Parachute Log HomeRestoration Experts

Parachute occupies the low, western end of the Colorado River valley, and it is here that the region's heat and dryness reach their peak. At just over 5,100 feet, summers are long and intense and humidity is very low, which is precisely the recipe for aggressive log checking. Logs shrink and crack as the arid air pulls moisture out of them, and the deep, upward-facing checks that result act like open channels, guiding every rain into the core of the wood where rot and insects take hold.

On Parachute and Battlement Mesa homes we treat check sealing as the central task, working through the vulnerable cracks during each staining cycle to shut down the main way water gets into logs in this harsh climate.

The solar exposure at the western edge of the valley is punishing. Long, bright summers on open terrain fade and chalk stain finishes quickly, and once a finish thins the ultraviolet begins breaking down the surface fibers of the wood directly, graying and roughening it. Recovering sun-degraded wood is far more work than maintaining a sound finish, so we push premium UV-blocking, heat-stable stains and a disciplined refresh schedule for Parachute owners, keeping the protection ahead of a sun that never lets up.

Parachute's dry winds do more than feel hot; they carry fine dust that works like a mild abrasive on windward walls, thinning finishes and driving grit into any joint that has opened. Combined with the extreme dryness, that wind accelerates wear on the exposed elevations of a home. We identify the prevailing windward walls on Parachute properties and give them the toughest finish and the tightest sealing, so the surfaces the valley wind hits hardest stay protected the longest.