Private equity is buying up HVAC.
This is the trade's answer.
The big corporate outfits buy HVAC businesses, keep the trucks, and raise the prices. iHVAC runs the other direction: free educational triage first, then a request for qualified local-provider availability when professional help may be needed. No appointment is promised until a provider accepts.
Free triage. Five-minute fixes end right there — no truck, no charge.
How it works
Three doors. Pick yours. Three steps either way.
My furnace or AC at home
- Triage
Tell Dale what the furnace or AC is doing
Two or three plain questions, free. A surprising share of no-heat and dead-AC calls end right here — a breaker, a filter, a thermostat — fixed in five minutes with no truck.
- Matched
Request provider availability
Your notes become a service request. iHVAC checks for an eligible provider in the market; the request is not an appointment until someone accepts.
- Done
Work done, rated both ways
You pay your tech directly — iHVAC takes nothing. Ratings run both ways and keep everyone honest.
No form first. Start with Dale, then request provider availability if needed.
Fix my heat or AC — free triageI manage property
- Posted
Post the job
ZIP, what the system is doing, how urgent. Two minutes, free.
- Bidding
Licensed local techs bid sealed
Each tech prices the work without seeing anyone else's number. Bids land within the window — 72 hours, or 24 if it's urgent.
- Awarded
Compare and pick
Bids side by side against the market median. Award the job and pay your tech directly. iHVAC never touches the money.
One condenser on a ranch house or 19 rooftop units — same flow.
Post a job — freeI work HVAC
- Live
Join free, keep the whole price
No lead fees, no commission, no pay-to-rank. Joining costs nothing — you keep the whole price.
- Bidding
Bid on real jobs near you
Sealed bidding means you price the work, not the competition.
- Paid
Win it, do it, get paid
The owner pays you directly. Your work, your price, your customer.
Your license, your prices, your customers. We just open the door.
Join as a tech — freeEstablished company? Apply for partner reviewBias-free by structure
iHVAC takes no money from contractors — no lead fees, no paid placement, no commission. Nobody can buy their way to the top of your bids.
Licensed independent techs, onboarding market by market
Every tech is independent, with insurance verified and a license on file before they can bid or take a job. Credentials checked up front; reputation earned on the record.
Sealed-bid architecture verified
Techs cannot see each other's prices before submitting. Enforced in the data layer, not by policy — there is no admin override.
A new model for the trade
Big corporate changed who owns HVAC. iHVAC changes how it works — for the people who do the work and the people who hire them.
Techs on iHVAC earn more per job. Owners pay less for the same work. That isn't a discount war — it's what happens when the waste comes out: no middleman margin, no hour of driving baked into the bill, no paid visit for a problem a free chat can solve.
No middleman margin
Lead-gen platforms charge contractors hundreds per lead and sell the top slot — that cost lands in your quote. Here the platform takes nothing, so the tech keeps the price and you stop funding a call center.
Local routing when capacity exists
When an eligible provider is active in the market, requests can route by service area. Availability and response time are never assumed.
No wasted truck rolls
A tripped breaker, a clogged filter, or a thermostat setting may have a safe next step. Dale offers educational triage in chat before you decide whether to request professional help.
Sealed bids, market-benchmarked
No undercutting theater, no scripts. Every bid is the tech's real number, and you see them against the market median for the job.
Reputation instead of a brand on the truck
Ratings run both ways and only verified parties can post them. Accountability comes from the record, not from a logo a big corporate chain bought.
The system is the architect
Routing, sealed bidding, triage, benchmarks — the platform does the coordinating that a front office used to charge for. Nobody's margin sits between the work and the price.
Not sure what your furnace or AC needs?
Dale is our educational AI triage assistant. Describe what the system is doing and Dale will help organize the symptoms, explain safe observations, and show when a licensed professional is the right next step. No signup, no fee, and no promise that a provider is immediately available.
The big corporate outfits have ad budgets.
The independents have iHVAC.
Get your furnace or AC triaged free, post a portfolio job for sealed bids, or join as an independent tech and keep 100 percent of what you earn.