A water heater answering service that texts back before they call the next plumber.
Nobody with no hot water waits. A tank that let go at 6am is a flooded utility room and a caller working down the Google results until somebody picks up. Risacare catches the miss: the caller hears a short greeting and your booking link is already in their texts, from your number.
Why water heater pros pick Risacare
The 6am call gets caught
Cold showers do not wait for business hours. Every missed call gets the same text back the moment it rings out — 6am, Sunday, mid-install.
You can't answer with a tank in your arms
Fifty gallons down a basement stairwell is both hands and full attention. The text back goes out without you setting anything down.
They book themselves
The caller taps your link and lands on your connected calendar — Google Calendar or Cal.com — while the water is still on the floor.
Flat $79/mo
A leak week and a quiet week cost the same. No per-lead fee on an emergency call, which is exactly when per-lead pricing hurts most.
Water heater calls are often same-day emergencies
A leaking tank or a house with no hot water doesn't wait. A quick text lets the caller know you got their call even if you can't talk that second.
You're usually mid-job when the phone rings
Underground, in a mechanical room, or on a ladder - plenty of spots where you can't grab the phone. Call Catcher texts back automatically without you touching anything.
Water Heater FAQ
No — and it doesn't try. Every missed caller gets the same greeting and text. You'll see the number and their reply, and you decide what's an emergency. Anything claiming to triage a flooding basement from a recorded greeting is overselling.
That's the case it's built for. The text back fires on the missed call itself — you don't have to reach the phone, unlock it, or stop what you're holding.
Your business number. The caller sees the same number they just dialled, which is why it reads as you answering rather than a service answering for you.
It can send a text back any time a call is missed, day or night. What you do with that lead, call back immediately or first thing in the morning, is up to you.
Around 30 seconds after the missed call, so the customer isn't left wondering if their message actually got through.
No. Risacare doesn't interview anyone — the caller hears a short greeting and gets a text with your booking link. Qualifying still happens when you call back. Nothing pretends to be a receptionist.
No. Replies land in your Risacare leads with the caller's number and you get an alert; you enter the job into whatever you already use. We'd rather say that plainly than sell an integration that doesn't exist.
Call Catcher is $79/mo flat — no per-minute charges, no per-lead fees, no commission on the work it saves. 7-day free trial, card required, cancel any time.
Put it on the number you already use
Tell us where to reach you and roughly how many calls slip past you in a week. It goes straight to the founder — you keep your number, and nothing changes on your phone.
Further reading
- → Missed-call ROI calculator — see the exact revenue your voicemail is eating.
- → How Risacare works — the 10-minute setup.
- → Every trade we build for.
No hot water at 6am shouldn't go to the next plumber. Try Call Catcher free.
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