Professional crew for ShelterLogic AccelaFrame, Ultra Max, and heavy-duty shelters bought at Canadian Tire, Home Depot, or Amazon. We'll talk you out of paying us for the small stuff.
ShelterLogic is the most-recognized fabric shelter brand in Canada — sold at Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Amazon. The little 10x10 to 12x24 units are genuinely DIY-friendly. The bigger AccelaFrame and Ultra Max heavy-duty shelters benefit from a crew. We install the larger ones, and we'll be straight with you if your size is one we'd recommend you put up yourself. Flat rate by size for the bigger units.
ShelterLogic is the most-recognized name in portable fabric shelters. They've been building outdoor structures for over 30 years, with their Garage-in-a-Box, Shed-in-a-Box, AutoShelter, AccelaFrame, and Ultra Max products on the shelves at Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Amazon, and Menards. They're the brand most people encounter first when they Google "fabric shelter."
The catalogue runs from very-small DIY units up to commercial-grade structures with 2-3/8" galvanized frames and triple-layer PE covers. Where customers tend to stall is in the middle — the Ultra Max and AccelaFrame heavy-duty shelters that look like the small ones in the photos but are really significantly larger and heavier on install day. Those are the ones we get called for.
For the small stuff, yes. We'd rather tell you that upfront than take your money for something you can put up in an afternoon:
Where we add value is on the heavier-duty models:
Two issues show up on most builds:
Flat rate by size. We don't typically install the smallest ShelterLogic units; for the larger AccelaFrame and Ultra Max sizes, our standard table applies:
| Size | Install price |
|---|---|
| 20'×40' | $5,000 |
| 30'×40' | $8,000 |
| 30'×60' | $10,000 |
| 40'×60' | $12,000 |
| 40'×80' | $14,000 |
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. The full install-cost guide walks through every size.
Most ShelterLogic installs are smaller than the rest of our brand book, so crew rotation through these is faster than on a full-scale fabric building.
3–5 years on the standard triple-layer PE cover for the smaller models in our climate; the heavier-duty Ultra Max line gets closer to 5–7 years. The fabric is thinner than what you'd find on a Cover-Tech, North Country, or Dura Shelter kit — it's priced accordingly. ShelterLogic sells replacement covers separately, which is cheaper than replacing the whole shelter. We'll re-cover an existing frame at the same flat rate as a new install of the equivalent size.
Our blog post on what to expect on install day has the full site-prep checklist.
Written by Peter Huynh, owner-operator at Max Contractors. Our crews install ShelterLogic AccelaFrame, Ultra Max, and made-to-order shelters bought at Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Amazon, and Menards. Got the small Garage-in-a-Box? Save your money and put it up yourself — we'll happily tell you that on the phone. MaxCon has a commercial relationship with MAX Storage Buildings; this does not affect our pricing or which brands we install.
Last updated: April 26, 2026
Same pricing applies regardless of brand. Find your size, that's your price.
A mid-size fabric building is realistically a 250–400 man-hour project for a first-time crew — frame, truss alignment, cover tensioning, doors, and the re-dos in between. That means pulling two or three of your people off operations for weeks, or having our crew hand you a finished building in days. At a loaded $40/hour, 300 diverted hours is roughly $12,000 of payroll producing zero revenue — before the rented manlift sits on the clock, and before another season passes with the kit still in the crate. Your team runs your operation. Ours stands up buildings. (Hours are crew estimates from the installs we've done; your mileage varies with size and site.)
Max Contractors is an independent installation company. We are not a dealer for, sponsored by, or affiliated with the manufacturers whose products we install — brand names are used only to identify the kits we work on. Where a commercial relationship exists, we disclose it.
Yes — particularly the larger AccelaFrame and Ultra Max heavy-duty models. The little Garage-in-a-Box and Shed-in-a-Box units (10x10 to 12x24) are genuinely DIY-friendly for two people with basic tools, and we'll happily talk you out of paying us to install one. The bigger commercial-grade ShelterLogic structures with 1-3/8" or 2-3/8" galvanized frames and triple-layer PE covers are a different story — those benefit from a crew.
For 10x10, 12x20, 12x24 Garage-in-a-Box and Shed-in-a-Box units — yes, with two people and an afternoon. The instructions are clear and the parts are light. For AccelaFrame, Ultra Max, and the made-to-order heavy-duty shelters with 2-3/8" frames and triple-layer covers — we'd recommend a crew. The fabric is heavier, the frame won't stand up by itself the way the smaller ones do, and the larger sizes need anchoring done correctly the first time or the structure walks in a windstorm.
Flat rate by size, not by brand. We don't typically install the smallest ShelterLogic units (under 12x24) because they're DIY-friendly. For larger AccelaFrame and Ultra Max sizes, our standard table applies — see the homepage for the full price list from 20'×40' through 70'×200'. 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.
Two things. First, the cover is often sized tight — ShelterLogic specs assume warm-weather assembly and the cover stretches into final tension as the day warms. In cold weather, we leave 10–15% of the tension to develop overnight; if you crank to spec at -5°C in the morning, you'll over-stress the seams when the sun hits. Second, the auger anchors that ShelterLogic ships with are short for Alberta clay. We often substitute longer ground screws or upgrade to concrete piers on anything 20-wide and up — this is an at-cost upgrade, not a markup.
Garage-in-a-Box (12x20-ish): 4–6 hours, 2-person crew. AccelaFrame mid-size (20-wide): 1.5 days. Ultra Max heavy-duty 30-wide: 2–3 days. Larger made-to-order 40-wide-and-up shelters: 3–4 days, depending on door configuration. Most ShelterLogic installs are smaller than the rest of our brand book, so the crew rotation is faster.
3–5 years on the standard triple-layer PE cover for the smaller models in our climate; the heavier-duty Ultra Max line gets closer to 5–7 years. The fabric is thinner than what you'd find on Cover-Tech, North Country, or Dura Shelter — it's priced accordingly. ShelterLogic sells replacement covers separately, which is cheaper than replacing the whole shelter, and we'll re-cover an existing frame at the same flat rate as a new install.
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