Professional dispatcher and HVAC technician serving local homes

Plumbing. HVAC. Always a better answer.

Plunger AI

Smart scheduling that never misses a call.

Day or night, give your plumbing and HVAC customers a professional first response in your company’s name — with clear intake, call summaries and jobs booked straight into the right spot on your schedule.

Plans from $249/mo · No setup fees

Booked smart. Routed tight.

Plunger AI doesn’t just fill your calendar — it fills it intelligently. When a caller books, the AI looks at the jobs you already have scheduled and offers times that group new work near existing jobs in the same part of town. Your techs spend less time driving across town and more time on billable jobs.

Once your job system is connected, every booking makes the day’s route tighter.

Tuesday’s route

Grouped by area
  1. 8:00 AM · Summerlin

    AC not cooling

    Booked by Plunger AI
  2. 10:30 AM · Summerlin

    Water heater swap

    4 min away
  3. 1:00 PM · Summerlin

    Duct inspection

    6 min away
  4. 3:30 PM · Henderson

    Drain line clear

    On the way back

Fewer cross-town drives · more billable hours

Human answering

$7–$12 per call

  • Business hours only — then voicemail.
  • Your team still does the rest by hand: call-backs, booking & logging every job.

Plunger AI

Under $1 per call

  • Answered instantly, 24/7.
  • It books & logs the job for you.
  • No call-backs, no data entry, no sick days.

New Google rule — now in effect (Oct 1, 2026): Google Local Services Ads can now charge you for a missed call if the caller waits 20+ seconds. Missed calls no longer just cost you the job — they can cost you the lead fee too.

Your script. Your schedule.
A confirmation your customer can keep.

We use Zapier to connect approved customer intake with your job system, automatically place eligible jobs on your schedule and send customer confirmation texts after scheduling succeeds. Each workflow is configured around your company’s rules, availability and messaging consent.

Jobber logoJobber

Customer records & job scheduling

Housecall Pro logo

Service requests & appointments

ServiceTitan logo

Job intake & dispatch workflows

Thumbtack logoThumbtack

Lead source → your scheduling system

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AI intakeYour scheduleCustomer text
01 / Service call fee + diagnostic

Book the visit. Don’t guess the repair.

The most common approach for trades: set expectations and sell the appointment, not an unseen repair. Your company sets the diagnostic fee.

Best for: AC not cooling, slow drains, leaks and unknown faults

Call script

Illustrative only

Customer

“My water heater is leaking. How much will it cost to fix?”

AI receptionist

“I completely understand — a leaking water heater is stressful. We charge a standard $89 diagnostic fee to come out, inspect the unit and give you an upfront, exact repair quote before any work begins.”

AI receptionist

“Our earliest available window tomorrow is between 8 AM and 10 AM. Does that work for you?”

Customer

“Yes, that works. Please book it.”

AI receptionist

“May I have your name, service address and callback number? With your permission, we can text your appointment confirmation once the schedule is confirmed.”

What the connected workflow does

  1. 1

    Capture the concern, contact details, address and accepted diagnostic fee.

  2. 2

    Check the area, book it smart — the AI confirms the caller’s zip is inside the areas you serve, then offers times near the jobs you already have booked that day. Your techs stay in one part of town.

  3. 3

    Zapier sends the approved intake to your configured job system and creates the appointment after availability is checked.

  4. 4

    After scheduling succeeds, send the customer a confirmation text and notify your team.

Service area + smart scheduling

Your map, respected. Your day, tight.

You set the zip codes you serve, and Plunger AI checks every caller against them — no more cross-town surprises. Then it books new jobs near the ones already on the schedule, so your techs spend less time driving and more time billing. Outside your area? It follows your rule: a polite decline, a trip fee, or flagged for your call.

Your company approves its own fees and menu.

What missed calls are already costing you.

48%

of home-service calls never reach a real person

82%

of callers say they will call a competitor if you do not answer

42%

leave a voicemail — the rest are simply gone

Do your math

Miss just 10 calls a week, and if only 3 of them would have become jobs at the $422 average service ticket, that is $1,266 a week — over $65,000 a year walking straight to the shop that picked up first.

Plans for your business

Simple, flat pricing.

Keep your next customer from becoming someone else’s missed opportunity.

Billed monthly

No commitment required.

STARTER

$249/mo

200 minutes included

A professional answer, around the clock.

  • 24/7 AI answering
  • 1 business line
  • Call summaries by text & email
Get Starter

GROWTH

MOST POPULAR

$549/mo

750 minutes included

From the first call to a scheduled job.

  • Everything in Starter
  • Appointment booking & calendar sync
  • Jobber, Housecall Pro & ServiceTitan logging
  • 2 business lines
Get Growth

SCALE

$1,099/mo

2,000 minutes included

More calls. More locations. One team.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Multi-location support
  • Custom voice
  • Priority support
Get Scale

No setup fees, ever. Pay monthly with no required commitment. Need more minutes? Just $0.40/min overage on any plan — scale up or down anytime.

Talk to us: (323) 723-1277

Your first response. Every hour of the day.

24/7 answering

Answer in your business name — nights, weekends and holidays included.

Book the next step

Growth and Scale connect approved appointment requests to your calendar, subject to availability and final confirmation.

A human when it matters

Configure urgent and complex calls for handoff to you or your team.

Every call, summarized

Who called, what they need and the next step — delivered by text and email after setup.

Works with the software you already run

Jobber · Housecall Pro · ServiceTitan · FieldEdge · Google Calendar · Outlook

Connections are configured during onboarding, based on your plan, platform permissions and available actions. Booking and CRM logging require Growth or Scale; customer messaging requires consent and a configured service.

Built around your business before launch.

We build your agent, coordinate number porting and test your scripts before launch.

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Frequently asked questions

Put your business on the other end.

Your company, your services, your customer experience. Talk with us about a dedicated AI receptionist for your plumbing or HVAC team.

Let’s talk about your company