Log Home Restoration in Grover, WY: 4 Jobs, Honest Prices
Log home restoration in Grover covers the small properties and ranch buildings on the east side of Star Valley, up against the Salt River Range. Homes here sit close to the mountains, which means shade on some walls and hard sun on others.
Log Care has worked Star Valley since 2008. Assessments in Grover are free and done on site.
What Grover does to a log home
Two different climates on one building
Close to the range, one elevation can sit in shade most of the day while another takes hours of sun. That is why we price by wall instead of quoting a single number for the house.
Snow that holds on the shaded side
Shaded walls keep snow longer, and the bottom courses under it stay wet into spring. Sill logs and the lowest two courses get probed first.
Wind and runoff off the range
Mountain drainages send both wind and water at the buildings below them. Grade, gutters and splash-back matter more here than in the middle of the valley.
Older buildings worth keeping
A lot of what stands in Grover has been there a long time. Repairing original log with borate and epoxy is usually cheaper and better than replacing it.
The four jobs a Grover 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.
Grover and the towns around it
Grover is part of our Star Valley service area, along with Afton, Bedford, Thayne and Freedom. We work north into Jackson Hole and west over the pass into Teton Valley. Every town is listed on the service areas page.
Log home restoration questions from Grover owners
How much does log home restoration cost in Grover?
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.
One side of my house looks fine and the other is gray. Is that normal?
Completely normal, and it is why we price by wall. The sunny elevation runs through a finish years ahead of the shaded one. Treating them on the same schedule means either wasting money on one or losing the other.
Is Grover too small a job for you?
No. Small properties are quick, and quick jobs fill the gaps in a season. The assessment is free either way.
How often should a Grover 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.