Log Home Restoration in Tetonia, ID: 4 Jobs, Honest Prices
Log home restoration in Tetonia is exposure work. The north end of Teton Valley is farm country — open fields, long views of the Tetons, and almost nothing between a log wall and the weather.
Log Care is about twenty-five minutes south in Victor and has worked this valley since 2008. Assessments in Tetonia are free and done on site.
What Tetonia does to a log home
The most wind in the valley
Open farmland means wind, and wind drives rain and snow sideways into checks and chinking joints. West-facing joints up here usually fail first.
No shade at all
With no tree cover, south and west walls carry the full UV load through the whole season. Those elevations set the recoat schedule for the house.
Cold nights and freeze-thaw
The valley pools cold air, and Tetonia sits in the open end of it. Hard freezes drive trapped water deeper into the log and widen every check they touch.
Outbuildings that get forgotten
Barns, shops and guest cabins fail before the house does, because nobody looks at them. They are also cheap to keep up if they are folded into the same scope as the main building.
The four jobs a Tetonia 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.
Tetonia and the towns around it
Tetonia is part of our Teton Valley service area, along with Driggs, Victor and Alta. We cross the pass daily into Jackson Hole and work south into Star Valley. Every town is listed on the service areas page.
Log home restoration questions from Tetonia owners
How much does log home restoration cost in Tetonia?
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 you do the barn and the shop at the same time?
Yes, and it is cheaper that way. One mobilization covering the house and the outbuildings beats separate trips, and it puts every structure on the same maintenance clock so nothing gets forgotten.
The west side looks much worse than the rest. Why?
Wind and afternoon sun. Out here the west elevation takes driven moisture and the hottest part of the day, so it runs ahead of the other three. We price by wall, so you can treat it on its own schedule.
How often should a Tetonia 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.