What is Building Depot?

Building Depot is Ontario's Authorized MegaDome Dealer for engineered fabric buildings. We supply, engineer, foundation-pour and install hot-dip galvanized fabric structures across Ontario for agricultural, industrial, mining, municipal, aviation, commercial and equestrian use.

Where is Building Depot located?

Building Depot is headquartered at 1053 McNicoll Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M1W 3W6, and serves customers across all of Ontario — from Windsor to Ottawa and from Niagara to Thunder Bay.

What areas does Building Depot serve?

Building Depot serves the entire province of Ontario, including the GTA, Ottawa, Hamilton, Niagara, London, Windsor, Kingston, Barrie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, North Bay and every city in between.

How do I contact Building Depot?

Call 1-800-398-5053 toll-free (or 705-333-9511 local), email support@buildingdepot.ca, or request a fixed 24-hour quote at buildingdepot.ca/contact.

Is Building Depot an authorized MegaDome dealer?

Yes. Building Depot is Ontario's Authorized MegaDome Dealer and sells the full MegaDome series (HP, HHP, XP, XL, DB and AR) with Ontario-stamped engineering and manufacturer warranty.

What warranty does Building Depot offer?

MegaDome fabric membranes carry a 15-year prorated warranty, and hot-dip galvanized steel frames are engineered for a 50+ year service life. Foundations and installation carry a 1-year workmanship warranty.

How tall does an indoor boat or RV storage building need to be?

Clearance is set by the tallest unit you plan to store — a wakeboat tower, a flybridge cruiser or a Class-A motorhome with roof-mounted air conditioning. Send your tallest unit's height and we will size the eave and peak to clear it with working room.

Can boats and RVs share the same building?

Yes. Many facilities run one open floor plan or split the building into bays with an interior partition — one side for boats on trailers or stands, one side for RVs and trailers. Aisle width and door placement are laid out around how members or staff actually drive in.

Do these buildings need a concrete floor?

Not necessarily. Some facilities pour a full slab for finished, drivable floors; others use a perimeter foundation with a compacted gravel or asphalt floor to control cost. We will walk through both approaches once we know your budget and how the space will be used.

How many doors does a drive-through boat and RV barn need?

That depends on traffic pattern — a single row with one end door works for smaller sites, while a multi-aisle facility usually gets a door per aisle so units aren't shuffled around to reach the back. We lay out door count and width against your aisle plan before drawings are finalized.

Is the building heated?

Most dry-storage boat and RV buildings are unheated, relying on the sealed envelope to keep the interior dry and out of direct weather. Heated or ventilated bays can be added where mechanical work or winterizing services happen on-site.

Can the building be secured?

Yes — perimeter fencing, gated access, keypad or card entry and lighting are commonly specified alongside the building itself. We coordinate the shell with whatever access-control system you choose.

What do you need from us to price a boat and RV storage building?

Site address, the mix and size of units you're storing (with your tallest and widest unit), number of aisles or doors you want, floor type preference and your target in-service date. That's enough for an engineered quote.

Boats and RVs stored indoors under a clear-span fabric building roof

BOAT & RV STORAGE ONTARIO

Keep the fleet out of the weather.

Engineered fabric boat and RV storage buildings for cottage-country operators, marinas and storage yards — sized to your tallest unit, laid out around real traffic flow, installed turnkey.

Request a Storage Quote 1-800-398-5053

Exterior of a fabric storage building with a drive-through door on a gravel base — Concept image of a fabric storage building exterior. Door count and foundation type are set per project.

INDOOR STORAGE, NOT A TARP

One roof, real drive-through access.

A tarp or shrink-wrap protects a hull for a season. A fabric building protects an entire fleet for years — a sealed membrane roof, a galvanized steel frame and drive-through doors sized to your tallest boat or RV. The clear-span interior means trailers and units move in and out without threading between columns.

→Door width and height sized to your tallest, widest unit
→Foundation and floor designed and built in-house
→Stamped engineering for any Ontario snow and wind zone
→Membrane warranty terms confirmed in the issued documents

Drive-Through Access

End-to-end door layouts let trailers and RVs pull straight through instead of backing into a bay.

Weathertight Envelope

A sealed membrane and galvanized frame keep hulls, upholstery and RV exteriors out of rain, snow and UV.

Naturally Lit Interior

Daylight through the membrane means staff and owners can see units clearly without running lights all day.

Clear-Span Layouts

No interior columns to navigate around trailers, outboards or slide-out RVs.

SIZING THE BUILDING

Aisles and units first. Dimensions second.

Boat and RV storage is sized around the units it holds and how they get in and out — not a generic width off a price list. These are the inputs we use before any dimension is quoted:

→The tallest and widest unit you plan to store, including towers, radar arches and roof AC units
→Number of aisles and whether units are stored bow-in, stern-in or side by side
→Door count, width and placement relative to your site's traffic flow
→Whether boats and RVs share one open floor or are separated by a partition wall
→Floor finish — full slab, partial slab at doors, or compacted base
→Room around each unit for staff or owners to walk and hitch safely

Send those numbers and we will come back with a building size, a foundation approach and a preliminary budget range. Preliminary figures are for budgeting only — final pricing follows engineering, site conditions and the configuration you select.

Get a preliminary project budget

Interior of a clear-span fabric building used for equipment and unit storage — Aisle width and door placement are laid out around how units actually move through the building.

FOUNDATION & FLOOR

Slab, footing or gravel — the choice is yours.

Some operators want a full slab for a finished, drivable floor with drains at each bay. Others use a perimeter footing with a compacted gravel or asphalt floor to control cost on a large footprint. Either way, we design the foundation and the building as one system and build both with our own crews.

→Foundation type matched to your budget and floor finish
→Door headers and jambs engineered for the openings you need
→Grading planned so wash-down and rain move away from the building
→One contract from foundation through membrane tensioning

See our foundation work

Drive-through access is a layout decision, not an afterthought — door width, aisle spacing and turning room are worked out from your unit mix before the foundation is poured.

Aisle planning

Single-row or multi-aisle layouts sized to your fleet, not a standard grid.

Security-ready

Shell coordinated with fencing, gated access and lighting you choose to add.

SITE & PLANNING

What we walk through before drawings start.

Aisle and turning geometry

Trailer length, turning radius and backing room, mapped against your actual site boundaries before a door is placed.

Foundation type

Perimeter footing with a gravel floor, or a full slab — the choice depends on budget, floor finish and whether the site drains well already.

Door width and height

Sized to your tallest and widest unit with clearance to spare, not to a generic standard size.

Approvals

Permit drawings for your municipality, and, where relevant, setback and site-plan requirements for waterfront or cottage-country lots.

Waterfront and cottage-country lots often carry their own setback and site-plan requirements. We plan around them with the building rather than after it's designed.

WHO WE BUILD FOR

Different operators, the same weather problem.

Private cottage-country operators

Seasonal boat and RV storage businesses across Muskoka, Kawartha and Georgian Bay serving cottage owners each fall.

Marinas adding dry storage

Marinas that want indoor boat storage alongside dockage, without the cost of a conventional steel building.

RV dealers and service centres

Indoor space to display, service and store units through the off-season, out of the weather.

Self-storage operators

Facility owners adding a boat-and-RV building to an existing self-storage site as a new revenue line.

PROJECT PLANNING RESOURCES

Where to go next.

Marina Buildings

Clear-span boat storage and service bays for waterfront operations.

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Equipment Storage

Fabric buildings for machinery, trailers and rolling stock.

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Foundations & Push Walls

Slabs, stem walls and perimeter footings designed and poured in-house.

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Muskoka Service Area

Cottage-country projects across Muskoka and Georgian Bay.

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Tender Centre

Send an RFP, ITT or drawing set for review and pricing.

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Cost Guide — Ontario

What actually moves the budget on a storage building project.

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HAVE A SITE PLAN OR LAYOUT?

Send your project to Building Depot.

Upload architectural or engineering drawings, site plans, specifications, tender documents or photos. Our Ontario engineering team reviews every submission and responds with scope, pricing and schedule.

Architectural & engineering drawings
Site plans and grading information
Specifications and tender documents
Building dimensions and photos

Submit Your Boat & RV Storage Project Get a Preliminary Project Budget

Tenders, RFPs and early-stage budgets all welcome

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Ontario boat & RV storage — answered.

Ontario Service Area

Ontario boat & RV storage buildings installed Muskoka · Georgian Bay · Kawartha · GTA

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SIZE YOUR STORAGE BUILDING

Tell us your fleet and your aisles.

We'll spec the building, design the foundation and tension the membrane — one Ontario crew, one contract.

Get a Project Quote 1-800-398-5053

Ontario engineers on the line · quote returned within 24 business hours

Authorized
MegaDome® Dealer for Ontario
500+
Ontario projects delivered
Turnkey
Engineering · foundation · install
OBC
P.Eng-stamped to Ontario Building Code
25-yr
Membrane warranty · 50-yr frame life