire. Next door, lightning strikes a house with a lightning protection system and the current runs down into the ground, with no fire.
No lightning protectionUnprotected
Lightning protection systemProtected
Lightning always finds a way down
Florida is struck more than any other state. Lightning rods don’t stop the strike — they decide where it goes, and it isn’t through your house.
Residential, commercial and public work, anywhere in Florida. Whatever the structure, the goal is the same — keep the energy out of it, and keep the people and property inside it safe.
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Residential
Lightning rods for single-family homes, villas and estate properties.
Lightning rod design and installation
Surge protection and grounding
Inspection and recertification
Free on-site assessment
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Commercial
Offices, warehouses, retail and multi-unit buildings where downtime and equipment loss carry real cost.
Engineered system design
Roof-mounted and structural systems
Equipment and data surge protection
Scheduled inspection programmes
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Public & Institutional
Schools, churches, hospitals and municipal facilities — where Florida code and insurers set the standard.
Code-compliant engineered design
Signed and sealed documentation
Agency and inspector coordination
Bid and specification support
Why you need them
The most lightning-prone state in America
Florida leads the United States in lightning strike density. From the Panhandle to the Keys this is not a rare event — it is a seasonal certainty. The good news is that it is also one of the very few hazards you can do something about in advance.
#1
Florida leads the nation in lightning strike density
~70%
of Florida's annual lightning falls in June, July and August
July
the single heaviest month of the storm season
Catching the strike, guiding it down the outside of the building, and dispersing it into the earth — the three jobs every system has to do.
What a lightning rod system actually does
A lightning rod system does not attract lightning, and it does not stop a strike from happening. What it does is decide where the energy goes.
Without a system, a strike finds its own path to ground — through roof timbers, plumbing, wiring, HVAC and electronics, which is how strikes start fires and destroy appliances. With a system, the lightning rods on the roof — properly called air terminals — accept the strike and carry it safely past the building.
Without protection
The strike enters the structure and travels through whatever conducts — wiring, plumbing, HVAC. This is how strikes start fires and destroy electronics.
With a protection system
Air terminals accept the strike, conductors carry it down the outside of the building, and ground electrodes disperse it. The energy never enters the structure.
Why this is worth doing now
A strike does not politely pick one thing to ruin. It can take the roof, the air conditioning, the well pump, the television and every appliance in the house in the same second — and the fire risk that comes with it is the part that threatens people, not just property.
Florida already knows this. State code requires lightning protection on new schools, hospitals, nursing homes and correctional facilities — the buildings where lives are least negotiable. The same physics applies to your house. The difference is that nobody makes you do anything about it.
The best time to install lightning rods is before the storm
A free on-site assessment tells you exactly what your building needs — no charge, no obligation, no pressure.
Straightforward, and mostly out of your way. We look at your building, design a lightning rod system to NFPA 780 for its roof and grounding conditions, install it, and hand you the documentation your insurer and your inspector will ask for.
Step 01
Assessment
We come to the property and tell you plainly how many lightning rods the building needs and where they go.
Step 02
Design
A system designed to NFPA 780 for your structure — roof geometry, materials and grounding all change the answer.
Step 03
Install
Copper conductors, bonded grounding, and surge protection where it belongs. Most homes finish in a day.
Step 04
Documents
The paperwork your insurer and inspector will ask for, signed and sealed where required.
Also offered
Civil engineering
Led by Beau Keene, PE — a University of Florida engineering graduate with over 35 years in private practice and local government public works management. Signed and sealed documents where a project requires them.
Design & Permitting
Site development and subdivision plans
Stormwater and drainage design
Grading, paving and roadway design
Water, sewer and utility infrastructure
Erosion and sediment control, NPDES
Permitting and agency coordination
Construction & Project Delivery
Construction management and owner’s representation
Bid documents, procurement and contractor selection
Construction inspection and quality oversight
Scheduling, cost estimating and value engineering
Change order and claims review
Project close-out and as-built documentation
Public Works & Municipal
Contract city engineering and plan review
Capital improvement planning and budgeting
Stormwater utility and MS4 compliance
ADA transition plans and accessibility review
Asset management and maintenance programmes
Post-storm damage assessment and FEMA documentation
Advisory & Funding
Feasibility studies and land due diligence
Grant engineering support — FEMA, Resilient Florida, SRF
Drainage and grading review for property owners
Retention pond assessment and remediation planning
Resilience and flood risk assessment
Expert witness and litigation support
Swipe sideways to see the whole sectionTypical stormwater section: runoff from roofs and pavement is graded to a vegetated swale, conveyed to a retention pond, and released through a control structure at a permitted discharge rate. Schematic — every site is modelled to its own soils, storm event and outfall conditions.
Credentials
Quality assured
Who you let onto your roof matters, and so does what goes on it. Every credential below is verifiable — including the two still in progress, which we mark as such rather than imply otherwise.
Licensed Florida PE
Beau Keene, PE — University of Florida graduate, 35+ years in private practice and local government public works.
UL-Listed materials only
Every air terminal, conductor, connector and electrode listed to UL 96.
Designed to NFPA 780
The national installation standard inspectors and insurers work from.
Fully insured
General liability, workers’ compensation and professional liability. Certificates on request.
UL Listed Installer
UL 96A training scheduled October 2026.
In progress
Better Business Bureau
Accreditation applied for; rating shown once issued.
Applied
Free assessment
Protect your home and everyone in it
Protect yourself, your home and your loved ones today. Call for a free consultation with our team — we come out, look at the building, and give you a straight answer about whether it needs lightning rods and what that would cost.
