Brett Martin readies a log for one of the company's newer motorized saws, with head sawyer Tobbie Cook operating the controls.
The opportunity is growing for home builders in Petersburg to use locally milled Tongass timber in their new building projects.
The sawmill on Falls Creek Road - Alaska Timber and Truss, owned in partnership by Brett Martin and Mike Duman - is offering complete home and cabin kits using locally harvested timber.
The operation produces solid wall and timber frame cabin kits and larger stick-built home packages. "The cabin kits are kind of more of a traditional size ... generally speaking, under 800 square feet," Martin says. "And then we also do home kits that are like a one bedroom, one bath....
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