Updated September 2026
An AI receptionist for deck builders.
Spring deck leads get your price range and a booked estimate before they call the next builder.
Kyle B.
Sat, Apr 11, 7:12 AM · 2:58
16 by 20 composite deck with stairs. Quoted your range, estimate booked Tuesday.
(616) 555 0147
Fri, Apr 10, 9:05 PM · 1:47
Cedar versus composite for a 300 square foot deck. Both ranges given.
Wendy A.
Fri, Apr 10, 3:30 PM · 2:21
Soft boards near the house, worried about the ledger. Inspection booked, flagged for you.
Paul R.
Thu, Apr 9, 12:18 PM · 1:09
Builder looking for a sub on three decks this summer. Wants a call back.
What it does for deck builders
An AI receptionist for deck builders answers every call, text and DM. It asks the size, the material and whether it is a new build, a rebuild or a repair, gives a price range from your price book and books the on-site estimate. It screens the tire-kickers and the spam, and it keeps working while you are on a jobsite, after hours and through the spring rush.
- 7secondsMedian first reply to a new text, DM or form lead.
- 62%Of leads first reach out after hours or on a weekend.
- 141Appointments the AI booked, the typical one 13 minutes after the lead's first message.
Our figures as of September 29, 2026. Measured on 858 real leads across 8 client businesses (home services, real estate, business funding, and credit repair) from June to September 2026. Test contacts excluded.
Hear it handle a call like yours
The kind of call deck builders get at the worst possible time, answered and booked while you work. Then try it yourself.
- AI: Backyard Craft Decks. Are you thinking about a new deck?
- Customer: Yeah, we want to replace our old wood deck. Maybe go composite.
- AI: Nice upgrade. How big is it now, and how high off the ground?
- Customer: About 14 by 18. Maybe 3 feet up, with stairs.
- AI: Is it solid underneath, or are any boards soft near the house?
- Customer: A couple are soft by the back door.
- AI: Then the owner will check the framing and the ledger at the estimate. A composite deck that size usually runs $13,000 to $18,000 with us, tear-out included. The estimate is free. Saturday at 9 AM?
- Customer: Saturday works.
- AI: Booked Saturday at 9 AM. I've sent the owner the size, the height and the soft boards by the door.
Calls it handles
A spring estimate request at 7am
The AI answers before you are out of the truck. It gets the deck size, the material they want and the address, then books the on-site estimate straight onto your calendar.
A rotten board they think is a quick fix
The caller wants a few boards replaced. The AI asks about the framing and the ledger, flags that it may be bigger than they think and books you to take a look.
A composite-versus-wood price question at 9pm
Someone texts asking what a 16-by-20 deck runs. The AI pulls cedar and composite ranges from your price book, gives an honest range and sets the estimate so the lead does not go cold.
Booked by your rules
It only offers real openings inside the hours you set, never a day you blocked. Spam and out-of-area leads never land on your calendar.
Text from your AInow
New booking: Kyle B. 16 by 20 composite deck with stairs. Quoted your range, estimate booked Tuesday.
- Our CRMThe customer, the job and the whole conversation.
- Its calendarOn a real opening inside the hours you set.
- Your dashboardWith the call recording and a one-line summary.
- A text to your phoneThe moment it books, with the details.
After the call it keeps working
Follow-up written for every lead
A lead goes quiet? It follows up for weeks until they book or say no. Every follow-up is written for that one lead.
One memory across every channel
They text at lunch, DM at nine and call the next day. It already knows the job.
More reviews and fewer bad ones
Mark a job done and the AI asks how it went. Happy customers get your Google review link. Unhappy ones come to you first.
Kyle B.
Completed · composite deck built
Review Backyard Craft Decks on Google
g.page/r/backyard-craft-decks/review
How it compares
Three ways owners cover the phone today, and what each one leaves on the table.
An answering service
- Billed by the minute or by the call
- A person takes a message for you
- Booking, follow-up and chat often cost extra
An in-house receptionist
- A salary, plus payroll taxes and time off
- One call at a time, during business hours
- Texts and DMs wait until there's a minute
A DIY AI tool
- You set it up and write its script
- Minutes metered, texting and follow-up often add-ons
- Nobody tunes it to your trade
TheContentLabs.AI: a flat plan from $497 a month, phone usage at cost. Every call, text and DM answered, booked by your rules and followed up. We build it and run it.
Common questions
Can it give a real price or just take a message?
It gives a real price range. You load your price book once with your per-square-foot rates for pressure-treated, cedar and composite, plus railings, stairs and footings. When a caller gives the size and material, the AI quotes a range the way you would on the phone, then books the on-site estimate to firm it up.
How does it handle a repair versus a full rebuild?
It asks the questions you would ask. How old is the deck? Is any framing or the ledger involved? Is it a few boards or the whole surface? A simple board swap gets a quick estimate. Anything structural or uncertain gets booked for an in-person look instead of a guessed number.
Will it slow down during the spring rush?
No. Spring is when you get buried and miss the most calls, and that is when it earns its keep. It answers every call, text and DM at once, no matter how many come in. It qualifies each lead and books the ones worth your drive, so you stop losing jobs to whoever picked up first.
More trades we build for
Same system, set up for how each trade quotes and books.
- General ContractorsA kitchen remodel lead at lunch
- Home RemodelingA kitchen lead calls while you are on a job site
- RoofersA leak after last night's storm
- Concrete ContractorsA cracking slab the morning after a pour
- Fence InstallersA storm takes down 80 feet overnight
- Siding ContractorsStorm tore siding off overnight
- Masonry ContractorsA chimney leaning after a storm
- Foundation RepairA wall bowing after heavy rain
- Gutter CompaniesOverflowing gutters after a storm
- Solar InstallersA homeowner calls about a $400 power bill
- Welding and Metal FabricationA trailer with a cracked frame
- Epoxy & Garage Floor CoatingA two-car garage quote at dinnertime
See what every missed lead is costing you.
A free Missed Revenue Audit puts a dollar figure on every call, text and DM you miss or answer too slowly, including the ones your ads paid for. The numbers are yours to keep.