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Resources

Guides, test reports and tools for contractors, distributors and project buyers. Downloads are free — we just ask who you are so we can answer your follow-up questions properly.

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Wet Rooms That Don’t Leak — 2026 Contractor’s Guide

Our 20-page technical guide: failure modes, system options, test data, a 23-step installation sequence, and four field tools — thickness chart, estimating guide, spec-ready paragraph, jobsite checklist.

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IAPMO PS 106 Full Test Report (J251017003-1)

The complete 21-page laboratory report behind our shower system listing: 71 models, 1,335 N receptor load, 30-minute spray at 40 °C, zero leakage. Manufacturer identity redacted for confidentiality.

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Shower Pan Installation Guide

Our 23-step illustrated installation sequence for preformed XPS shower pans: drain kit, pan bedding, wallboard sealing, curb and water test.

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40′ HQ Container Loading Plan

Plan your order: pieces per pallet, pallets per 40′ HQ container, and mixed-load notes for every board thickness from 6 mm to 50 mm.

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Guides & Insights

How to Install Wet Room Elements: A Contractor’s Checklist — eight checks, in the order that actually matters, before you mix anything.

What Thickness of XPS Backer Board Does Your Shower Need? — 6 mm, 12 mm or 20 mm: choose by what the wall does, not how wet the room is.

Tile Backer Board vs Cement Board: Which One Wins in Wet Rooms? — weight, waterproofing, dust and days on site, compared honestly.

Featured Products

The boards and wet room elements behind every guide on this page — factory-direct, certified, and ready to quote.

XPS Tile Backer Board (4–50 mm)

Waterproof cement-coated XPS, 361 kPa compressive strength, 4–50 mm, custom sizes. IAPMO PS 106 tested, ICC & CE certified.

Preformed XPS Shower Tray

Factory-set slope, waterproof out of the box, trims to fit on site with a knife. Standard and custom sizes from drawings.

Recessed XPS Shower Niche

One molded unit — no hand-cut corners. Set between studs, tape the perimeter, tile. Custom sizes.

XPS Floor Heating Board

0.030 W/(m·K) insulation that keeps the heat in the room, not in the slab. Flat board, or grooved to your pipe layout drawing.

Certified & Listed

ICC-ES PMG-1804 (US IPC/IRC/UPC 2009–2024, Canada, India) · IAPMO PS 106-2015 · CE EN 13164. Full documents in the downloads above.

CE certificate under EN 13164:2012+A1:2015 for XPS backer board
ICC-ES PMG-1804 certificate for tileable shower systems
Cover of IAPMO PS 106 test report J251017003-1, manufacturer identity redacted

Certificates shown with manufacturer identity redacted. Full-resolution documents available in the downloads section above.

Learn the Terms

New to XPS board systems? Our glossary explains every term on this site in plain English — from lambda value to flood test.