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Every Burst Pipe Gets an Answer, Not a Voicemail

AI agents and plumbing-trained specialists handle emergency calls, book service appointments, and capture new leads in 65+ languages around the clock.

The short version: AI voice is $0.15 a minute and live agents start at $300 a month for 500 minutes. AI takes quotes, scheduling and service-area questions; a person takes active leaks, because the first thing that call needs is not a booking. We integrate with ServiceTitan and Jobber.

A plumber fitting pipework under a sink

how it plays out

A burst pipe call, minute by minute.

Phone English

"There's water flooding my kitchen from under the sink"

Active pipe burst with flooding in progress

  1. AI answers immediately, asks caller to locate and turn off water shut-off valve
  2. Confirms address and asks about water damage extent and affected areas
  3. Dispatches emergency plumber from nearest available crew
  4. Sends plumber ETA and water damage mitigation tips via SMS
Emergency plumber dispatched Flood Stopped
Web Chat Mandarin

"热水器不出热水了"

Water heater failure with no hot water

  1. AI responds in Mandarin, asks about heater type (tank vs. tankless) and age
  2. Walks through pilot light check and thermostat verification
  3. Determines repair vs. replacement based on unit age and symptoms
  4. Schedules diagnostic visit and sends water heater guide
Diagnostic visit booked Repair or Replacement Lead
SMS Spanish

"toilet overflowing and plunger not working"

Toilet overflow that basic tools cannot resolve

  1. AI responds in Spanish, advises turning off toilet water supply valve
  2. Asks if multiple fixtures are affected to check for main line issue
  3. Books same-day service call for auger or main line inspection
  4. Confirms appointment with plumber name and arrival window
Service call booked Same-Day Resolution
Email Arabic

"We need a plumber for a bathroom remodel — new shower and vanity"

Renovation plumbing project inquiry

  1. AI responds in Arabic, asks about project scope and timeline
  2. Explains rough-in plumbing process and fixture selection options
  3. Offers on-site consultation to review plans and provide estimate
  4. Schedules consultation and sends remodel plumbing checklist
Consultation booked Remodel Project Lead

the team behind it

Who tells them to close the shutoff valve.

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Plumbing-Trained Specialists

  • Emergency dispatch for burst pipes, flooding, and sewer backups with shut-off guidance
  • Water heater diagnostics, repair scheduling, and replacement consultations
  • Renovation plumbing consultations for bathroom and kitchen remodel projects

65+ Languages

  • Native-speaking agents in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and 60+ more
  • Real-time AI translation for rare language pairs
  • Cultural context training for every market we serve

Follow-the-Sun Coverage

  • Operation centres in Canada, Bolivia, Nicaragua, the Philippines and China
  • Smooth handoff between time zones with shared context
  • Holiday and weekend coverage without overtime costs

the part nobody prices in

The first thirty seconds of a leak call are worth more than the booking.

Every other trade on this site has emergencies that hold still. A furnace that is out at 11pm is still out at midnight. A leak is not like that — it is actively destroying the customer's house while the phone is ringing.

Which means the most valuable thing that call can produce is not an appointment slot. It is somebody calmly saying: go to the shutoff valve, it is usually near the meter or under the sink, turn it clockwise, tell me when it stops.

An automated line books the visit. A person stops the water first and then books the visit — and the customer who was talked through shutting off their own main at 2am does not shop your quote in the morning.

what it costs

Published rates, so you can do the arithmetic first.

Most vendors in this category quote by form. These are our published packages — not a quote, since language mix, hours and volume all move the number. The per-minute figures are simply the monthly price divided by the included minutes.

OptionPublished pricePer minuteWhat it's for
AI voice $0.15 per minute Quotes, service-area checks, callout fees, scheduled-work booking
Web chat $0.05 per session Website quote forms and chat while you are under a sink
Live shared team from $300 / month includes 500 min → ≈ $0.60/min After-hours cover so a burst pipe reaches a person, not a machine
Live shared team from $650 / month includes 1,500 min → ≈ $0.43/min Freeze events and the week after, when every plumber in town is booked
Dedicated agent from $5.80 per hour, per agent Your rate card, your escalation rules, one team that knows your routes

Anything involving a person is a starting price. Two things move it: which languages you need, and how senior an agent the work actually requires — a bilingual agent handling refund authority is not the same hire as one taking bookings. AI voice and web chat are flat, because there is no hiring in them. And every model above is open to every business on this page: which one fits is a question about the shape of your volume, not about your industry.

Minimum engagement is half a seat — not a five-seat block. We also bill per resolved issue, from $1, where you pay nothing if it is not resolved; that model fits businesses where a customer problem actually gets solved on the call, not businesses where the call is intake.

who takes which call

Route by the cost of getting it wrong.

Most vendors sell you either an AI receptionist or a live answering service and leave the allocation to you. Since we run both, here is the split we would actually recommend — including the calls we think should never touch automation.

The callRoute toCost of getting it wrong
"What do you charge for a callout?" AI A lost quote
Booking a scheduled repair or install AI An annoyed customer
"Do you service my area?" AI A lost lead
"There is water coming through my ceiling" Human Every minute is more damage — and the customer remembers who stopped it
Any smell of gas Human A safety call that must never wait
Sewage backing up into another unit Human An insurance claim that needs documenting properly

setup

Five days to put the right person on it.

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

your existing software

It lands in the system you already run.

We integrate with Jobber, ServiceTitan and Skimmer, so a booking taken at 9pm on a Sunday is on the schedule before your first truck moves Monday morning, with the intake notes attached to the job. If you run something else, tell us what it is and we will tell you straight whether we connect to it today or whether it needs building.

your existing software

It lands in the software you already run.

  • Jobber
  • ServiceTitan

Running something else? Tell us what it is and we will say straight whether we connect to it today or whether it needs building.

what comes off the call

What your on-call plumber gets before they load the van.

Plumbing dispatch fails on parts. These fields come back on every call so the van leaves with the right ones:

  • Name, callback number and service address
  • What is failing: leak, blockage, no hot water, low pressure, sewage backup, gas smell
  • Where exactly — under a sink, behind a wall, in the ceiling below a bathroom, at the main
  • Whether the water is still running and whether the shutoff has been found and closed
  • Fixture or appliance make and model where there is a plate — water heater, boiler, disposal
  • Property type and age, and whether it is copper, PEX, galvanised or cast iron if they know
  • How much water is already on the floor, and whether it is reaching another unit or the floor below
  • Access, parking, pets, and whether anyone will be home

It reaches you by SMS and lands in ServiceTitan or Jobber as a job with the notes attached.

where AI should not be

The calls we will not put a bot on.

An active leak

The caller needs to be talked to the shutoff valve before anything else happens. That is a live conversation with someone who can hear panic and slow it down, not a form that collects an address.

Any smell of gas

A person tells them to leave the building and call the utility, and notifies you the same minute. There is no version of this that waits in a queue.

Sewage backup and anything crossing into another unit

These become insurance and liability matters fast, especially in a multi-unit building. A person takes a careful, timestamped account and escalates it correctly.

Pushback on a repipe or water-heater quote

A customer objecting to a four-figure quote is comparing you to two other bids right now. That is a conversation for someone who can listen and get the objection to you while it still matters.

when we're the wrong choice

Three cases where you should hire someone else.

  • You want firm prices quoted on the phone. We apply your published rates to what we can establish over the phone, and we say plainly when something needs your eyes. We are not going to commit you to a number on a wall nobody has opened.
  • You want someone local who knows the building stock. Our teams are in Canada, Bolivia, Nicaragua, the Philippines and China. They will know your rate card, your radius and your escalation rules cold. They will not know that the pre-war blocks downtown are all cast iron.
  • You are one van doing scheduled work only. If you do not take emergency calls, most of the argument on this page does not apply to you. Take the AI tier at $0.15 a minute for quotes and scheduling, and stop there.

questions

What buyers ask before they sign.

How much does it cost?

AI voice is $0.15 per minute and web chat is $0.05 per session. Live agents start at $300 per month including 500 minutes — about $0.60 per minute — or from $5.80 per hour for a dedicated agent working only your account. The minimum engagement is half a seat, not a five-seat block.

How fast can you start answering our phones?

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

Do you answer in Spanish?

Yes, on the same number, with agents in our Bolivia and Nicaragua operation centres — native Spanish, not machine translation. English and Spanish share one queue, and we cover 60+ more languages if you need them.

Can I mix AI and live agents on one number?

That is the normal setup. You decide which call types go to AI and which reach a person, and you can change the split as your volume changes. Nothing about that decision is locked in at signup.

Will the agent know how to talk someone through shutting off the water?

Yes, and it is the first thing they do on a leak call. Where the shutoff usually is, which way it turns, what to do if it is seized, and when to tell the customer to shut off the water heater as well. We work from your instructions, and if you would rather we simply dispatch and say nothing, we do that instead.

Can you follow our after-hours callout rules?

You set them — what qualifies for a night callout, what your after-hours rate is, who gets called first and what happens if they do not answer. We work your list, and every call is logged so you can check afterwards whether the rules are costing you or saving you.

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