For plumbers

Burst pipe at 7am. You are already under a sink. Who is answering?

Plumbing is the trade where picking up first wins the job, and where the calls come at the worst possible times. Adminmate answers all of them, works out which ones are emergencies, and books the rest.

Sound familiar?

The bits of being a plumber nobody pays you for.

The phone goes while your hands are wet, under a sink, in someone's airing cupboard.

A panicking customer rings three plumbers at once. Whoever answers gets the work.

The 2am burst pipe either wakes you up or goes to the next name on the list.

Winter turns into three weeks where you cannot keep up with the phone at all.

What it does for you

Built round how plumbers work.

  • Triages an emergency properly: water off first, then the details, then you.
  • Prices bathroom work and repairs off your own rate card, not a guess.
  • Books call-outs into hours you have actually kept free.
  • Chases the invoice for the emergency job you did three weeks ago and never got round to asking about.
12:40
Adminmate
Quote Mrs Hughes. New shower and two basin taps, one day, parts £320
Quote · Mrs Sarah Hughes
Labour, one day£380.00
Shower and two basin taps£320.00
Fittings and waste£56.00
Total£756.00
From your rate card. Nothing guessed.
Dean's timeForty seconds, from the van.
Add call answering

Hear it answer as a plumber.

A leak, mid morning, while you are already on a job.

Water off, danger flagged, job booked, and Dean found out about it when he came up for air.

An example call, written out. Not a recording.

  1. AssistantHello, thanks for calling DW Plumbing, I'm Dean's assistant, how can I help?
  2. CallerThere's water coming through my kitchen ceiling, it's coming through the light fitting.
  3. AssistantRight, that one needs sorting today. First thing: don't touch that light or its switch. Can you get to your stopcock and turn the water off?
  4. CallerIt's under the sink, isn't it. Hang on. Yeah, that's off.
  5. AssistantGood. Is anything still running down, or has it stopped?
  6. CallerIt's slowing down now.
  7. AssistantThat's what we want. Can I take your name and address, and I'll get Dean to you.
  8. CallerMarie Ellis, 3 Bryn Terrace in Bedwas, CF83 2PL.
  9. AssistantThanks Marie, you're all booked in for between 2 and 4 today. I'll send a text to confirm, and if anything changes just reply to it or ring me back.
Questions

Questions plumbers ask

Will it know the difference between an emergency and a dripping tap?

Yes, and it is the thing it is most careful about. A leak, a burst or anything with water near electrics gets the safety instruction first, then you are told: at once in the hours you cover emergencies, first thing in your morning report outside them. It never quietly books an emergency in for Thursday.

Can it take out-of-hours calls?

It answers whenever the phone rings, including 2am. What happens next is your rule: a genuine emergency in the hours you cover is sent to you by text at once, and anything that can wait is taken as a message.

What about the ones who just want a price over the phone?

It gets the details and puts a quote in front of you to approve. It does not invent a number to keep someone happy, because a made-up price is a job you lose money on or an argument later.

Pricing

From £99 a month. Nothing to add.

Two plans, printed in full. No tier you have to call to find out the price.

Solo

You, your van and your phone.

£99a month
  • Quotes from a text, built from your own prices
  • Invoices with VAT, CIS and deposits done right
  • Chasing, politely, until they pay
  • Your diary, kept and confirmed
  • Call answering for the calls you don't pick up
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Team

Up to ten of you, ten diaries.

£169a month
  • Everything in Solo
  • A diary each, and work put on the right person
  • One view of who is where and what is owed
Book a demo
  • From £99 a month
  • The price you see is the whole price
  • We set it up with you
  • Cancel any time

Pay for the year at ten months' price. Cancel any time and the unused time is refunded.

Fifteen minutes, and you see it run your office.

A real person shows you it working on a real job, then sets it up around your trade. No pressure, no card details.

Book a demo
  • From £99 a month
  • The price you see is the whole price
  • Cancel any time