Ridgeline Cabin Care washes, stains, seals, and restores log cabins across Utah's mountain country — from Park City to Bear Lake. Protect your investment before the sun and snow take their toll.
Utah's high-altitude sun, freeze-thaw winters, and dry summers are brutal on wood. We handle everything from a seasonal wash to a full strip-and-restore — using professional-grade products made for log homes.
Low-pressure wash that lifts dirt, pollen, mildew, and gray UV oxidation without damaging the wood — plus a brightening treatment that brings back the natural tone.
Clean, brighten, and apply two coats of premium breathable stain plus a clear topcoat. The single best thing you can do to protect a cabin — and the most dramatic transformation.
Failed or peeling finish? We strip it back to bare wood with corn cob or glass blasting, repair damage, then rebuild the finish system from scratch. Like getting a new cabin.
Cracked chinking and checked logs let water and pests in. We re-chink joints, seal checks, and repair or replace rotted log sections before small problems become structural ones.
Every cabin below was gray, weathered, or peeling when we arrived. Slide to compare.
Wash, brighten, two coats of Lifeline Ultra-7 + clear topcoat.
Cob blasting to bare wood, borate treatment, full finish rebuild.
Old mortar chinking removed, replaced with flexible Perma-Chink.
No surprises, no pressure. You'll have a written scope and a fixed price before we touch a single log.
Send photos through our estimate form or book an on-site walkthrough. You get a written, itemized quote — labor, materials, and travel spelled out.
We mask windows, cover decks and landscaping, then wash or blast the wood back to a sound, clean surface and let it dry to spec.
Repairs, borate treatment, chinking, then premium stain applied by brush and back-brushed into the grain — the way log home manufacturers specify.
We walk the job with you, leave touch-up stain, and set you up on a maintenance schedule so your finish lasts 5+ years instead of 2.
Every cabin is different: log profile, height, condition, and access all matter. These starting points cover most cabins; your written quote is fixed before work begins.
Typical 1,500 sq ft wall-area cabin: $1,100–$1,900
Typical 1,500 sq ft wall-area cabin: $7,000–$12,000
Media blast, repair, and complete refinish — most projects $18,000–$40,000
We come to your cabin anywhere in Utah. Jobs within our home zone include travel; beyond that, a simple flat trip fee covers fuel and drive time. Materials are always itemized at cost + handling in your quote.
| Zone | Areas | Drive from SLC | Travel fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 1 — Home | Salt Lake Valley, Park City, Kamas, Heber, Midway, the Cottonwoods, Tollgate Canyon | ≤ 50 mi | Included $500 job minimum |
| Zone 2 — Extended | Ogden Valley, Oakley, Strawberry, Sundance, Fairview, Scofield | 50–100 mi | $95 flat per visit $1,500 job minimum |
| Zone 3 — Remote | Bear Lake, Duck Creek, Brian Head & anywhere in Utah | 100+ mi | Flat mobilization quote Bear Lake ≈ $400 · Duck Creek / Brian Head ≈ $900–$1,200 · lodging included on multi-day jobs · $5,000 job minimum |
About materials: we use professional log-home systems — Perma-Chink Lifeline, Sashco, and PPG Proluxe (Sikkens). Materials typically run 15–20% of project cost and appear as a separate line on every quote, so you see exactly what goes on your walls. A 25% deposit secures your spot on the schedule; the balance is due on completed walkthrough (larger restorations use progress payments).
"Our Kamas cabin hadn't been touched in a decade — gray, cracked, sad. The crew washed and stained it in four days and it honestly looks better than when we bought it."Placeholder review Kamas, UT
"Clear quote, showed up when they said, and the travel fee to Bear Lake was exactly what the website said it would be. Zero games."Placeholder review Garden City, UT
"They found rot behind our old chinking that two painters had missed. Fixed it, re-chinked, stained — one crew, one bill, done right."Placeholder review Midway, UT
At our altitude, UV exposure is intense — south- and west-facing walls take the worst of it. A quality stain system applied correctly lasts 3–5 years between maintenance coats. An annual wash dramatically extends finish life, which is why it's our cheapest service.
If your current finish is sound and just faded, a wash and maintenance coat is enough. If it's peeling, flaking, or was painted with a film-forming product, blasting to bare wood is the only fix that lasts. Send photos through the estimate form and we'll tell you honestly which one you need.
Wall surface area, not floor plan. A quick rule of thumb: perimeter of the cabin × average wall height, plus gables. A typical 1,200 sq ft footprint cabin has roughly 1,400–1,800 sq ft of log wall. We measure precisely during the quote.
Zone 1 — everything within about 50 miles of Salt Lake City, including Park City, Kamas, Heber, and Midway — is included in your price. Zone 2 (50–100 miles) is a flat $95 per visit. Beyond 100 miles we quote a flat mobilization fee up front — roughly $400 for Bear Lake, $900–$1,200 for Duck Creek or Brian Head — with lodging built in on multi-day jobs, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
Mid-May through mid-October, when wood is dry and temperatures stay between 40°F and 90°F. The schedule fills by early spring — cabins booked in winter get first pick of summer slots and priority scheduling.
Nothing. Photo-based ballpark quotes are free and usually same-week. On-site inspections are free in Zones 1 and 2; for Zone 3 we credit the trip fee back against your project when you book.
Fill this out and we'll get back to you within one business day with a ballpark quote — or same-day if you call. Photos help a lot; we'll reply with a way to send them.