Knock-On-Wood SawWorks
About Knock-On-Wood SawWorks
Knock-On-Wood SawWorks is based in Topsham, Vermont, and takes on cabin and outbuilding building, portable sawmilling, lumber sales, and small-scale logging. The business works in and around the Upper Valley, the Mad River Valley, and the Northeast Kingdom, and serves Orange County. The sawmilling side cuts hardwood and softwood, with a focus on Hemlock and Pine, and the mill travels to you since the operation is fully portable. Logging jobs are usually tied to a building project or a lot, using everything from hand tools to a small tractor with a winch depending on the job. Owner Nick Zandstra has spent "over the past 20+ years" building skills in turning local wood into local products, starting in carpentry before adding timber framing, milling, and logging. He also teaches classes in small-scale sustainable logging and milling. On the building side, the company designs and builds cabins, barns, pole barns, sheds, porches, and saunas, and leads or assists with timber frame raisings, using wood sourced on-site or from its own woodlot. The business describes itself as "especially adept at cutting usable lumber from marginal-quality logs," and says "accurate felling and minimal disturbance are our trademarks." This fits a landowner who wants the trees turned into an actual building or usable lumber, not just a timber check, and who likes working with one small outfit that handles cutting, milling, and construction together. From kowsmilling.com, read 8 October 2026.
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