HVAC shops in Seattle miss a third of their calls. Hank picks up.
You’re running a shop covering the Puget Sound (206area codes). Phone’s ringing, you’re on a job. Hank picks up, qualifies the work, and texts you back a clean job card. AC season runs hard from May through September here — that's when missed calls spike most.
Local context · Seattle, WA
Seattle's wet winters drive recurring water-intrusion and gutter-overflow calls, while the recent climate-driven heat-dome summers are pushing AC retrofits in homes that historically never had cooling.
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The math, for a Seattle-area shop
Cooling season is when you make the year. It's also when you miss the most calls.
40%
of HVAC calls during heat waves go to voicemail — peak demand, peak misses
$520
average value of a residential HVAC service call lost when a customer hangs up
5 min
before a customer calls the next shop on Google. They aren't waiting.