Guides for your trade
MonkeyLio for plumbing: setup and tips
How plumbers get the most out of MonkeyLio.
Set up for your trade
- Pick Plumbing as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
- Review your starter prices, like Service call / diagnostic, Labor, Drain clearing (sink or tub), and change them to your real prices.
- Edit the job checklist in Settings so it matches how your crew actually works.
- Connect Stripe so customers can pay from their link.
Your starter job checklist
- Water shut off before work
- Gas line leak-tested
- Fittings checked for leaks under pressure
- Drain flow tested
- Work area cleaned up
- Customer shown the finished work
Equipment worth logging
Track Water heater, Tankless water heater, Sump pump, Water softener, Well pump, Boiler, Backflow preventer at each customer's property, with a next service date so MonkeyLio reminds you and the customer.
A day with MonkeyLio
- 8:10 — Emergency call: leaking water heater.
- 9:00 — On site. Quote built from your price list, texted before you leave the basement.
- 9:06 — Customer approves and pays the deposit.
- 1:30 — Crew taps Start; the customer gets a heads-up text.
- 4:15 — Done. Invoice sent, paid by dinner.
