★ Most-installed brand on our crew
Disclosure. MaxCon has a commercial relationship with MAX Storage Buildings; this does not affect our pricing or which brands we install.
We've installed MAX Storage Buildings kits across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, BC, and Ontario since 2018. They show up in our schedule more often than any other single brand — not because we sell them, but because the kit is consistent on the truck, the hardware matches the inventory list, and the cover holds up long enough that we get fewer warranty callbacks than on imported budget builds. This page is the foreman view: what changes when an MSB kit lands on your pad versus the budget brands, what it costs us to install, and what we ask customers to have ready before crew day.
MAX Storage Buildings is a Canadian-owned kit seller running out of Edmonton and Toronto. Their lineup covers 18 standard sizes from 20'×40' through 70'×200', they ship free within an 888 km radius of either yard on most models, and the whole platform is built around a 750 GSM PVC cover and a G90 hot-dipped galvanized double-truss frame.
The reason they end up on our schedule so often comes down to three things we can measure: kits arrive complete (we see hardware shortages on roughly 1 in 50 MSB kits versus 1 in 3 on the cheap online imports), parts replacement ships from Canadian inventory in 3–5 business days versus 2–4 weeks for overseas brands, and the cover lasts long enough that the buildings we put up in 2018–2020 are still under warranty in 2026. For a crew that gets paid once per build, that consistency translates into a predictable working day.
For background on how MSB stacks up against the other kits we install, our brands compared guide walks through the full field from budget imports to commercial-grade builds.
The cover is heavier and the frame has more bolts. Practically, that means our tensioning passes take longer and our anchor torque is higher, but the bolt patterns are clean and the kit goes up the same way every time.
The 750 GSM PVC cover weighs roughly 60% more per square foot than the 300–550 GSM PE you'll find on entry-level kits. On a 40'×80' that's an extra two crew members on the pull, and we want the fabric warm — installs above 5°C are easy, down to -25°C is doable with patience, and below -32°C we plan an extra day because the PVC stiffens enough that the corner clamps fight you. (For more on what cover weight actually buys you, see what 750 gram PVC actually means.)
The double-truss frame runs roughly 20% more bolts than a single-truss kit at the same size, but MSB ships them pre-sorted and labeled by location. Base anchor torque needs a half-inch impact wrench — we've seen crews try to do MSB anchors with a cordless driver and end up backing out and redoing them. The finished envelope is noticeably stiffer in wind: less drumming, less truss flex on a gusty day, fewer mid-life cover repairs.
The hardware bag organization is the small thing that saves us hours. MSB labels every bolt pack by truss number, and the cable tensioners come pre-cut and pre-spliced. On a Suihe or Capital Auto kit at the same footprint we lose about half a day to sorting hardware before the first truss goes up; on MSB we're driving anchors by 9 AM. Multiply that across 150+ builds since 2018 and it's the single biggest reason MSB stays on our schedule even when we're not the ones who sold the kit.
Three pre-install checks before our crew pulls the truck onto the customer's yard. First, count the truss bundles against the packing slip — MSB ships a 40'×80' as four bundles, a 60'×120' as seven, and the bundle count is the fastest sanity check that nothing got left in Edmonton. Second, open the hardware crate and confirm the four largest bolt packs are present. We've never had MSB miss the bag, but it takes 90 seconds and the difference between catching it on Monday morning versus Wednesday afternoon is two days of crew time.
Third, walk the cover roll. We're looking for shipping damage on the leading edge of the bundle (forklift forks puncture covers more often than weather does), and we're checking the seam line is sitting flat with no creased PVC. MSB's covers ship folded to a tighter pattern than most imports, and twice over the last seven years we've found a small factory pinhole that the warehouse caught before tensioning. They've replaced both within five business days from Edmonton inventory — which is the practical reason we keep recommending MSB on jobs where downtime costs the customer real money (oilfield service yards, livestock operations, anyone who can't lose a week of weather).
Same as any other brand at the same size. Our install pricing is by footprint, not by manufacturer. Here are sample sizes from our published table:
| Size | Install price (CAD) |
|---|---|
| 20' × 40' | $4,888 |
| 30' × 60' | $9,888 |
| 40' × 80' | $11,888 |
| 50' × 100' | $14,888 |
| 60' × 120' | $18,888 |
| 70' × 200' | $29,888 |
The full size-by-size table is on our installation costs guide and on the homepage pricing section.
What's included. Installation covers full crew, frame assembly, fabric tensioning, doors, and anchoring to your prepared foundation. Equipment (manlifts), travel beyond same-day Alberta drives, and crew lodging on multi-day builds are billed through at cost — no markup.
Working-day estimates for a level pad and a complete kit on-site:
| Size range | Estimated install time |
|---|---|
| 20'×40' through 30'×60' | 2–3 days |
| 30'×80' through 40'×80' | 4 days |
| 40'×100' through 50'×100' | 5 days |
| 50'×150' through 60'×120' | 7 days |
| 70'×150' through 70'×200' | 9 days (5-person crew) |
What pushes it long: cold below -32°C (+1 day), missing or damaged hardware that needs MSB to ship from Edmonton (+0.5–1 day, rare on MSB), pad off-level beyond ±1 inch (we won't start until it's fixed), or a permit inspection that doesn't show up when scheduled. Our install-day blog post walks through the working sequence in more detail.
We've done warranty callbacks, end-wall door retrofits, and cover assessments on MSB buildings going back to 2018. The pattern by year matters more than any spec sheet: if we're rebuilding something or sourcing a replacement part, this is what's actually showed up.
Years 1–3: nothing. We get the occasional adjustment call when a customer wants the cover re-tensioned after a hard hail event, but no structural callbacks. Years 4–6: a handful of grommet replacements where someone over-cinched the side ratchets, and one mid-life cable tensioner swap on a 2019 build that took a chinook gust over the spec. Years 7+: the 2018 covers are still on the buildings — we inspected three this past spring and the south-face PVC chalking is consistent with the warranty curve, not premature. Frame galvanizing is holding up; the only frame rust we've seen has been from cover-edge water intrusion that the customer caught and called us back for.
What we don't see on MSB that we do see on the budget brands: bolt-hole elongation from undersized shims, peak-trim splits at year three, and stitch-line failures along the eave. That's the practical case for the heavier kit — the time savings on installation are nice, but the real value compounds at year five when the building still looks the same as the day we left it.
The pad needs to be level to ±1 inch over the building footprint, on compacted gravel or concrete depending on size. Anchors and foundation choices need to be made before we mobilize — concrete piers if frost matters and the building stays for 20+ years, helical screw anchors for a quick prairie install, gravel-and-helical for shorter-horizon budget builds. Frost depth on the Prairies is 4 feet minimum in AB/SK/MB; coastal BC is shallower but soil-dependent.
The kit should be unloaded onto pallets so we can inventory it before the crew clocks on. MSB delivery is reliable, but we'd rather find a missing pack of self-tapping screws on a Tuesday morning than at 4 PM with the cover halfway up. Clear approach for a 53-foot trailer if MSB is delivering same-day. The kit buyer's checklist covers the rest of the pre-install items.
One MSB-specific thing: they include P.Eng-stamped technical drawings on request, which most municipalities accept for permit applications. If your county wants stamped drawings, ask MSB before you order — they're free with the kit but not always automatically packaged.
Yes. We're brand-agnostic — we install whatever you bought, including used kits, auction kits, kits a customer shipped in from elsewhere, or kits ordered direct from MSB without us in the loop. There's no preferred-vendor lock-in.
Used MSB kits are some of the safer used kits to install. The 750 GSM PVC has held up in the field on every 8-year-old MSB cover we've come back to in 2026, and the G90 frames don't surface-rust the way some lighter imports do. On used jobs we run a cover assessment before tensioning: visible UV chalking on the south face, seam stitching pulling, or grommets pulling through the cover are the three flags that move us toward recommending a replacement cover before we put it up. MSB sells replacement covers through their Canadian inventory, usually shipping in the same week.
For deeper background on what to look for on a used kit, our warranty post covers what carries over to a second owner and what doesn't.
Same pricing whether MSB is your kit or any other brand. See the full size-by-size table.
Written by Peter Huynh, owner-operator at Max Contractors. We've installed MAX Storage Buildings kits across the Prairies, BC, and Ontario since 2018.
Last updated: May 4, 2026
Yes. We install MAX Storage Buildings more often than any other single brand. Same pricing as every other kit on our table — we don't charge more or less based on the manufacturer. MaxCon has a commercial relationship with MAX Storage Buildings; this does not affect our pricing or which brands we install.
$11,888 CAD. That's our published rate for any 40'×80' fabric building install, regardless of brand. Installation covers full crew, frame assembly, fabric tensioning, doors, and anchoring to your prepared foundation. Equipment (manlifts), travel beyond same-day Alberta drives, and crew lodging on multi-day builds are billed through at cost — no markup.
About four working days for a four-person crew on a level pad with all parts on-site. We've done it in three days when the pad is square and the customer has the full kit unloaded before we arrive. Cold weather below -32°C or missing hardware can push it to five days.
No. The cover is heavier and stiffer than what most kits ship with, but our pricing is by building size, not cover weight. The extra effort to tension the 750 GSM material is built into our standard rate.
Yes. We install MSB kits regardless of where they were purchased, including used kits, auction kits, and customer-shipped kits. We run a pre-install parts inventory and condition check on the cover before the crew commits to the schedule.