Founding shops: 60 days free, set up with you

AI answering service for plumbers, HVAC & electricians

It answers the calls you miss, even at 2 a.m., and texts you the job.

It answers in your business’s name, tells an emergency from a routine job, and writes the job down — or books it, once you switch booking on.

For plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing and restoration shops.

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Rather play the customer? Call our demo line: (503) 765-9727

  • Keep your number
  • No card to start
  • Money back on your first month

Talk to Wakeman — talk or type, and ask it anything.

Call our demo line and play the customer: (503) 765-9727

Try “There’s water coming through my kitchen ceiling” or “My water heater’s out”, and ask for a time tomorrow.

Questions first? Text the founder: (775) 510-2241

Hear it answer

0:45 · plays with sound

Wakeman, for Ridgeline PlumbingThanks for calling Ridgeline Plumbing. What's going on?
CallerYeah, hi — there's water coming out from under my water heater. It's all over the garage floor.

Scripted product walkthrough with example data · Synthesized voices, not a recorded caller. You are hearing the voice that answers a Wakeman line, opening with the notice it plays on every one.

Try “There’s water coming through my kitchen ceiling” or “My water heater’s out”, and ask for a time tomorrow.

Questions first? Text the founder: (775) 510-2241

48%

of calls to home-service businesses don’t reach a person.

55%

of home-service companies don’t ask the caller to book a visit.

$416

of paid work, on average, from each call or message a contractor gets from a Google ad.

An unanswered call is usually a job someone else gets. One of those jobs can pay for a month of Wakeman.

Work out what missed calls cost your shop

Sources: Invoca, home-services call data, 2026 · SearchLight, Google Local Services Ads results for 888 contractors, 2026

How it works

Ready in about ten minutes

See one call, start to finish
  1. 1

    Tell it about your business

    Your trade, your hours and who takes emergencies. About five minutes, on your phone.

  2. 2

    Hear it answer as you

    Call your new Wakeman line and play the customer. Change anything you don’t like.

  3. 3

    Forward your missed calls

    Keep your number. Calls you don’t pick up go to Wakeman. Undo it with one code.

Every morning

Wake up to jobs, not voicemails

One screen shows who called overnight, what’s booked, and who is waiting on you. Booked jobs go into Jobber, or come to you by text.

Booked jobs

Into Jobber, or to your phone by text, with the address checked.

People to call back

One tap to call. A plain note of what they need, so you don’t have to listen first.

Emergencies

Gas, fire, live wires and flooding ring your on-call tech during the call. You see them at the top, in red.

Example · Today · 7:02 AMAnswering calls

Good morning, Dan

Wakeman answered 5 calls last night.

2Booked2Call back1Spam blocked
(503) 555-018711:48 PM

No hot water, pilot light won’t stay lit

Wants someone today · took a message

Tomorrow · 8–10 AM1:37 AM

Burst pipe under the kitchen sink

Booked · 1425 SW Barbur Blvd

Gas, fire or a live wire?

It tells the caller to get out and call 911, then rings whoever is on call — right away, any hour.

A safety net, not an emergency service.

What it’s told to say

“Stop. If you smell gas, leave the building right now. Don’t use any light switches or appliances inside. Call 911 and your gas utility from outside.”

Then it rings whoever is on call

Straight answers

What it does, and what it won’t

It will

Answers in your business’s name, when your plan says it should
Spots gas, fire, live wires and flooding, and rings and texts your on-call phone while the caller is still on the line
Takes the address and checks it
Texts you the job, or books it into Jobber once you switch booking on
Blocks spam calls, and never bills you for them

It won’t

Pretend to be a person. Every call opens with a short AI and recording notice
Keep a caller from you. If they keep asking for a person, it puts them through to your on-call phone
Book anything until you switch booking on
Stand in for 911. It’s a safety net, not an emergency service
Get everything right. It can mishear, so every call is recorded and summed up for you to check

By trade

An answering service set up for your trade

Answering service for contractors
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Also set up for: pest control answering service, garage door answering service, remodeling answering service, landscaping answering service, lawn care answering service, handyman answering service, solar answering service, and every other trade.

Founding shops · 10 places

We’ll set it up with you.

The first ten plumbing, HVAC and electrical shops get Front Desk free for 60 days. We set it up together on one call, and we go through every call with you for the first two weeks.

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  • 60 days free. No card. Keep your number.
  • Set up on one call. Hours, services, who’s on call, and your forwarding.
  • Every call reviewed with you. What it got right, what it got wrong, and the fix.
  • A person, not a queue. The founder, on (775) 510-2241.

Pricing

One price a month. Free for 14 days or 500 minutes, whichever comes first.

  • No card to start
  • Keep your number
  • Money back on your first month

After Hours

One or two trucks, and somebody answers in the day.

$149 /month

Answers when you’re closed
300 minutes a month included
Emergencies ring your on-call phone
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Best for most shops

Front Desk

Nobody should stop work to grab the phone.

$349 /month

Answers day and night, every day
750 minutes a month included
Books into Jobber when you turn it on
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Dispatch

Busy shops, heat waves and hailstorms.

$829 /month

Everything in Front Desk
2,000 minutes a month included
The lowest price per extra minute
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Extra minutes: 59¢ · 39¢ · 29¢ by plan. Spam calls never count. You set a monthly limit; past it, calls ring your cell instead. Not worth it in the first month? Email us within 30 days of your first payment for a full refund. Details

Pricing

One price a month

After HoursNights and weekends$149/moFront DeskRecommendedDay and night, every day$349/moDispatchBusy shops and storm season$829/mo
  • 14 days free on every plan
  • No card to start
  • Money back on your first month
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Questions owners ask

What is an AI receptionist?

An AI receptionist answers a business’s phone with a voice model that listens, asks questions and writes down what the caller needs. Wakeman is one built for plumbing, HVAC and electrical shops: it answers in your business’s name, says it’s an AI, tells an emergency from a routine job, checks the address and texts you the job.

How much does Wakeman cost?

$149 a month for After Hours, $349 for Front Desk and $829 for Dispatch, with 300, 750 or 2,000 minutes included, then 59¢, 39¢ or 29¢ a minute. Spam calls are never billed, you set a monthly spend limit, and every plan is free for 14 days with no card.

Is it a 24/7 answering service?

On Front Desk and Dispatch it answers the calls your team misses at any hour, day or night. On After Hours it answers only while you’re closed. Like any phone service it can have an outage, so it doesn’t promise that every call is answered.

Does it work with Jobber?

Yes. Once you switch booking on, booked jobs go into Jobber with the customer and the checked address. The times it offers are the ones you set in Wakeman, not your whole Jobber calendar. Housecall Pro is not generally available yet, and ServiceTitan is not supported.

Will callers know it’s an AI?

Yes. Every call opens with a short notice that the caller is talking to an AI and that the call is recorded. A caller who keeps asking for a person is put through to your on-call phone.

Do I have to change my phone number?

No. You keep the number your customers already call. Calls you don’t pick up are forwarded to Wakeman, and one code on your phone switches that off again.

What if it can’t help the caller?

It takes a clear message — who, where, what’s wrong — and it shows up on your Today screen with a button to call them back. Anything dangerous rings whoever is on call.

What happens after the free trial?

Pick a plan and it keeps answering. If you don’t, it stops, and new calls ring your on-call phone instead. If the first month isn’t worth it, email us within 30 days of your first payment and we refund it in full.

Can I hear it before I sign up?

Yes. Play the example call at the top of this page. During setup you also call your own Wakeman number and hear it answer as your business before any customer does.

Who do I talk to if something goes wrong?

The founder, directly: (775) 510-2241 or info@wakeman.ai. Not a support queue.

Somebody’s always awake.

Try it on your own phone tonight. About ten minutes, no card.

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