Log Home Restoration in South Park, WY: 4 Jobs, Real Prices
Log home restoration in South Park deals with open ground. South of Jackson the valley widens out along the Snake, and homes here sit in the wind with very little tree cover to break the sun or the weather.
Log Care assesses South Park properties on site at no charge. We have restored log homes across Teton County since 2008 and the crew works out of Victor, thirty minutes over the pass.
What South Park does to a log home
Full sun on the sunny walls
With almost no tree cover, south and west elevations here take the whole UV load. They are usually the walls that decide when the house gets recoated, and they fail two to three years ahead of the north side.
Wind-driven rain and snow
Wind across open ground drives water sideways into checks and chinking joints. Upward-facing checks hold that water, and that is where rot starts.
Irrigation and splash-back
Sprinklers hitting a log wall are a slow, invisible source of decay. So is splash-back off a walk or drive. Both show up at the bottom of the wall, and both are cheap to fix before they are not.
Bottom courses and snow
Where snow banks against the base of a wall it keeps those logs wet for months. Sill logs and the bottom two courses get probed first on a South Park inspection.
The four jobs a South Park 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.
South Park and the towns around it
South Park sits inside our Jackson Hole service area, along with Jackson, Rafter J Ranch, Hoback and Wilson. We also work Teton Valley and Star Valley. Every town is listed on the service areas page.
Log home restoration questions from South Park owners
How much does log home restoration cost in South Park?
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.
My sprinklers hit the house. Is that a problem?
Yes, and it is one of the easiest problems to fix. Water hitting a log wall several times a week keeps it wet, and wet wood is what decay needs. Move the heads or change the arc, and you take years off the repair bill.
Only my south wall looks bad. Do I have to do the whole house?
No. We price by wall. Treating the sunny elevations on their own schedule is usually the cheapest way to run a South Park home, and it keeps you from paying to recoat a north wall that has years left.
How often should a South Park 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.