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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HVAC · CALEDON
What a missed call costs a Caledon hvac shop
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You're on top of a rooftop unit when the call comes through. It's the third time this morning. The first two left voicemails that didn't say enough to plan a route around.
What Avidra does
Avidra is a text-back system that runs the second you miss a call. The caller gets a real reply, not a voicemail loop. You get a structured lead with the basics filled in.
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.
Where the math breaks even
Break-even is one recovered job a month for almost every plan tier. If Avidra catches one hvac lead in the trial that would have gone to voicemail, you're already ahead on the year. The trial period is 14 days, so the math has the chance to prove itself before you're paying.
Two ways to set it up
Two setup paths. Path one is forwarding: your existing business number stays the front door, calls ring to your phone, and Avidra only catches the unanswered ones. Path two is direct: the Avidra number is the front door, AI picks up every call live, and it transfers to your cell when the caller asks for a human. Most one-truck shops use path one. Larger shops with reception coverage usually move to path two.
Both pickup modes run on the Free tier. AI voice answering and SMS text-back are included at $0, with 30 voice minutes a month.
What Avidra does and doesn't
Avidra answers calls live with AI voice, or texts missed callers back if you'd rather. It runs your intake script. It captures jobs and relays messages to your customers when you ask. What it doesn't do: write your invoices, schedule your techs, replace your dispatcher, or pull customer history from your CRM.
The script will disclose your service-call fee if you tell it to, but it won't volunteer a price you haven't approved. It won't diagnose a no-cool by symptom. It won't tell a homeowner whether their compressor is shot. Equipment make and model gets captured. What you do with that information is your call.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a hvac shop your size.
8 calls/week missed$600 avg job$4,800 / week$20,800 / month$249,600 / year
73% of homeowners don't leave a voicemail. They call the next HVAC contractor on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Your assistant for the calls you do answer
Avidra isn't just for missed calls. The owner side runs on text and voice too. From a truck or a job site, you can text the Avidra number to relay a message to a specific customer, ask how today's leads are shaping up, or have the AI book a callback. It does what a human dispatcher would do, on whichever channel you're already using.
Calls HVAC contractors in Caledon actually take
You probably recognize these patterns by now. AC blowing warm air after the contactor stuck. Mini-split error code on the indoor head. Condensate line clogged and dripping onto a hallway floor. Thermostat showing the right temp but no heat coming through. Each one is a job you'd close if you could pick up the phone.
After-hours patterns are tighter. The urgency is higher and the timeline is shorter. Gas smell near a furnace, needs immediate triage. No AC during a heat advisory. Whoever answers first books it. Everyone else gets the voicemail tone.
What the year looks like
Two peaks. Heat advisories drive AC emergency calls May through August. Cold snaps and first-frost weeks drive no-heat calls late October through February.
Most HVAC contractors can predict the peaks. The trick is keeping pickup steady through them. Avidra doesn't surge-price during your busy weeks and doesn't go quiet during the slow ones.
Setup is short
Setup is a 10-digit phone number and a short script. You forward your missed calls to the Avidra number that gets assigned at signup. You edit the default intake script to match how you talk to a new lead. That's the whole setup.
Most owners run their first real test inside an hour of signing up. The honest test is to miss a call on purpose from a friend's phone and watch what happens. The text fires. The follow-up questions land. You see the lead summary on your phone.
The five-second window
Speed is the whole game. A caller who got voicemail and then got a confirmation email twenty minutes later has already booked the next number on the list. A text-back inside five seconds reads as a real reply. The caller responds while they're still mentally on the call. The human callback then lands into a warm conversation, not a cold one.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Caledon
TSSA G2 or G3 ticket is required for any gas appliance install or service in Ontario. Some municipalities also require a mechanical permit for ductwork changes.
Common questions
Does it handle no-heat panic differently than a quote request?
Yes. The script branches on urgency. Emergencies get a faster acknowledgement and a 'we're on the way' style intake.
Will it work for commercial accounts?
Commercial intake is a separate script path. The questions are different and the routing usually goes to a dispatcher, not the field tech.
Does the script know the difference between cooling and heating season?
You can configure seasonal scripts. Most owners switch them in October and again in April.
Can I quote a service call fee in the script?
Yes. The flat trip charge or after-hours rate can be disclosed in the intake message.
Can it book a tune-up appointment automatically?
Booking is on you. The script captures preferred days and times so dispatch is faster.
Try Avidra on your own number
14-day free trial. No credit card, no contract. If it doesn't catch your first missed call, you don't pay. Avidra works the same in Caledon as it does in the busiest market we cover. The intake script changes by trade, the rest stays the same.
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