For deck & exterior contractors
The AI receptionist for deck & exterior contractors
The first warm Saturday of spring, a homeowner walks the backyard with a tape measure and starts messaging deck builders about summer. Your summer schedule gets built right there, that weekend — by whoever answers first with a real conversation.
Plinth answers in seconds — evenings and weekends included — books the consultation on your calendar, collects the payment, and shows you exactly which jobs it won you.
Set up in minutes. No new software for your crew to learn.
Why answering first wins
The spring rush builds the summer schedule
Deck season is decided in a handful of spring weekends, when every homeowner who spent winter looking at the backyard finally reaches out — several builders at a time. The consultations you book in April are the decks you build in July. Plinth answers those Saturday-evening inquiries in seconds, asks the right questions, and books the consult while the other builders reply on Monday.
What it handles for a deck & exterior business
- Design and estimate consultations — booked onto your real calendar with a confirmation the homeowner can hold onto
- Composite vs wood questions — answered from what you actually build, with the full walkthrough saved for the consult
- Rebuild-vs-repair scoping — the right questions up front, so you arrive knowing the deck
- Permits and timeline questions — handled honestly, with specifics at the consultation
- Railings, pergolas, and exterior add-ons — from your actual service list
- Quotes that went quiet — a polite follow-up until they book or say no, and a win-back check-in for past customers when it’s time
See it answer
What it says when a homeowner texts you
We want a deck ready by summer — is that still possible?
Let’s find out — the design consultation is where the timeline gets real. What day works to walk the space?
Composite or wood — what do you recommend?
We build both — the right call depends on budget and how much upkeep you want, and it’s an easy conversation at the consult. Want me to set one up?
How much would a 12x16 deck run?
It depends on materials and the site, so we don’t quote sight-unseen — the consultation is how you get an honest number. Does a weekday evening or a weekend work better?
Example responses, shown for the demo. The live assistant answers from your real services, hours, and service area — and books the visit on your actual calendar. It never quotes a price you didn’t approve.
The Plinth standard
Join now and you get the best terms we’ll ever offer: pay nothing up front, pay only for results, month-to-month, working directly with the founder. No borrowed case studies — here’s the standard every account is held to from day one.
We’re onboarding a small group now — book a demo and we’ll fit it to your shop.
- < 60 sec
- Target reply to every new lead
- 24/7
- Coverage — nights, weekends, holidays
- 100%
- Of your leads answered
- Every $
- Of revenue traced to the lead that earned it
Paying is effortless
A deposit up front, the balance when the work’s done — card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or bank, in a couple of taps. The money lands in your own account; Plinth never holds it.
Reviews that compound
The moment a job is paid, Plinth asks for the Google review — the one moment the customer is happiest. That reputation is what makes you the answer the next homeowner finds.
Proof, not promises
Every paid job traced back to the lead that started it — found, answered, booked, paid — with the dollar amount attached. Not an estimate of your return; the exact list.
Fair questions
Straight answers for deck and exterior contractors
How will it know how to answer deck and exterior questions?
You teach it your business in minutes — and it never makes anything up. In setup you give it your services (decks, railings, pergolas, exterior work), the materials you build with, your service area, and hours — you can even import them straight from your website. It answers from your facts and books the consultation for anything it shouldn’t answer.
My leads all come in over a few spring weekends — can it keep up?
That rush is exactly what it’s built for. Every call, text, and web inquiry gets answered in seconds — Saturday evening included — and every consultation lands on your real calendar, so the busiest weekend of the year never double-books you or slips a lead.
Will it quote deck prices?
Never a number you didn’t approve. Its job is to book the consultation and leave the pricing to you. If you choose to share rough ranges, it relays only the ranges you wrote — never a firm quote.
I already use ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, or Jobber — does this replace them?
No — keep them. They run the work once it’s sold; Plinth wins the customer in the first place. Plinth answers the lead, books it, collects the payment, and proves the revenue — the part those tools treat as an afterthought. Different jobs, so they run side by side with nothing for your crew to learn.
What does it cost?
A flat $199/month, plus a small share of jobs Plinth causes — charged only when the job is paid. If we don’t make you money, we don’t make real money. See how pricing works at joinplinth.com/pricing.
Win more Decks & exteriors jobs from the leads you already get.
Plinth starts answering the day you set it up — and it works the same for every big-ticket trade, Decks & exteriors included.
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