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I Automated My HVAC Shop's Back Office — And Found 12 Hours a Week

DEV Community·T.M. Gunderson·6 months ago
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If you run an HVAC, plumbing, or electrical shop in Alberta, you already know the problem.

You're on the job site at 7 AM. By 5 PM you've billed maybe 6 hours of actual work — but you've also spent 45 minutes on a quote, 30 minutes chasing a payment, 20 minutes texting a tech their schedule, and another hour on paperwork nobody pays you for.

That's not a time management problem. That's a systems problem.

The Numbers

The average Canadian small trade business owner spends 9.4 hours per week on administrative tasks that generate zero revenue.

At $85/hour, that's $800/week .…

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