The promise
If Avidra doesn't recover 3 booked jobs in your first 30 days, I refund everything and disconnect you myself.
No forms. No retention call.
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PLUMBING · BURLINGTON
AI phone receptionist for plumbers in Burlington
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
You finish a callback at 6pm and find three missed calls from the same number. The last text just says 'never mind, found someone else.'
When the phone rings and you can't
Phone's ringing in the truck cab. You're under a sink with a wrench in your hand.
What Avidra does
Avidra answers your phone, however you've wired it. Live with AI voice, or text-back if the call goes missed, or both running together. The caller gets a real response. You get the captured lead.
The text doesn't replace the human conversation. It buys time for it. You still call back. You still close the job. Avidra just makes sure the lead is warm and the basics about the homeowners are in your inbox before you do.
How Avidra runs both channels
Step 1 · AI picks up live, or texts back if you miss it
Voice and SMS run on the same line. AI answers the live call. SMS fires on the misses. The caller gets one of the two.
Step 2 · Qualifies the caller on whichever channel they're on
Voice intake or SMS intake, the data lands in your inbox the same way.
Step 3 · Transfer to you on call, or summary to your phone
Voice call: transfer to a human when the caller asks. SMS intake: lead summary the moment the conversation closes.
Step 4 · The SMS thread stays open after, so they can text follow-ups
Post-call, the SMS thread stays open as a follow-up channel. The caller can text the AI later and you don't lose the context.
How you wire it up
Avidra runs two ways. Keep your existing business number and forward to Avidra only when you can't pick up. The caller reaches you first. The AI handles the miss. Or use the Avidra number directly and let AI pick up every call, transferring to you when the caller asks. Most shops start with the first setup. The second works better once you've grown past one person on the phone.
Free tier includes both. AI voice and SMS text-back are both in the $0 floor, so neither pickup mode costs extra.
Where Avidra stops
Avidra handles the intake call, the back-and-forth qualifying, and the relay messages you ask it to send to your customers. The phone is the part it owns. The work past it stays with you and your existing tools.
The text won't promise a 2pm slot. It won't quote a dispatch fee unless you've configured one in the script. It won't argue with a homeowner about whether they need a snake or a hydro-jet. The diagnosis and the price stay with you.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a plumbing shop your size.
10 calls/week missed$400 avg job$4,000 / week$17,333 / month$208,000 / year
73% of homeowners don't leave a voicemail. They call the next plumber on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Calls plumbers in Burlington actually take
The calls that land most often go something like this. Leaking toilet flange the homeowner can see through the ceiling. Outdoor hose bib split after a freeze. Sewer smell from a basement floor drain. Main shutoff that won't fully close. Each is the same opportunity. The phone is the bottleneck.
After hours, the calls shift. The patience is shorter and the stakes are higher. Burst supply line spraying into a ceiling. Sewage backing up onto a finished basement floor. Fast pickup is the difference between the job and a callback that never gets returned.
What the year looks like
Burst-pipe calls spike from late November through March. Drain calls run year-round with a small May bump from spring renovation work.
Volume changes by season. Pickup rate shouldn't. Avidra fires the text-back the same way in February as it does in July, on a slow Tuesday or during a heat-advisory week.
How setup actually works
Setup is forwarding plus a script. Your existing business number forwards to Avidra so the AI picks up live calls and catches the ones that ring through to voicemail. You edit the default intake script in both directions. Voice and SMS share the same questions.
Most owners are live the same day. The test is a single call from another phone. The AI answers the call, walks the caller through the intake script, and captures the lead. After that, ring busy and watch the text-back fire.
Why speed matters more than channel
The lead is warm for about five minutes after the call. After that, the caller has scrolled to the next name and most likely already dialed. Email lands too slowly to matter for booking decisions made in that first five minutes. A text-back inside seconds keeps the caller engaged through a short intake while you finish the current job. By the time you call back, the lead is qualified and already expecting your voice.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Burlington
Cold snaps in Burlington push burst-pipe calls into the after-hours queue every winter. Calls come from Aldershot and from across Burlington. The phone doesn't care about postal codes. TSSA-licensed work is required for gas-fired water heater swaps in Ontario. Backflow prevention testing on some municipal accounts needs a CCCDI-certified tester on file.
Common questions
What if the homeowner asks for a specific tech?
The text asks who they worked with previously. The answer is captured in the lead summary for your dispatch.
Will my customers know it's automated?
The text doesn't pretend to be a person, but it doesn't announce itself as a bot either. It says it's your office and that you'll be in touch.
Can it ask whether the water has been shut off?
Yes. The script includes a shutoff-status check for emergencies. The answer lands in the lead summary.
Will it handle a 2am burst pipe call?
Yes. The text fires the same way at 2am as it does at 2pm. Most homeowners with a burst pipe text back within seconds. You see the lead and decide whether to take it that night.
Does it work for emergency-only after-hours?
Yes. Configure the after-hours script to acknowledge emergencies only and book non-emergencies for the next business day.
Try Avidra on your own number
Plug it in, miss a call, see what happens. 14 days free, no card needed to start. Free for 14 days. AI answers your phone live, or texts back the missed callers. Configure however your shop works.
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