Walnut Custom Homes Inc

Industry:	Building Materials, Miscellaneous Building Materials - Flooring, Cabinets, etc.
Revenues:	$8.5 Million
Employees:	65

Description

At Walnut Custom Homes our goal is to build a quality home at a fair price, and to make it as worry free as possible for both the builder and the homeowner. We do that by finding design problems before the product gets to the field, and then having product on site when the builder needs it. We are a component builder, not a modular or mobile home dealer. None of our projects have wheels on them. (Although we did do one project on a barge on the Mississippi River).

We stick build in our plant under controlled conditions, using material that's been protected from the weather. Dry material is less likely to shrink or twist. Jigs for panels and component saws for trusses ensure that our product is square and true. Our product is open stud construction, meaning there is no plumbing, wiring or insulation in our panels. Your builder will still need to sub-contract out those trades. But since components go up so much faster, and therefore reduce the amount of time raw wood is exposed to the weather, your home will be done quicker and be of higher quality, compared to a site built home.

In 1996, in the parking lot of the Houston Astrodome, two identical homes were built side by side, one stick built on site, and one built with components.