Louisiana Lightning Protection

We serve homes, farms, churches, schools, camps, and businesses across Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Zachary, Denham Springs, Gonzales, Prairieville, and Plaquemine; New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, and LaPlace; the Northshore including Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Hammond, and Bogalusa; Houma, Thibodaux, and Morgan City; Acadiana including Lafayette, New Iberia, Opelousas, Eunice, Crowley, Abbeville, and Jennings; Lake Charles, Sulphur, DeRidder, and Leesville; Alexandria and Natchitoches; and north Louisiana including Shreveport, Bossier City, Minden, Ruston, Monroe, and West Monroe. Call (682) 490-2850, Monday through Saturday, 7am to 7pm.

Yes. The Vaisala Xweather 2025 Annual Lightning Report ranked Louisiana third among U.S. states for lightning density, at 241 lightning events per square mile, and named Plaquemine the state's lightning capital for 2025.

If you smell smoke or see fire, get everyone out and call 911. Lightning can start a fire inside an attic or wall that stays hidden for a while, so ask the fire department to check even if nothing looks wrong. Then photograph the damage, call your insurance agent, and have an electrician check the wiring. Once the house is safe, we can inspect the roof and plan a lightning protection system so a future strike has a planned path to ground.

Yes. Raised and pier-built homes and camps need conductors routed down the structure to grounding at the base, often in wet or soft soil. We plan the route around stairs, decks, and the space under the house.

Yes. We plan protection and grounding for farmhouses, barns, shops, grain bins, and rice dryers on the same property, and give each building its own path to ground.

Yes. We install lightning protection systems to NFPA 780, the national standard for lightning protection.

No. A lightning rod does not draw lightning to a building. It gives a strike that was already going to hit the structure a planned, low-resistance path to ground, so the current is less likely to pass through framing, wiring, or plumbing.

Cost depends on the building: roof size and height, chimneys, dormers and ridges, roof material, how many buildings need protection, and the soil for grounding. A farmstead or a camp with a boathouse is planned as one job. We give free written estimates after seeing the property.

Ask your agent. Some insurers take lightning protection into account on homes, barns, and churches, but policies differ. We can give you a written description of the installed system.

Linzy Lightning Protection is a family business with three generations of lightning rod installers. Joe Linzy has personally installed lightning protection systems for ten years and works on every job. Call (682) 490-2850, Monday through Saturday, 7am to 7pm.