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A five-star review after every service

Send a one-tap survey over RCS the moment a tune-up or repair wraps, so customers rate the work from their inbox and your best jobs become the reviews that win the next ones.

HVAC & Heating/Cooling
Post-job, technician & review surveys
Customers reply on the spot

In-inbox surveys beat the post-job emails homeowners ignore.

More online reviews

Route happy customers to a one-tap review and unhappy ones to your team first.

Rate your techs

Per-technician feedback shows who's earning the five stars.

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A sample HVAC & Heating/Cooling RCS survey, fully customizable.

How RCS surveys work for HVAC & Heating/Cooling

An HVAC business lives and dies on reviews and referrals — the homeowner choosing who to let into their home picks the contractor with five stars and a neighbor's recommendation. The problem is that the unhappy customer never tells you; they tell Google. A survey sent right after the service call catches that frustration privately, before it becomes a one-star review, and turns the happy customer into your next review and referral.

Sent over RCS, the survey lands in the homeowner's texting inbox as a branded message they actually answer — one tap to rate the tech, the timeliness, and whether the fix held. A 1–5 recommend score sorts the promoters from the detractors, a low score opens an open-ended reply so you learn what went wrong, and a high score routes straight to a review or referral ask.

The payoff is more five-star reviews, fewer surprises, and maintenance-plan members who feel heard season after season.

Where it pays off

Rate the tech and the fix

A post-service survey lands in the texting inbox with one-tap star ratings on the tech, timeliness, and the repair.

Catch it before the review

A low recommend score opens a private reply, so you fix the issue before it lands on Google.

Turn promoters into reviews

A happy homeowner routes straight to a one-tap review or referral ask.

Hear from plan members

Maintenance-plan members get a pulse survey that keeps the recurring relationship healthy.

What you can launch

Journey
After a service, ask for a 1-tap satisfaction rating
Journey
Survey customers on the technician's work
Journey
Send a recommendation (Net Promoter) survey to customers
Journey
Request an online review from happy customers

HVAC & Heating/Cooling RCS surveys: common questions

When should an HVAC business send a survey over RCS?
Right after the service call or tune-up, while the experience is fresh and the tech is still top of mind. The survey lands in the homeowner's texting inbox and is answered in a tap — rating the tech, the timeliness, and whether the fix held — so you capture honest feedback before the day's details fade.
Why do RCS surveys beat email or SMS surveys for HVAC?
Email surveys sit unopened and plain SMS makes the homeowner type out a reply. An RCS survey uses one-tap star ratings, suggested-reply chips, and answer buttons in the native inbox, so completion runs far higher than email — you get real volume of feedback instead of the handful of responses an email request scrapes together.
How do RCS surveys catch an unhappy customer before they leave a review?
A low recommend score immediately opens an open-ended reply asking what went wrong, so the frustration comes to you privately instead of to Google. You can make it right and save the relationship — and the high scorers get a one-tap path to leave the public review that wins your next job.
What can an HVAC business field with these survey templates?
Post-service satisfaction ratings on the tech, timeliness, and the fix, a 1–5 recommend score, maintenance-plan member pulses, and open-ended 'what would have made this better?' — all as branded RCS surveys in Google Messages on Android and the Messages app on iPhone with iOS 18, with SMS fallback and opt-in and STOP compliance.

Get the HVAC & Heating/Cooling survey template pack and launch your first survey in minutes.