High-Quality Residential Trusses for Strong & Beautiful Homes
Why Builders Choose Mike Walker Lumber for Residential Trusses
Every home is different — from a simple gable roof on a starter home to a complex hip-and-valley system on a custom estate. At Mike Walker Lumber, we design and fabricate trusses to match your exact plans, not the other way around. With decades of industry experience and over 10,154 completed projects, our team of skilled engineers and designers understands the specific requirements of residential construction and delivers solutions built to the highest standards of quality and safety.
Our clients include national builders like DR Horton, Shea Homes, Meritage, Toll Brothers, and Crestleigh, as well as custom home builders and owner-builders throughout Northern California. Whether you're framing a production tract or a one-of-a-kind custom home, we deliver the same precision engineering and material quality on every order.
Custom Truss Design with Advanced CAD Technology
Every home is unique, and we believe in providing customized solutions to meet your specific needs. Our custom truss design services ensure that your trusses are optimized for strength, efficiency, and aesthetic appeal. Using advanced TrueBuild® technology, we create precise and efficient designs that align perfectly with your project's architectural specifications.
Our engineering team models every truss before a single board is cut — verifying load paths, span tables, bearing points, and California building code compliance. This upfront precision eliminates costly field adjustments and ensures your framing crew gets a clean, accurate fit on site. We design every common residential truss configuration: common trusses, scissor trusses for vaulted ceilings, attic trusses for usable storage space, hip trusses and hip girders, cathedral and studio vault trusses, mono trusses for shed roofs, and dual-pitch trusses for complex rooflines.
Superior Materials: Premium Doug Fir Lumber
We use only top-grade Doug Fir lumber products in our trusses, built exclusively with premium Doug Fir lumber. These materials offer exceptional strength-to-weight ratios, dimensional stability, and long-term performance that standard dimensional lumber can't match. Every truss is assembled with premium Doug Fir lumber and galvanized steel connector plates for maximum durability.
Our Doug Fir lumber components resist warping, twisting, and shrinking — meaning your floors stay flat, your rooflines stay straight, and your homeowner stays happy. This material quality is especially critical in California's varied climate zones, from the hot Sacramento Valley to the heavy snow loads of Tahoe and Truckee.
Advanced Manufacturing & Quality Control
Our manufacturing processes are designed to ensure the highest quality and consistency in every truss we produce. At our Sacramento facility, we utilize cutting-edge production technology and stringent quality control measures at every stage — from lumber grading and plate placement to final dimensional inspection. Each truss is built on precision jigs and checked before it leaves the plant.
This factory-controlled process produces trusses that are more consistent and accurate than stick-framing, reducing installation time and eliminating the variability that comes with on-site construction. Your framing crew spends less time measuring and cutting, and more time setting trusses.
Seamless Integration with Your Home's Architecture
Our trusses are engineered to integrate seamlessly with your home's architectural design, providing a cohesive and visually appealing structure. Whether you're building a traditional home with standard gable trusses or a modern masterpiece with dramatic vaulted ceilings, our engineering team designs trusses that enhance the overall look and feel of the finished home — not just hold up the roof.
Energy-Efficient Truss Design
Modern building codes demand energy efficiency, and truss design plays a key role. Our residential trusses incorporate energy-efficient principles including raised heel (energy) trusses that allow full-depth insulation at the eaves, eliminating the thin spots where most heat loss occurs. By choosing properly engineered trusses, you contribute to sustainable building practices and help your homeowner reduce energy consumption from day one.
Delivery Across Northern California & Nevada
We deliver residential trusses throughout Sacramento County, the Bay Area (Walnut Creek, Concord, Pleasanton, Dublin, San Jose, Morgan Hill), the Sierra foothills (Placerville, Meadow Vista), Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Red Bluff, Corning, and into Nevada including Reno, Sparks, Truckee, and South Lake Tahoe. Delivery is included in your quote and coordinated with your construction schedule.
