Building Wild

5.5

2014•43m

National Geographic Channel goes off the map to kick off its first do-it-yourself series, Building Wild. Paulie, as he is known, has partnered with woodsman and master fabricator Pat "Tuffy" Bakaitis on a cabin design and construction business called Cabin Kings. These "Cabin Kings" are construction's odd couple: Paulie is a city boy at heart and Tuffy is a gruff, logical woodsman who has never heard of Starbucks. But together, this duo creates unbelievable wilderness getaways, transforming discarded materials into fabulous contraptions and overcoming outrageous building challenges along the way.

Production

Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2014

1. Dirty Dozen Deer Lodge

Paulie and Tuffy help the "Dirty Dozen" transform a decrepit old barn into a new hunting retreat.

2. Movable Beast

The guys convert a cargo truck into a cabin on wheels while setting up a woodland retreat for an ex-military man and his family.

3. Spinning Cabin

A revolving cabin is created using a power-operated shovel as its pivot point.

4. License to Mill

A retreat for a retired veterinarian is built.

5. Log Jam

The guys build a cabin using only recycled materials found on site at a family-owned logging business.

6. Backwoods Bus

The guys help a teacher and novice builder construct his cabin. Included: a school bus recycled into guest quarters; an outside dining area.

7. Tuff Enough

The team transform a shipping container into a cabin and attempt to set it up on a muddy mountainside locale.

8. Double Decker Cabin

A cabin is constructed over muddy land for a podiatrist who's also an outdoor-sports enthusiast.

9. Float My Cabin

The guys build a large camouflaged shelter for a biologist and his uncle in the middle of a swamp. The two plan to use the man-sized eagle's nest to observe nature.