A gas smell does not wait to be answered

Someone calling about a gas smell, no heat with a baby at home, or water coming through the ceiling will not try again later — they call the next technician on the list. Before anything gets booked, that call needs someone to recognize whether it is an emergency.

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Summit Heating and Cooling, good afternoon. How can I help?

Read the whole call

Scripted, not recorded — real customer calls carry private details we don't publish, but the assistant is built to hold exactly this kind of conversation.

What the business is left with

A customer at fourteen twenty Pine Street, Kent, reported the AC blowing warm air. Tech visit tomorrow nine to one; the eighty nine dollar diagnostic is applied to the repair.

Intent
Visit
Sentiment
Neutral
Resolution
Resolved

Before booking anything, it has to know whether it is an emergency

In the first two exchanges, Sonora AI tells an emergency apart from routine work. A gas smell, a carbon monoxide alarm, a burning smell, active flooding, or no heat with an infant, an elderly person, or someone with a medical condition at home — that dispatches the on-call technician immediately, before offering an appointment.

Everything else — what can wait for a scheduled visit — follows the normal path: booked against your real calendar, on the same call.

Coverage confirmed before promising anything

If the caller gives an address that has not been confirmed, Sonora AI checks the service area before offering a time or dispatching anyone. If it is out of area, it says so — it does not promise a visit it cannot deliver.

What Sonora AI does not do, stated plainly

It never gives a firm price over the phone — if asked what a job costs, it gives the range you defined and states plainly that the technician confirms the final number on site.

It also gives no trade folklore: how long a part usually lasts, whether one brand is better than another, when a replacement part will arrive. And it never walks a caller through fixing something themselves — gas lines, an electrical panel, or refrigerant always stay with the technician.

The appointment, booked on the same call

For anything non-urgent, Sonora AI reads your real calendar, offers two times, and leaves the appointment booked. It reads the service address back digit by digit before confirming, and takes a name and callback number.

If someone calls about a case already reported, it looks it up by reference number or phone, and can text a secure link to upload photos or an invoice — it never asks for those by email.

Nothing changes about how you work today

On the web plan it is a link and a QR: on the invoice, on the truck, in your Instagram bio. Nothing about your number or how you coordinate work changes.

If you later want your existing number answered, the phone plan exists.

What you see after every call

Every call ends as a summary of what happened, whether it was dispatched as an emergency or booked, and the full transcript. Booked appointments carry the address and callback number.

That tells you how many emergencies come in outside business hours — the ones that get lost today when nobody is there to answer.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI answering service for an HVAC company?

The one that recognizes an emergency before booking anything else. The criteria that matter are four: it tells an emergency apart from routine work in the first exchanges, it dispatches immediately for a gas smell or no heat with someone vulnerable at home, it never gives a firm price over the phone, and it confirms the service area before promising a visit. Sonora AI is built on those four.

Does it dispatch an emergency right away?

Yes. For a gas smell, a carbon monoxide alarm, active flooding, or no heat with an infant, an elderly person, or someone with a medical condition at home, it dispatches the on-call technician by your own rule, without trying to book anything first.

Does it give a firm price over the phone?

No, never. It gives the price range you defined and states that the final number is confirmed by the technician on site, after seeing the problem. It also never walks a caller through fixing something themselves.

How much does it cost for an HVAC company?

Plans start at $29 per month with included minutes, no setup fee and no lock-in. Full pricing is published on the pricing page.