Guide · After-Hours Answering Service

Never miss another emergency call.

A 24/7 AI answering service built for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing pros. Dinero triages overnight calls, dispatches true emergencies, and books the rest straight into your calendar — so you stop losing $2,000 jobs to voicemail.

Why after-hours coverage matters

Roughly 40% of service calls happen outside 9–5. A burst pipe at 11pm, no heat on a Sunday morning, a sparking outlet on a holiday — these are the highest-margin jobs you book all year, and the ones competitors win the moment your voicemail picks up. Industry data shows 85% of callers who hit voicemail never call back. They call the next listing on Google.

Hiring a human answering service costs $300–$1,500/month, locks you into per-minute billing, and still routes through a generic call center that doesn't know your service area, your pricing, or which jobs are real emergencies. Dinero replaces that with an AI receptionist trained on home-service workflows.

How Dinero handles overnight calls

Answers in under 2 rings

Every call — 2am, Sunday, Christmas morning — picked up by a natural-sounding voice that introduces your business by name.

Detects true emergencies

Trained on HVAC, plumbing, and electrical keywords: no heat, gas smell, sewage backup, water everywhere, sparking, exposed wires, active leak.

Dispatches on-call techs

Emergencies trigger an immediate call or SMS to your on-call rotation with caller name, address, and the issue.

Books non-urgent jobs

Routine calls get booked into the next available slot on your connected calendar — no callback needed in the morning.

Custom after-hours rules

Define your own hours, holidays, and which job types qualify as emergencies. Different rules for weeknights vs weekends.

Full transcript + recording

Every after-hours call shows up in your dashboard by 7am with a transcript, AI summary, and the booked appointment.

By trade

HVAC after-hours answering

Winter no-heat calls and summer no-cool calls are time-sensitive — and tied to flat-rate emergency dispatch fees. Dinero confirms the system type, age, and symptom, then dispatches your on-call tech with everything they need to roll a truck.

24/7 plumbing answering service

Burst pipes, sewage backups, and water heater failures don't wait until Monday. Dinero qualifies the urgency (water actively flowing? main shutoff located?) and triggers immediate dispatch so a tech is on-site before the damage doubles.

Emergency electrical dispatch

Sparking outlets, partial power loss, and burning smells are flagged as priority-1. Dinero collects panel info, asks the caller to kill the breaker if safe, and notifies your on-call electrician within seconds.

Overnight roofing calls

Active leaks during a storm need tarping tonight, not an estimate next week. Dinero books emergency tarp visits and schedules the full repair estimate for the next business day.

Pricing

One flat rate, 24/7 coverage — no separate after-hours surcharge.

$497/month
  • 1,000 included call minutes (overnight, weekends, holidays — all counted the same)
  • Unlimited emergency dispatches
  • Calendar booking, SMS confirmations, call recordings
  • $0.25 per overage minute
  • Cancel anytime

Frequently asked

Stop losing emergency calls tonight.

Dinero is live in under 10 minutes. Connect your number, set your on-call rotation, and never miss another after-hours job.