After-hours answering service for Nashville plumbers

What happens when a call comes in after hours

When a homeowner calls after the shop is closed, or while you are already on a job, the line is answered as your company — not a generic call center script.

1. The receptionist greets them with your shop name and says it is the virtual assistant.
2. It asks whether this is a new job, an existing customer, or an emergency — an active leak, no water, or a sewage backup.
3. It takes a name, a callback number, the address, and a short note about what is going on.
4. An emergency becomes a priority message, or a transfer if you have set an on-call number and it is in window. A routine job becomes a booking request for the next open window.
5. You see the calls in the morning. The page does not invent how many jobs that produces.

It does not quote a price, promise an arrival time, or say that insurance will pay. Existing customers leave a message. You decide who goes out.

Sample call

Sample call, not a live recording. The shop named below is fictional.

Birch & Fable Plumbing · East Nashville · hours in the sample: Mon–Fri 7–5 · Sat 8–12 · Sun closed

1. Receptionist

   Thanks for calling Birch & Fable Plumbing, this is the virtual assistant. Are you calling about a new job, are you an existing customer, or is this an emergency — like an active leak, no water, or a sewage backup?

2. Caller

   New job. My kitchen sink is backing up. Do you do clogged drain?

3. Receptionist

   I can help with that — we handle clogged drain. Are you in East Nashville?

4. Caller

   Yes. Can someone come out today?

5. Receptionist

   We are open 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM monday. I can take a name, a number, and a window, then send this to the shop as a booking request. I will not hold a slot until they confirm.

6. Caller

   Yeah, put me down for the afternoon. It is not an emergency.

7. Receptionist

   Got it. I will log an afternoon booking request and the shop will confirm. If you want to pick a slot yourself, the booking link is https://demo.systemsmaker.com/book/birch-fable-plumbing.

Also on the plans

• Missed-call text-back. If a call is missed, a text goes out asking what they need. Starter and Pro.
• Booking. The receptionist and the site can take a window and send it to the shop to confirm. They do not hold a slot on their own.
• Review requests. After a job, the system can ask for a review. This page does not invent review counts.
• Free website. A contractor site is still available if you want it. It is not the lead offer on this page.

Pricing

Same live checkout as the rest of the site. Amounts come from the published price book. Start Pro opens the Pro plan ($797/mo).

Annual Starter is $249/mo if you pay the year up front. Annual Pro is $697/mo on the same terms.

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