Your customers call on Thursday because a freeze is coming Friday. They need a cover that fits their Watts RP, ships fast, and does not look like a garbage bag with a drawstring. That is the moment your line card either earns trust or sends them to whoever has something on the shelf — even if it is the wrong size.
Sub Zero Covers is a manufacturer, not a marketplace. We sell direct to distributors only. We do not sell direct to contractors, homeowners, or test companies. When you carry our line, you are not competing with us on Google Shopping or fighting a MAP policy we ignore.
What you get as a distributor
Every cover we ship is cut and sewn in-house to match specific backflow preventer models — Watts, Febco, Wilkins, Ames, Apollo, Deringer, and more. Your team is not interpreting a one-size-fits-most chart and hoping the test cocks still close. The fit is the product.
We fabricate custom sizes in 3–5 business days when a standard SKU is close but not quite right. That matters for oddball installs, retrofit jobs, and assemblies mounted tight against a wall where an oversized universal bag will not work.
Distributor pricing is tiered with free shipping thresholds that make sense for how distributors actually buy — case quantities for busy season, not single-unit retail economics.
Who this program fits
If you are an irrigation supply distributor, a plumbing distribution house, a fire protection supplier, or a shop that supports certified backflow testers, you already know the pain: winterization season, RP covers that do not fit, and customers who want a part number, not a lecture.
We give you part numbers. Browse our fitment hub for assembly types, brand pages like Watts covers, and model-specific SKUs such as the Watts 007M1QT cover — the SKU most yards reorder first.
How to get started
Apply for distributor access through our distributor portal. Once approved, you get login access to live inventory, tier pricing, and purchase order tools your inside sales team can actually use. No phone tag for every quote.
We are American-made, manufacturer-direct, and built for the counter conversation: "What make and model is on the tag?" Give us that, we give you a cover that fits.
Seasonal rhythm your buyers already know
Freeze season is not a surprise — it is a calendar event. Distributors who treat backflow covers as a core line item, not a panic SKU in November, capture repeat POs from irrigation branches and test companies that reorder the same model numbers every year. We publish fitment pages so your team can answer sizing calls without putting anyone on hold.
What the program is not
It is not a marketplace listing, a drop-ship arrangement with a retail brand, or a private-label deal. We build the covers, you sell them, and the customer who calls us gets sent to you. That is the whole arrangement, and it is why the line card conversation with a supply house is short.