Fireside Lumber & Sawmill

Sawmill Serving the Durham & Chapel Hill Area

What We Offer

Custom Sawmill Services

We offer custom sawmill services in the Durham-Chapel Hill area.

Local Lumber

We sell pine lumber for local building projects. We also connect folks looking for quality wood with people who have the lumber.

Log Drop-Off/Donation Services

At our Saxapahaw facility, we receive logs from homeowners, arborists, and excavators.

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Today is Lisa’s and my 17th year anniversary, and 20th year together. I had hoped to have our sauna finished by today, but alas: we’re roughed in and getting there! The cedar and cypress needs time to dry in the kiln before being installe

Long ago, Cherokee, Catawba and Creek tribes, among others, bent trees to serve as markers— for trails, sacred spaces, water, etc. Most of those older “trail trees” around here were felled during 20th century clear cuts— so th

Pine board and batten — for a detached garage project in downtown Hillsborough. Logs came from Saxapahaw and my neighbor’s @mike.billings.376’s land. Gorgeous install work by @zak_mck. This project was a great example of just how lo

After six years of full-time year-round portable milling, I can’t tell you how glad I am to be —finally!— milling in the shade. This transition has taken two years of planning and saving. The heat index for this week is in the tripl