Lightning Protection

Lightning protection system installation is sometimes necessary to protect vulnerable, high value trees in the landscape. Lightning protection systems consist of an installed copper cable that runs from the very top of the tree and all the way down to the base of the tree where is buried underground and run out to a large rod that is hammered deeply into the soil.

When lightning strikes the tree, the powerful charge runs down the copper line and out into the yard and through the rod where it dissipates into the soil. Thereby protecting the tree from what can often blow the tree apart and lead to damage from falling debris and the ultimate decline of the tree after its vascular system has been supercharged by the powerful lightning strike.