Log Home Restoration Rafter J Ranch: 4 Jobs, Honest Prices
Log home restoration in Rafter J Ranch is neighborhood work. Homes here sit close together on a shared road system just south of Jackson, which means access is easy, mobilization is cheap, and what one house needs the house next door usually needs within a season or two.
Log Care has worked Teton County since 2008. Assessments in Rafter J are free and done on site, and when neighbors schedule together the crew is already there.
What Rafter J Ranch does to a log home
Open valley-floor exposure
South and west walls out here take the full UV load with little to break it. Those elevations run two to three years ahead of the shaded sides on the failure clock.
Snow piled by plowing
Neighborhood snow removal stacks snow where there is room, and sometimes that is against a wall or a deck. Wherever a pile sits until spring, the logs under it stay wet.
Decks and entries take the wear
Homes lived in year-round wear the finish off decks, steps and entry logs first. Those surfaces usually need attention a cycle ahead of the walls.
Neighbors on the same clock
Homes built in the same period with the same finish fail on roughly the same schedule. If your neighbor is blasting this year, walk your own south wall.
The four jobs a Rafter J Ranch log home needs
Media blasting · $3–$6 per sq ft
Strips failed stain, paint, mildew and gray UV-damaged fiber back to bare, bondable wood using recycled crushed glass, corn cob or walnut shell. New finish will not bond to gray fiber. Log home media blasting.
Log rot repair · $250 to $5,500
Priced by method, decided by a probe: borate treatment, epoxy consolidation, a Dutchman patch, half-log facing or a full log. Water is almost always the cause, so we fix the water too. Log home repair.
Staining and sealing · $1.40–$10 per sq ft
A breathable, penetrating stain goes on bare, sound wood within days of the blast, before UV can gray it again. Cost tracks prep, not paint. Log home staining.
Chinking and caulking · $12–$22 per linear ft
Failed material removed, joint prepped, backer rod installed, new chinking applied over a finished surface so it bonds. Done right it lasts twenty years or more. Chinking and caulking.
We also handle thermal imaging, log carpentry, house painting, pressure washing and window washing. Everything is on the services page.
Rafter J Ranch and the towns around it
Rafter J Ranch sits inside our Jackson Hole service area, along with Jackson, South Park, Wilson and Hoback. We also work Teton Valley and Star Valley. Every town is listed on the service areas page.
Log home restoration questions from Rafter J Ranch owners
How much does log home restoration cost in Rafter J Ranch?
Media blasting runs $3 to $6 per square foot of log surface, staining $1.40 to $10 per square foot depending on prep, a full re-chink $12 to $22 per linear foot, and rot repair from a $250 patch to $5,500 for a jacked sill log. Most whole-house projects land between $15,000 and $60,000. See log home restoration cost.
Can neighbors book together?
Yes, and it is worth asking. When we are already set up on a road, additional homes carry less mobilization cost. Get your neighbors to request assessments the same week and we will quote each property individually with the scheduling efficiency built in.
Do you work around an HOA?
Yes. Tell us at the assessment what the covenants require on colors, work hours or equipment staging and we will build the scope to fit. Written scopes are easy to hand to a board.
How often should a Rafter J log home be restained?
South and west walls every three to five years, north and east walls every five to eight. The quickest test is whether water still beads on the wall — when it soaks in, the repellent is spent. Blasting back to bare wood is typically needed every seven to ten years.