Plumbing is the classic missed-call trade: you're under a sink with wet hands while the phone rings itself out, and that caller is a burst pipe worth £300 or a bathroom refit worth thousands, now ringing the next plumber on Google. OnTheBlower answers instantly, books the job in, and, crucially, puts genuine emergencies straight through to your mobile while quotes and reschedules become tidy messages.
What it sounds like on a real call
A pipe's burst, there's water coming through my kitchen ceiling!
That's an emergency. I'm transferring you straight to Dave now, stay on the line. While it connects: turn off the stopcock if you can reach it safely.
⚡ Urgent call transferred to your mobile
🔊 Hear it:A demo call with the assistant's actual voice,
the caller is played for the demo.
You decide what counts as an emergency
Your rules, in plain English: "Burst pipes, major leaks, no heating in winter, put through. Dripping taps, quotes, new bathrooms, take a message." The assistant triages every call against your list, 24/7. Gas smell? It tells callers to ring the National Gas Emergency line on 0800 111 999 before anything else.
Keep your number, keep your SEO
Your number stays on your van, your website and your Google profile. You just divert to your assistant when you're on the tools, after a few rings, or always. Nothing about your online presence changes.
What OnTheBlower costs
£5/moPay as you go, 50p per answered minute
£20/moStarter, 60 minutes included, then 40p
£45/moBusy, 150 minutes included, then 40p
Plus a £10 one-off admin fee when your number
goes live. Optional texts 5p each. No contract, full details on the
pricing page.
Quick questions
Can it give quotes?
Only prices you've approved. It never invents a price, anything unusual becomes a callback with the details already captured.
What if I'm mid-job and it's urgent?
Emergency calls ring your actual mobile. Answer if you can; if you can't, the assistant takes over, captures everything and texts you.
Hear yours before you pay a penny.
Build your assistant and talk to it in your browser, free, no card, two minutes.