Lightning Protection in the Rio Grande Valley

Serving the whole Valley

We serve McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, Pharr, Weslaco, Harlingen, San Benito, Brownsville, Rio Grande City, and the communities in between across Hidalgo, Cameron, and Starr counties. If you're not sure we come out your way, just call and ask.

With the Gulf close by, warm, moist air is around much of the year. Summer storms can build fast in the afternoon heat, and tropical systems can bring rounds of storms and lightning during hurricane season.

Homes across the Valley

The Valley has everything from older homes in established neighborhoods to new subdivisions going up around McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, and Brownsville. Two-story homes, homes on open lots, and homes with tall palms or trees close by tend to be more exposed. See residential lightning protection and tree lightning protection.

Near Brownsville and the coast, salt air can speed up corrosion, so we choose compatible materials and fasteners for those conditions.

Citrus groves, farms, and ranches

Citrus groves, vegetable and row-crop farms, and ranches spread out between the towns. Packing sheds, barns, shops, equipment sheds, and ranch homes often sit on flat, open ground where they're the tallest things around, and irrigation pumps and well pumps are part of the picture too. Our farm and ranch lightning protection page covers barns, outbuildings, and pumps.

Churches, schools, and commercial buildings

The Valley has churches of every size, from historic churches to large newer sanctuaries with tall steeples and bell towers. See church and steeple lightning protection.

Schools, offices, retail centers, warehouses, and other commercial buildings need a layout planned around flat roofs, parapets, and rooftop equipment, and we work out timing with your staff. See commercial lightning protection.

Surge protection and lightning rods do different jobs

A lightning rod system, with air terminals, conductors, and grounding, gives a direct strike a safe path over the building and into the ground. Surge protection at your panel helps limit surges coming in on power and communication lines, including surges from nearby strikes. One doesn't replace the other, and many homes and farms are best covered with both.

Ground and grounding

Much of the Valley is flat, with deep soils that change from sandy ground to heavier clay depending on where you are. We design grounding for your property and recommend periodic inspections to check connections.