Weekend workshops where you actually build things. Container homes, solar installations, tiny houses, and off-grid systems. Real tools, real materials, real skills.
You've watched the videos. You've read the blogs. Now it's time to pick up a tool and build something real, with an expert standing next to you.
Not simulations. Not models. You cut real steel, wire real circuits, pour real concrete, and install real solar panels. Everything you build, you understand.
Every student gets personal instruction. No auditorium lectures. No watching someone else work. You're the one holding the tool.
Saturday + Sunday, 9 AM to 5 PM. Arrive Friday night. Leave Sunday with skills you didn't have on Friday. No weeks off work required.
Every workshop includes a detailed build plan, materials list, and tool guide. You leave with everything you need to do it again at home.
Pick your build. All workshops are 2-day intensives held in Cedar Creek, Texas.
Can't make it to Texas? Learn the fundamentals online, then come for the hands-on experience.
HD video lessons walking through every step of each build type. Pause, rewind, rewatch. Lifetime access after purchase. New modules added monthly.
Starting at $49
Detailed downloadable plans with materials lists, tool requirements, wiring diagrams, and step-by-step instructions. Print them out and build at your own pace.
$29-79 per plan
Monthly live video calls where you bring your build questions. Stuck on wiring? Confused about insulation? Get answers from an expert in real time.
Included with membership
Private forum for BuilderCamp students. Share your builds, ask questions, get feedback, find building partners in your area. The most helpful building community online.
Included with membership
Paul has been building things since before the internet. From web applications at Builder Homesite International (BHI/BDX) — powering new home search for the nation's largest homebuilders — to solar-powered shipping containers on his property in Cedar Creek, Texas.
He manages a 12-unit rental property, built a 30x30 shop, installed solar systems, and runs a web development consultancy serving clients from Austin to Hot Springs, Arkansas. He teaches what he does — no theory, all practice.
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