Log Home Restoration in Kelly, WY: 4 Jobs, Honest Prices
Log home restoration in Kelly is work for owners of older, smaller log buildings sitting in open sage at the foot of the Gros Ventre. Kelly homes take wind off the valley floor and morning sun with almost nothing to break it, and many of them are cabins that have been added onto more than once.
Log Care works Kelly out of Victor, Idaho, and has restored log homes in Teton County since 2008. Assessments here are free and done on site.
What Kelly does to a log home
Open exposure, no tree cover
Sage flats do not shade a wall. South and west elevations here take full UV and are usually two to three years ahead of the north side on the failure clock.
Wind-driven moisture
Wind coming down the Gros Ventre and across the flats drives rain and snow horizontally into checks and chinking joints. Upward-facing checks are the ones that hold water and start rot.
Additions and mixed construction
A lot of Kelly buildings have grown over the years. Where log meets framing, a deck ledger or a chimney is where water finds a way in, and it is the first thing we probe.
The four jobs a Kelly 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.
Kelly and the rest of Jackson Hole
Kelly sits inside our Jackson Hole service area, along with Moran, Wilson, Teton Village, South Park and Rafter J Ranch. We also work Teton Valley and Star Valley. See every town on the service areas page.
Log home restoration questions from Kelly owners
How much does log home restoration cost in Kelly?
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.
Is a small cabin worth restoring?
Usually, yes, and it is far cheaper than most owners expect. Small footprints mean fewer square feet of log and fewer linear feet of joint. A maintenance coat on a sound finish is the cheapest work we do, and catching rot early keeps a $250 patch from becoming a $5,500 sill log.
How often should a Kelly log home be restained?
South and west walls every three to five years, north and east every five to eight. With no tree cover out here, the sunny walls are usually at the short end. If water no longer beads on the wall, the repellent is spent.