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Salt Sheds That
Don't Corrode
From The Inside.

Road salt destroys conventional buildings — it eats rebar, rots sheet metal and rusts fasteners from day one. An engineered fabric salt shed puts a non-corroding membrane and hot-dip galvanized frame between your de-icing stockpile and the structure holding it up.

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CLEAR SPAN TO 150′ FULL-HEIGHT PILE PONYWALL
HDG Steel Frames
Non-Corroding Membrane
Engineered To Site Loads
Loader-Friendly Openings
Design-Build Delivery
The Case For Fabric

Why Salt Domes
And Fabric Won.

Salt attacks everything conductive. The membrane cover never corrodes, and the hot-dip galvanized frame keeps steel protected where conventional structures start bleeding rust in year two.

Dry salt spreads better. A weather-tight envelope keeps the stockpile dry, preventing clumping and leaching — better application performance and less product loss every season.

Contained runoff keeps regulators happy. Covered storage on a proper pad with perimeter walls addresses the environmental containment expectations that uncovered piles can't.

Natural light, no fixtures over the pile. Translucent covers mean operators can see inside during daylight loading without corroding light fixtures hanging in the salt-air zone.

Design Options

Configured For
Your Operation.

· Ponywall foundations — cast concrete or lock-block walls that take loader impact and raise the arch for full-height piling against the walls.

· Open gable ends for drive-through loading, or fabric end walls with oversized openings sized to your loaders and trucks.

· Spans from 40′ to 150′+ matched to your stockpile volume and turning radii.

· Mixed-use layouts — split sheds for salt and sand, or treated and untreated product.

· Conveyor-fill ready — peak clearances and openings for overhead fill systems.

Typical Specifications

Salt Shed Quick Specs

Every building is engineered to its site — these are the ranges we design within.

Clear span40′ – 150′+
LengthAny — extendable in bay increments
FoundationConcrete ponywall, lock block, grade beam
FrameHot-dip galvanized structural steel
CoverPVC or PE membrane, engineered weight
LoadingSite snow & wind loads per NBC
AccessOpen end, fabric end wall, or door systems
Typical capacity500 – 10,000+ tonnes
In The Field

Salt & Sand Storage,
Built And Working.

Interior of a clear-span fabric sand storage building with natural light Sand stockpile inside a fabric storage building with lock block walls Highway maintenance truck outside a fabric sand shed
Full Lifecycle

Beyond The Build

New Installation

Design-build delivery from foundation to final tension — one contractor, one accountability.

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Cover Replacement

Existing salt shed with a tired cover? A recover adds 15–20 years for a fraction of replacement cost.

Recover →

Inspection Programs

Annual condition reports that catch tension loss and corrosion before winter operations depend on the building.

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Salt Storage Questions

Salt Shed FAQs

How big should our salt shed be?

Size from your stockpile: roughly 80 lb per cubic foot for bulk road salt, plus room for equipment movement and pile angle of repose. Tell us your tonnage and loader sizes and we'll turn that into a footprint — most municipal sheds land between 60′ and 100′ spans.

Why ponywalls instead of piling against the fabric?

Ponywalls do two jobs: they take loader bucket impact that would destroy a fabric sidewall, and they lift the arch so you can pile full-height right against the wall instead of losing capacity to the arch curve.

Can you replace the cover on our existing salt dome?

Yes — recovers on existing salt storage structures are one of our most common projects. If the galvanized frame is sound, a new membrane and hardware restores the building for a fraction of new-build cost.

Do fabric salt sheds meet environmental storage requirements?

Covered storage on an impermeable pad with contained drainage is the core of salt management best practice in Canada. We design to your municipality's or province's salt management plan requirements — bring them to the design meeting and they're built in.

Winter Doesn't
Reschedule.

Send us your tonnage, site and timeline. A real estimator replies within one business day with a path to covered storage.

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