Answer 5 quick questions. We'll show you exactly where the money is going — and the free fix for each leak, with the hours it takes to do it yourself. No fluff. Real numbers. 6-minute read.
Free works. It just takes about 10–12 hours a week of your time. The paid stack works too — and costs roughly $1,800/mo across four logins.
A site that loads in 2 seconds, shows your work, and has a quote-request form. Then every field on your GBP — service area, hours, weekly photos, replies to every review.
Forward to your cell. Voicemail-to-text on. Text back inside 30 minutes — that's the rule that wins.
Day 2, Day 5, Day 10. Set the alarms when you send the quote. Copy-paste the template when they go off.
Save your Google review link as a phone shortcut. Send same-day. Every customer. No exceptions.
Quote follow-ups, invoice reminders, review-ask texts, and a free website with a built-in quote form — under one login. Unlimited users. Start free.
Start your free trial →For each leak: a visualization, your personalized $/yr, the step-by-step free fix (with hour estimates), and what the paid alternative actually costs.
The job goes to whoever Google shows first and looks legit.
Flooded basement at 7 AM. Homeowner types "plumber near me," picks one of the top three results. They tap your map listing, land on your website — or whatever you have instead — and decide in five seconds.
Of all the trades, plumbing turns the most searches into calls — 12 to 16 calls per 100 visitors. But only if you have a real site that loads fast, shows your work, and lets them request a quote.
One missed water heater is $1,500–$3,500. One missed sewer line is $3,000–$8,000. One missed repipe is $5,000–$15,000.
The call goes to your competitor.
Frozen pipe at 2 AM. Basement flooding. Homeowner calls three plumbers in five minutes. They go with whoever picks up first.
27 out of 100 calls go unanswered on a normal day. 60+ when your truck is on a job. 78 out of 100 of those callers never call back.
Every missed plumbing call is worth $300 to $1,500. One missed slab leak pays for a year of any tool you'd buy to fix this.
They hired someone else.
8 out of 10 jobs only close after 5 follow-up touches. 8 out of 10 contractors give up after 2. Almost half never follow up at all.
The contractor who texts three times over two weeks wins the job. Not the cheapest. Not the best work. The one who stayed in touch.
You quoted a $6,800 repipe. They were getting two more bids. You didn't follow up. They went with the first plumber who checked in 48 hours later.
If your competitor has 3× the reviews, you don't get the emergency call. Period.
Google's #1 ranking signal in 2026: reviews — how many, how recent, what stars.
91 out of 100 homeowners say reviews matter when picking a contractor. Only 3 out of 100 will hire anyone under 3 stars.
70% of reviews happen when you ask. 3% happen when you don't. That's the whole game.
You can plug all four for $0 + about 10–12 hours a week. Or stack four paid tools for ~$1,800/mo. Or do both jobs at once with CurbBid — one login, flat price, free website included.