Plumbing contractor software gives plumbing companies a connected system for dispatching technicians on emergency calls, scheduling drain cleaning, water heater, and backflow service appointments, tracking parts and materials, and sending invoices the same day a job closes. Whether you're handling a burst pipe at midnight or a backflow certification due before a city deadline, the same platform manages intake, dispatch, the job record, and billing without a separate system for each job type.
IRONGRID is plumbing business software built for contractors who work in the field. Dispatch techs from your phone, log every pipe, fitting, valve, and part used on the job, and send invoices the moment work is complete. Every plan includes unlimited technicians, and the app runs on any phone without an install.
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Built for the way plumbing businesses work
Every tool you need to run your jobs from first call to final payment.
Emergency & Same-Day Dispatch
Create and assign work orders in seconds when a burst pipe, drain backup, or emergency call comes in. Set priority to Urgent so your team knows what needs attention first. Attach the client's address, service notes, and any existing job history before the tech leaves.
Tech Scheduling & Status Tracking
See your full team's schedule at a glance. Assign plumbers to jobs, set estimated start and end dates, and track status from Open through Complete, all in real time.
Materials Tracking
Log every pipe, fitting, valve, and fixture used on a job. Track material costs against each work order so nothing slips through the cracks at billing time.
Time & Labor Tracking
Track hours worked per tech on every job. Accurate labor hours feed directly into your cost calculations and give you the data you need to price future jobs confidently.
Invoicing & Payment Collection
Generate and send professional invoices by email directly from a completed work order. Clients can pay by card, ACH, or check. No chasing down payments.
Client Records & Service History
Keep every customer's contact info, address, job history, and notes organized in one place. Find any client instantly and pull up their full service history.
QuickBooks Integration
On Pro and Business plans, push invoices from IRONGRID directly to QuickBooks in one click. Clients sync automatically as QuickBooks Customers. No manual re-entry between your invoicing and accounting.
How plumbing companies use IRONGRID
When an emergency call comes in, your dispatcher creates a work order in under 30 seconds, marks it Urgent, attaches the client's address, and assigns it to the nearest available plumber. The tech gets a push notification on their phone with the full job details. No phone tag, no information relayed through a third person, no missed details.
On site, the plumber logs the hours they put in and adds every material used: pipe sizes, fittings, valves, whatever the job required. Those entries feed directly into the job's cost calculation. By the time the work is done, the invoice is already built. The office sends it with one tap and the client gets a payment link in their inbox the same day the job closes, not at the end of the week.
For plumbing companies that run recurring maintenance contracts (water heater flushes, backflow testing, seasonal check-ups), IRONGRID handles the scheduling automatically. Set a job to repeat at whatever frequency your service agreement calls for, and the system pre-schedules the upcoming visits. Every recurring account stays on schedule without someone manually recreating the same work order every month.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about using IRONGRID for plumbing businesses.
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