In 1990, he built himself a home on "Happy Mountain" made from wood and corrugated steel, and began doing carpentry in Keelung, Taipei, Taoyuan, and Hsinchu, wherever the work happened to take him.
1990 年，劉慶福也在快樂山蓋起木頭與鐵皮混搭的小屋，並改行做木工，跟著工頭跑過基隆、台北、桃園、新竹。