Industry / Plumbing

AI Receptionist for Plumbing Companies

Answer the burst pipe at midnight and the slow drain on Tuesday the same way: quickly, clearly and on your terms.

The reality

What your phones look like on a real day

Plumbing emergencies don't wait for office hours. A burst pipe, a failed water heater or a sewer backup puts a homeowner on the phone right away, and they keep dialing until someone answers.

Between emergencies, your schedule is built on drain cleanings, fixture swaps and estimates for bigger jobs. Those calls deserve a fast answer too.

Water coming through the ceiling

A burst pipe and a caller who doesn't know where the main shutoff is. They need calm, short instructions your business has approved and a plumber on the way.

No hot water, or no water at all

A water heater that failed overnight or a house with no water pressure. Not always an emergency by your rules, but the caller wants a time, not a callback promise.

The sewer backup on a Sunday

Messy, stressful and urgent. The caller needs to know whether you come out after hours and what that costs, in the words you've approved.

The repipe or water heater estimate

A homeowner planning a bigger job is calling three plumbers. The one that books the estimate visit first usually gets the work.

The leak

The calls and leads that slip away

  • Night and weekend emergency calls that go to voicemail
  • Callers who hang up when the after-hours fee isn't explained clearly
  • Routine drain and fixture jobs that get no callback during busy weeks
  • Repipe and water heater estimates nobody followed up on
Example call

How a call could sound

Example callIllustrative script, not a real call

  1. AI Receptionist

    Thanks for calling. This is the after-hours line, I'm a virtual assistant. What's happening?

  2. Caller

    A pipe burst under the sink and water is everywhere. I don't know where the shutoff is.

  3. AI Receptionist

    Here's what our team recommends: if you can do it safely, the main shutoff valve is often near where the water line enters the house, like the basement or a utility area. Don't touch anything near standing water and electricity.

  4. Caller

    I found it. It's off.

  5. AI Receptionist

    Good. After-hours visits have an emergency service fee, and the plumber will go over it before starting any work. Do you want me to get the on-call plumber?

  6. Caller

    Yes, please.

  7. AI Receptionist

    I'm sending your address and what happened to the on-call plumber now. They'll call you shortly to confirm.

Where we'd start

What we'd build for you first

24/7 AI receptionist with your approved instructions

Answers every call and gives only the instructions you've signed off on, like shutting off the main valve if the caller can do it safely.

Emergency routing with fee disclosure

Explains your after-hours fee in your words, then sends the job to the on-call plumber only if the caller wants to go ahead.

Booking and estimate follow-up

Books drain and fixture jobs into open slots and follows up on repipe and water heater estimates so they don't go cold.

Important: The assistant shares only the instructions your business has approved. It doesn't diagnose plumbing problems or quote prices beyond what you've set. For fire, smoke or immediate danger it tells the caller to call 911.

FAQ

Plumbing: common questions

Only what you approve. Most plumbers give a short, general instruction about the main valve with a reminder to do it only if it's safe. The assistant won't improvise beyond that.

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