Dispatch Software for Plumbing owners

Plumbing Dispatch Software

Plumbing dispatch handles the urgency spread: midnight burst-pipe emergencies, daytime water heater installs, scheduled drain cleanings. Smarfle's drag-to-reassign Kanban + AI Receptionist for after-hours + per-truck tool inventory mean the right plumber gets to the right job with the right gear. Without you sleeping with your phone on the nightstand.

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Smarfle CRM. Plumbing Dispatch Board
Scheduled2

Service call · 123 Oak St

Mike10:00 AM

Install · 451 Maple Dr

Sara11:30 AM
In Progress1

Repair · 88 Pine Ave

CarlosNow
Completed2

Service · 22 Birch Ln

MikeDone

Tune-up · 17 Cedar Ct

SaraDone
Live map · drag to reassignRoute optimized · saves 47 min

Real Smarfle UI · Live data from your plumbing CRM

Why generic dispatch software fails plumbing owners

Generic dispatch tools weren’t built for plumbing. Smarfle was.

Generic dispatch software

What everyone else gives you

  • Generic dispatchers go to voicemail after-hours: customer calls competitor
  • FieldEdge / Housecall Pro don't tag trucks by specialty tools
  • Service + install run on the same calendar with no role-based filtering
  • Route optimization is manual map juggling or a separate paid tool
  • Mobile field experience is read-only: paper schedule from morning

Smarfle for Plumbing

Built for your actual workflow

  • AI Receptionist takes the 2am call, qualifies emergency, books on-call plumber, SMSes them the address + customer phone
  • Per-truck tool inventory: drain camera, hydro-jetter, jackhammer. Dispatch warns if a drain cam call routes to wrong truck
  • Each tech tagged with role. Service emergencies don't route to install-tied crews by mistake
  • Routes page picks date + tech, clicks Optimize. Multi-stop nav link goes to tech's phone for the day
  • Mobile PWA: tech sees today's route + customer notes (water shutoff location, prior issues), navigates, captures photos
Step-by-step

How plumbing dispatch works in Smarfle

From the first touch to the closed loop. No missing pieces.

  1. 1

    Customer calls (or AI Receptionist takes it after-hours)

    Customer with a slow drain books a scheduled cleaning. Burst pipe at 2am gets answered by AI Receptionist, qualified as emergency, booked to on-call plumber with SMS notification including customer address.

  2. 2

    Dispatch board shows available plumbers + truck loadout

    Office sees live tech locations + which truck has drain camera, hydro-jetter, jackhammer loaded. Closest qualified plumber with the right tool gets the call.

  3. 3

    Drag-to-reassign for emergency add-ons mid-day

    No-hot-water emergency drops at 11am. Office drags the WO onto the closest service plumber's swimlane (not install crew tied up on a repipe). Affected customers get auto-SMS about new ETA.

  4. 4

    Tech sees today's optimized route on their phone

    Mobile dashboard shows the day's stops in route order. Each card has customer address, problem description, water shutoff location, prior service history. One tap navigates.

  5. 5

    On Way + Arrived SMS go out automatically

    Tech taps 'On Way' from the field. Customer gets ETA SMS with tech name. Tech taps 'Arrived' on arrival. Cuts the 'where is the plumber' call volume by 50%.

  6. 6

    Job complete + invoice fires from the field

    Tech logs parts used + labor + service call fee on mobile WO. Invoice pre-fills + sends via Pay Now link. Customer pays before tech drives off. Especially valuable for emergency jobs where AR cycle would otherwise be 30+ days.

Where plumbing dispatch breaks down

The friction every plumbing owner recognizes.

After-hours burst pipe goes to voicemail

Customer with active flooding calls at 2am. Office is closed, voicemail picks up, customer hangs up + calls 3 competitors. You wake up to a missed $800 emergency job. And never get the maintenance revenue from that customer either.

Drain cam call routed to truck without the camera

Generic dispatchers don't tag trucks by specialty tools (drain camera, hydro-jetter, jackhammer). Tech arrives without the camera, has to drive back to the shop, customer is paying for the round trip in trust.

Install crew can't take service calls: but dispatch doesn't know

Install crew tied up on a 2-day repipe. A no-hot-water emergency drops at 11am. Generic dispatcher accidentally tries to route it to the install crew = customer is told 'same day' but no one shows.

The math for plumbing owners

Capture the after-hours emergencies your competitors miss

AI Receptionist + dispatch board capture the 30-40% of plumbing emergency calls that come in after-hours. At $400 average emergency service call ticket × 2-3 captures/week, that's $40-60k/year in revenue your competitors are missing because they don't pick up.

85%+

After-hours capture rate

2-3

Extra emergencies / week

$40-60k

Annual revenue captured

Based on typical plumbing operations. Your numbers may vary.

Plumbing Dispatch Software CRM questions

AI follows a configurable triage prompt. For plumbing: 'Active flooding or no water' = emergency → routes to on-call plumber with SMS. 'Quote for new water heater' = sales lead → office returns in business hours. You configure the boundaries via Voice Settings.
Yes. Tag each truck with its specialty tools loaded. Dispatch suggestions filter. Drain cam call goes to the truck with the camera, hydro-jet call goes to the truck with the jet. Prevents the 'arrived without the gear' wasted trip.
Each tech has a role tag (Service, Install, Both). Dispatch suggestions filter by role. Service emergencies don't accidentally route to install-tied crews. Cross-trained plumbers marked Both can fill in either side when needed.
Smarfle warns dispatch when a job runs over its allotted time. Office can fire 'Running Late' SMS to affected customers with new ETA. Customer-asks-where-is-the-plumber call volume drops by ~50%.
Yes. Customer record stores site notes (main shutoff location, prior service history, gate codes, pet warnings). Mobile WO shows this to the tech before arrival so they're prepared + don't waste time on questions the customer answered last visit.
Multi-day work order spans the project. Crew + truck + tools blocked for the full span. Daily child WOs track each day's progress. Service dispatcher can't accidentally pull the install crew off the project for a same-day emergency.

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