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 · LANGLEY
AI phone receptionist for plumbers in Langley
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
It's 7am and you're loading the van for a water heater swap in Langley. A new call comes in. You can't take it and still make your first job on time.
When the phone rings and you can't
You're seated under the vanity tracing a leak when the phone vibrates two rooms away.
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
Live or missed, the caller gets a real reply. Voice on the call, SMS on the miss.
Step 2 · Qualifies the caller on whichever channel they're on
The intake doesn't care if the caller is on voice or text. Same questions, same data captured.
Step 3 · Transfer to you on call, or summary to your phone
Transfers happen on voice. Summaries happen on SMS. The format depends on the channel, but both end up on your phone.
Step 4 · The SMS thread stays open after, so they can text follow-ups
After a voice call ends, the SMS thread stays open. The caller can text follow-up questions and the AI keeps the conversation going.
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.
Two people on the phones, not just one
The customer-facing AI is one half of the product. The other half is yours. Text the Avidra number any natural-language instruction like 'text Dave I'm running 15 late' or 'show me Friday's bookings.' Avidra relays the message or pulls the data. Most owners forget this is part of the product until the first time they use it from a job site.
Calls plumbers in Langley actually take
You probably recognize these patterns by now. Leaking toilet flange the homeowner can see through the ceiling. Low pressure on the second floor since the renovation. Garburator humming but not turning. Main shutoff that won't fully close. Pick up first and you book the job. Pick up second and you don't.
Off-hours calls run differently. Tighter, more urgent, less willing to wait until morning. Burst supply line spraying into a ceiling. No hot water at 9pm in a house with kids. The shop that picks up fast keeps the work.
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.
For most plumbers, the call volume isn't flat. You probably already plan staffing and on-call coverage around the peaks. Avidra runs the same in busy season as in slow. No per-call charges, no surge pricing when the inbox gets loud.
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 Langley
TSBC permits are required for gas-fired water heater replacements in BC. Some Greater Vancouver municipalities also require backflow testing on commercial accounts.
Common questions
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 tell the homeowner I'm booked three weeks out?
Only if you've set that as a hard rule for the script. By default, Avidra captures the lead and lets you decide whether to take it.
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.
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.
Will it disclose my dispatch fee?
Yes. Most plumbers add a 'service call fee is $X, applied to the job if you proceed' line to the script. The caller sees it before they commit.
Try Avidra on your own number
Two minutes of setup. Fourteen days free. Cancel if you don't see leads land that you would have lost. No card up front. Avidra works the same in Langley as it does in the busiest market we cover. The intake script changes by trade, the rest stays the same.
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