For contractors on the job site
The AI answering service for contractors with both hands busy.
Estimate requests and service calls answered 24/7, each project qualified by type, town and timeline before the estimate visit lands on your calendar.
- Type of work: kitchen remodel
- Town: inside your service area
- Timeline: next month
- Existing client
- Job in progress
- Meets your transfer rule
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- Willard Power Vac
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- Rickabaugh Construction
- Hillsview Building
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- Northwest New Homes
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- Smart Doors LLC
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The calls that slip by
Which calls does a contractor miss?
The ones that ring while you are doing the work: on a roof, in a client’s kitchen walking through an estimate, or driving between job sites.
On the roof or under the house
Both hands are busy and the phone is in the truck. A homeowner calling about a project leaves a voicemail, or calls the next contractor on the list and never leaves one.
In the middle of an estimate
You are walking a client through a remodel and can’t step out for every ring. The next project inquiry goes to voicemail while you measure.
After the crew goes home
Plenty of homeowners call about projects after their own workday or on the weekend. If nobody picks up until Monday, another contractor may have booked the walkthrough by then.
Two kinds of calls on one line
New estimate requests and calls about jobs already underway ring the same phone. Sorting them by hand means callbacks, voicemail tag and the occasional good lead lost in the pile.
On a contractor’s line
How does an AI receptionist for contractors cover the phone while you work?
Lithium’s AI receptionist picks up every call, sorts estimates from service calls and sizes up each project, so you come back to a list of qualified leads.
Tells estimates from service calls
It asks early whether the caller wants a new project quoted or needs help with work already underway, then takes the path you set for each.
Sizes up the project
Type of work, town and timeline come first, then anything you add, such as a budget range. You know whether a job fits before you drive out.
Answers the basics
Which towns you serve, what work you take and when you’re open. Callers get those answers from the knowledge base Lithium fills with your details.
Picture messages count
Some clients reach out by text first. The AI handles SMS and MMS, picture messages included.
Answers every caller at once
Unlimited concurrent calls, so when a hailstorm sends half the neighborhood to the phone, every caller still gets an answer.
Keeps the record
Every conversation is kept as a recording and a transcript, and the project details land in your CRM, ready for the estimate.
Proof from the trades
Already in use at a garage door company.
Lithium built the website for Smart Doors LLC, a Southwest Washington garage door company, and later set the company up with the AI receptionist.
Try it from the truck
Hear it before it answers for you.
Lithium’s own number runs the same AI you would get, and yours gets its own voice, greeting and knowledge base. Call from the job site, try to book a time and listen to the questions it asks.
Ask it about services, pricing and availability. Try it right now.
- 30 natural AI voices
- Custom knowledge base
- SMS & MMS handling
- CRM & calendar hooks
- Call recording & transcripts
- Unlimited concurrent calls
$179/mo
Fully managed AI receptionist
vs. $3,500+/mo for a human receptionist. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Before you hire an answering service
AI or a staffed answering service: which fits a contractor?
The AI fits a contractor who needs projects qualified and estimate visits booked, two things a staffed answering service can’t do.
Who picks up
- Staffed answering service
- Operators reading from a script
- Lithium AI answering service
- A natural AI voice you choose, introducing your company
New project inquiries
- Staffed answering service
- Can’t qualify leads
- Lithium AI answering service
- Qualified with your questions first
Estimate visits
- Staffed answering service
- Can’t book into your calendar
- Lithium AI answering service
- Booked onto your calendar
Caller questions
- Staffed answering service
- Whatever the script says
- Lithium AI answering service
- Answered from your own knowledge base
What a contractor pays
How is an AI answering service for contractors priced?
Lithium’s AI answering service runs $179 a month for a contractor, and setup costs nothing extra.
$179
per month
No contract to sign. Lithium sets up the voice, the knowledge base and your transfer rules, then keeps them tuned as your work changes.
Can the AI receptionist book estimate appointments?
Yes, Lithium’s AI receptionist books estimate visits. When a project fits, it offers the caller open times from your calendar, books the visit and texts a confirmation, so there is no phone tag before you have even met. You decide which kinds of projects get a visit.
Will the AI quote prices on the phone?
Lithium’s AI receptionist quotes only the prices you choose to give it. Put a starting price in its knowledge base and it can share that number; leave pricing out and it explains that projects are priced after an on-site estimate, then offers to book one.
Can the AI screen out calls I don’t want?
Yes. Lithium’s AI receptionist checks each caller against the limits you give it, such as your service area and the work you take on. A caller who doesn’t fit gets a polite answer instead of an estimate visit, and the transcript shows what they wanted.
Can the AI send hot leads to my cell?
Yes. Lithium’s AI receptionist can transfer a call to a real person, and your call rules decide which calls ring your cell, such as a project above a budget you set or a commercial job inquiry. Everything else is answered, qualified and booked without interrupting your day.
How fast can a contractor get it live?
Lithium can have a contractor’s AI answering service taking calls within days. Lithium starts with a short intake about your service area, the project types you take on and your transfer rules, then builds and tests everything before your first real caller.
Free action plan
Ready to keep the phone covered while you work?
Let’s have a real conversation about your business. No fluff, no high-pressure sales pitch. In a 1:1 strategy call, we’ll review your goals, your website, and your current marketing efforts. You’ll leave with a prioritized plan outlining quick wins and a clear path toward long-term, sustainable growth.
What we’ll cover
- What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
- Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
- Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
- Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success
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