Become a PanelPro Dealer of Grout Free Shower Wall Panels

Most PanelPro dealers realize a 35% to 45% gross margin (note – this is not markup, but margin). These results exceed what’s normally possible with tile showers and tub surrounds. In addition, projects will be done in less days, which improves your profit per crew per day.

The most common projects done with grout free wall panels are tub to shower conversions and shower to shower conversions. Depending on your market, these projects are priced from $8,000 to $25,000 for materials and labor installed. Most PanelPro and Innovate Building Solutions dealers are neither at the low end – or high end of this range. Most sell tubs to shower and shower to shower conversions from $10,000 to $16,000 and achieve 35-45% gross margins. However, with the PanelPro dealership program, you’re free to price your projects however you see fit.

Most PanelPro ‘wet space only’ (in tub/shower alcoves) take 1 to 2 days for a two person crew, whereas tile jobs can last a week. There’s a lot of labor savings with PanelPro systems.

It is possible to request a protected territory, if your business is a large buyer (shown through purchases from Innovate Building Solutions), and you’ve got an aggressive marketing campaign focused on growing PanelPro products in your territory. However, it should be noted most dealers don’t have protected territories or fit this criterion.

With that being said it’s worth noting, Innovate Building Solutions prefers less dealers who are more active. This creates more efficient bathroom remodelers, who are more profitable, and create better finished projects. While it can be beneficial to have a protected territory, the real keys to profitable growth are a combination of smart business practices, installing high-quality projects, and responsive customer service.

No, there’s no minimum orders required. Innovate Building Solutions is more focused on partnering with remodeling contractors, general contractors, design/build, home access contractors, and builders who do high quality work than necessarily ones who are the biggest and can place large orders.

With this being said – there are group buying and multi-order discounts if your volume or order size is larger. These discounts are available to all dealers.

Since these panels are rigid PVC systems installed over moisture resistant greenboard (or other backer board systems), their installation is similar to acrylic, cultured marble, or cultured granite shower panel systems which are installed by many contractors already.

The inside corner profiles in the PanelPro system not only help waterproof a shower or tub alcove, but also offer some ‘play’ inside the profile to make your installation simpler.

And since these panels click and lock together, you can make any size surround, whether it’s standard or custom.

The 36” width eliminates the drywall finishing time required with common 30” to 32” deep tub to shower conversions, which have side walls deeper than the tub being replaced, and your ‘dog leg’ problems will be a thing of the past.

PanelPro panels are 36” x 96” x .2” and are 41 lbs per panel. They’re simple to cut with common woodworking equipment (like jig saws, hack saws, table saw, holes saws, track saws etc.). They can be cut to fit alcove tubs, standard or custom shower surrounds, or for full bathroom surrounds and/or wainscoting. There are ‘J-trim’ and ‘L-trim’ profiles to finish edges (of varying depths) and turn 90 degree corners.

PanelPro shower panels can be adhered onto moisture resistant greenboard, DenShield, Durock, Johns Manville GoBoard, HardieBacker, Fiberock, cement board, and equivalent products with the adhesives provided in your kit.

PanelPro panels have a limited lifetime warranty. Materials found to be defective will be replaced by Innovate Building Solutions at no charge.

PanelPro surrounds are available from stock and arrive within 2 weeks of ordering along with standard shower pans, glass doors from the ‘complete shower kit’ collection, and accessories.

If you need a custom shower pan, lead times vary between 4 to 8 weeks.

Innovate takes pride in its packaging. We’d rather invest more now than cause job delays. And damaged products are a bad day for everyone. Here’s the steps taken to minimize shipment problems.

• Wall panels are shipped in specially designed crates.
• Shower pans are strapped to a pallet and protected with foam underneath.
• Glass shower doors are shipped upright on A-frames.

You may be asking, “Does your quality packaging cost more?” Yes it does. However, we know it’s a smart investment because it keeps your jobs on schedule, and lowers overall freight costs.

If a panel is damaged in shipment, a new one will be sent at no charge.

No. Most dealers order a job(s) as they’re needed. Orders are shipped to a project site, warehouse, or even your home.

If you decide to carry stock, you can take advantage of bulk buying discounts.

It’s best to stock, and transport PanelPro panels flat.

Email orders or call your Dealer Sales Representative. Future plans include an on-line ordering portal.

Review the ‘styles and design options’ sections of this page for an in-depth look at product options. Click here to learn more.

Note: The goal of the PanelPro system is to provide stylish, sturdy, and affordable wall panel system for all customers.

Regarding shower pans, you can get standard and custom bases of any type from those with a roll in ramp, for an accessible project to those with low-profile, to full-height curbs common in small stand up showers. Click here to learn more.

Shower doors and accessories are available to complete your projects. Click here to learn more.

While home centers stock low-priced wall panels, what home centers call ‘good,’ in many cases isn’t good at all. In actuality their wall panels take longer to install because they’re flimsy and cheap. They won’t reflect well on your work as a professional contractor.

With PanelPro you’ll get realistic looking wall panels (with faux tile joints and/or polished stone looks) which are time-effective to install yet won’t drain your customer’s budget or wipe out your ability to make money. These panels are also available for immediate shipment. And it’s nice to know PanelPro wall panels not only work with standard sizes, but also with custom showers, tubs, and bathroom walls as well.

In addition, you can also order a wide range of shower bases, glass doors, and shower accessories to compliment the system you recommended to your customer.

PanelPro systems are preferred to tile because they’re more time-effective to install, eliminate callbacks, are a cleaner installation, and are grout free and simple for customers to maintain.

Bottom line, they’ll be more profitable for you or your crews to install and will ‘live simpler’ for your customers without sacrificing style.

PanelPro panels are 60% thicker than acrylic, have CNC routed faux tile joints (vs. molded acrylic panels) and look more realistic. In addition, with click-lock joints, you can use the standard 36” x 96” panels and make any size shower, tub, or bathroom surround walls and reach the top of an 8’ ceiling.

PanelPro showers are more realistic than cultured stone or solid surface (which are molded). They have better looking accessories and aren’t heavy and cumbersome to move up stairs and into (often) tighter than you’d like bathrooms.

Let’s face it – whether you have a retail bathroom remodeling business, are a design build general contractor, a new home builder, or specialize in home accessibility or age in place projects, without leads, interested prospects, and effective marketing tools and programs it’s an uphill battle to grow your business.

And even if you’re successful lead generating and closing jobs, you still need to know how to install effectively. Given these challenges, here’s how your being a PanelPro dealer partner with Innovate Building Solutions can help you grow your business.

• Get no-cost leads through the ‘consumer’ www.PanelProBathrooms.com site or from Innovate’s 20 year history of blogging, social media, and educational videos and content distribution strategy.
• Request digital images for your social media channels, promotions, and website.
• Gain marketing (and business) insights through the Innovate Building Solutions leadership team including Michelle Ruhe (our Marketing Manager), Mike Foti (our President), or our construction-savvy dealer sales representatives.
• Use the Ingage in home bath presentation tool (coming soon)
• Watch installation videos and/or connect with an Innovate Installation Tech for installation tips and tricks
• Use the ‘Dealer Sales Kit’ and/or ‘Dealer Display Program’ to efficiently and effectively show and sell projects.