A fair HVAC price,
Snap your label. Vetted local installers bid on the same system, the same scope, and the same install. About 30% less than a normal quote, and you book it all in one place.
WHY AC QUOTES GET SO EXPENSIVE
The equipment is only part of the price.The sales machine adds the rest.
Traditional quotes bundle the equipment, labor, commissions, overhead and markup into one number, making it almost impossible to see what you’re actually paying for.
One real 3-ton job. Your number depends on your system.
The plumb process: choose your equipment, standardize the job, compare the bids, then book. Fair installed price example: $5,850, with $2,250 saved. You choose the equipment from three sized-for-the-same-job options: Brand Match (same brand family), Smart Match (comparable specs, different badge, the lowest price pick), or Efficiency Upgrade (higher efficiency and quieter operation).
WHY WE’RE CALLED PLUMB
The same machine wears two badges.
Trane and American Standard are built by the same manufacturer. So are plenty of pairs you would never guess. One badge costs thousands more than the other for the same capacity, the same warranty terms, and the same install by the same crew. Nobody in the industry volunteers this. We show you both and let you pick. Plumb means straight, level, and exactly right. That’s the price we show you.
You choose what goes in your home.
We identify the system your home needs, standardize the job, and show comparable equipment side by side, from the familiar brand match to a lower-cost equivalent or a higher-efficiency upgrade. Same required capacity. Clear differences. Your choice.
Brand Match
Same brand family you already know.
Smart Match
Comparable specs, different badge, the lowest price.
Efficiency Upgrade
Higher efficiency and quieter operation.
Why plumb costs less
A big share of what you pay goes to sales, not the work.
A big share of what a home-services company charges goes to its sales team and ad budget, not the work in your home. plumb cuts that out. Companies compete for your job instead of paying to chase you, and that saving goes to you.
One 2-ton replacement we've seen. Not an average, just real.
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How it works
Four steps. Two minutes on your phone.
Snap a photo.
Take a picture of the label on your AC unit.
Get the exact job.
Our AI reads it and writes the precise scope and prices it three ways: Brand Match, Smart Match, and Efficiency Upgrade.
Companies compete.
Vetted local companies bid on that exact job. Bids come back within a day. Simple jobs get one instant price.
Pick and book.
Compare every bid next to the company's reviews, then book, pay, and message, all in the app.
Why plumb
plumb is on your side.
Apples to apples.
Every company bids the exact same job, so all that's left to compare is price, warranty, and reputation.
Nothing gets resold.
You're never handed a phone number to go call around. Everything stays in the app.
Only vetted companies.
License and insurance verified, reviews weighted, and your payment held until the job is done.
More than a price
We tell you the things nobody else gets paid to tell you.
Rebates nobody mentioned.
Utility and state programs change constantly and your contractor is not paid to track them. We are. On one job we found roughly $1,900 the homeowner had been told nothing about.
What it costs to run, not just to install.
The cheapest system to put in is sometimes the most expensive to own. A bid-only view pushes you toward the worse decision. We show both numbers.
Whether this is a swap or a project.
A like-for-like replacement and a full conversion are different jobs at different prices. We tell you which one you actually have before anyone bids on it.
We learned all three by hand, running this whole process for one homeowner in Minneapolis whose water heater died on a Saturday.
We didn't make this up
The same job can cost more than three times as much from one company to the next.
Source: Consumers' Checkbook
Contractors are openly coached to mark up parts at least 100 percent.
Source: Jobber
Since 2022, private equity has bought nearly 800 HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Every claim on this page has a source. None of these outlets have covered plumb.
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