Bill last year's sweep customers automatically every August. Send a $1,250 chimney crown rebuild quote with photos from the rooftop. Build a checklist for your Level 1/2/3 inspections so every tech documents the same way.
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The five things that turn a $185 first sweep into a multi-year customer. A recurring plan that bills the annual sweep automatically. On site quotes for the crown rebuild plus cap install plus flue liner upgrade you spotted. An inspection checklist built around your Level 1/2/3 standards. Photo documentation per chimney. Route optimization to fit more sweeps into a Tuesday. All in one app. Built for the tech who has crawled an 1880s Boston brownstone chimney with a flashlight in late October.
Put the annual sweep on a recurring plan once and it bills itself every year. The customer's card on file is charged on schedule and the visit goes on your calendar. No manual invoice, no chasing the renewal call every August.
Tech inspecting from the rooftop sees the crown is cracked. The cap is missing. The flue tile has a 4 inch gap. He photographs each issue. He builds the repair quote on his phone. Crown rebuild $1,250 plus new cap $385 plus flue liner upgrade $1,800 equals $3,435. Customer signs and pays a 30 percent deposit before the tech is back in the truck.
Build a checklist for your Level 1, 2, or 3 inspection steps so every tech covers the firebox, flue, crown, cap, smoke chamber, and exterior the same way. Attach photos of each component to the job and export a branded photo report as a PDF for the customer or their insurance company.
Every visit. Photos of the firebox, the flue top and bottom, the crown, the cap, any creosote buildup, any cracked tile. Saves to the customer record with a timestamp. Pull up last year's photos next to this year's and you can spot a developing crack yourself before it is an emergency.
Route optimization groups the day's sweeps to cut drive time between stops. For example, a Tuesday with five sweeps scattered across town could tighten into more stops in the same neighborhood corridor, for the same hours on the clock.
Starter is $19/mo. Texting, AI and dispatch start on Crew at $39. The phone line and AI receptionist are on Business at $79.
Chimney sweep is a multi-year recurring customer business hidden inside what looks like a one and done annual service. For example, a customer who signs up for a $185 sweep plus Level 1 inspection might add a $385 cap install by year three, a $1,250 crown rebuild by year five, and a $1,800 flue liner upgrade by year eight. That is real revenue over the life of the relationship, and it starts with one annual booking on a recurring plan.
The shops that win do three things differently. They put the annual sweep on a recurring plan so it bills itself every August instead of relying on a phone call. They catch the repair upsell on site so the $1,250 crown rebuild does not go to the next chimney company the customer Googles. They document every inspection with a consistent checklist and photos so the record holds up if a customer or an insurer asks questions later.
The recurring plan is the engine. On site repair quoting is the upside.
When the customer signs up for the annual sweep at $185 on a recurring plan, you set a multi-year relationship in motion. Each year, the plan bills the card on file and puts the visit on your calendar for her usual window. She never has to remember to call, and you never have to remember to invoice her. That is real time back during your busiest weeks of the year.
On site repair quoting is what can turn a $185 sweep into a much larger repair package. Tech is on the rooftop inspecting the chimney crown. He notices a 1.5 inch crack across the crown. The cap is missing entirely. It probably blew off in a storm. From the inside view through the smoke chamber the second flue tile has a 4 inch gap that has been letting creosote settle into the gap for years. He photographs each issue with his phone. Close up of the crown crack. The missing cap from below. The flue tile gap from inside. He builds the quote right there. Crown rebuild with concrete cap $1,250 plus new stainless cap $385 plus flue liner upgrade insulated stainless $1,800 equals $3,435. The customer sees the photos and a clear quote on the tech's phone. She signs. She pays a 30 percent deposit of $1,030 through the quote. The repair work goes on Friday's calendar before the tech is back in the truck.
A consistent inspection checklist is what makes your records something a homeowner or an insurer can trust. Build the Level 1, 2, or 3 checklist once: visible portions of the chimney, accessible portions, the firebox, smoke chamber, flue, crown, cap, exterior. Every tech works the same list and attaches photos of each component to the job. Export the photo report as a branded PDF when the inspection is done. Claver doesn't file anything with an insurer or a regulator, so it's on you to hand the homeowner that PDF for whatever her policy requires.
Photo documentation per chimney is what can help you catch a developing problem early. Say the crown shows a 1mm hairline crack at year one, 4mm at year two, and 8mm at year three. Pull up last year's photo next to this year's and the trajectory is obvious. You can show the customer the trend and let her decide whether to schedule the rebuild now instead of waiting for an emergency.
And route optimization can turn a scattered sweep day into a tighter one. Claver's route optimization puts the day's jobs in the shortest driving order. For example, a Tuesday that used to mean five sweeps with heavy cross-town driving could become a tighter run of stops in the same neighborhood corridor, same tech, same hours, less time on the road.
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$19/mo to start. $39/mo for growing teams. $79/mo for the full toolkit. AI summaries. App phone line. Recurring plans for annual sweeps. On site repair quotes. Inspection checklists and photo reports. Route optimization. Same plans as every Claver page. No chimney upsell.
Every plan includes unlimited jobs, quotes, invoices, and Stripe payments. Texting, AI, dispatch and job costing start on Crew. The phone system and full back office are on Business.
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