Wholesale & distribution
A Permanent SKU for an Aisle Full of Commodity Parts
Drain parts are a thin-margin category where every line looks the same. This one does not: it is permanent, certified, and already being asked for by name.
SemperScreen® is the only non-removable permanent sink screen, certified to ASME A112.18.2-2020 / CSA B125.2-20. Distributors stock it as a differentiated line in the drain category, with install work for their plumber base attached to every unit sold.
What matters on a line card is whether a SKU differentiates the aisle and whether the counter has something durable to recommend when a customer comes back for the third time about the same drain.
Pull-through
It Already Moves Through the Channel
A major retailer with 1,900+ stores and distribution centers ran an 8-store pilot, then made SemperScreen® a company renovation standard. Demand that starts downstream arrives at the counter asking for a part number.
What the Drain Category Costs You Today
Dead SKUs on the shelf
Commodity drain parts occupy facings and turn slowly. A permanent screen sells on a different basis: the customer buys it once because it ends a recurring problem, not because it was the cheapest basket on the peg.
Thin margin on a commoditised line
Mesh baskets compete on price against big-box and online. A certified, permanent, patent-pending SKU is not price-shoppable in the same way, which is what protects the margin on it.
Counter staff with nothing durable to recommend
When the same customer comes back a third time about the same drain, the counter needs an answer better than another basket. This is that answer, and it makes the counter look like it solved something.
Contractor customers drifting to online resellers
A line that carries install work keeps the plumber in the branch. Every unit sold has a retrofit behind it, so the product pulls a service call through rather than replacing one.
Getting it on the line card
From Sample Kit to Reorder Velocity
- Sample kitA free kit to the branch or category team, no commitment.
- Terms and part numbersA short call on wholesale terms, categories, and SKU setup.
- Line-card addPart numbers assigned and the line loaded into your catalog.
- First order and reorderA stocking order sized to your branches, then reorder velocity.
Wholesale terms are quoted directly, not published. Ask on the call.
It clears spec review before it reaches your buyer
Tested and COMPLIED with ASME A112.18.2-2020 / CSA B125.2-20, and specified under CSI MasterFormat Division 22 42 16.16. When a contractor or facility customer sends it to an engineer, it comes back approved rather than substituted out.
Already in the channel
Stocked national and local
- HJC/Hajoca
- Ferguson
- Grainger
- Reece
- CWH
- Best Plumbing
- Hirsch
- Cedar Valley
Available SKUs, national and local. Find a SemperScreen® Dealer
Where it fits
- National plumbing wholesale
- Industrial and MRO distribution
- Regional and independent supply houses
- Apartment and facilities MRO supply
- Hardware co-ops and buying groups
- E-commerce parts resellers
Stocking enquiry
Ask about stocking terms
Call (855) 963-5884 or fill out the form below. Sample kit ships free. No purchase commitment.
What happens next
- We ship a free sample kit to the branch or category team.
- A short call on terms, part numbers, and the categories it sits in.
- Register and setup a wholesale account.
Already have a downstream account asking for it by name? Say so on the call. That is the fastest route to a part number.
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