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Residential HVAC design-to-contract

From an address to a signed HVAC proposal, in one visit

Scan the home. Run a room-by-room Manual J. Compare whole systems on 15-year cost. Sign at the kitchen table.

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Illustration of the Tradewright interface · Good/Better/Best proposal, priced from your price book
Scan
Rooms in minutes, LiDAR or plan
Engineer
Room-by-room Manual J, Manual S
Compare
15-year cost, every system
Close
Signed and paid at the table

The problem

Replacement jobs are lost between the visit and the proposal.

Designers are a bottleneck

One or two people in the shop can run a Manual J. When they are booked, proposals wait and homeowners keep shopping.

HoursA room-by-room Manual J, Manual S selection and a priced proposal is hours of a trained designer's time per job. Tradewright does it during the visit.

Rules of thumb oversize systems

Square-foot-per-ton shortcuts and copying the old nameplate oversize equipment: short cycling, clammy rooms, higher bills, more wear.

Nearly 40%of contractors in one large survey said they purposely oversized equipment, according to a U.S. Department of Energy fact sheet.[1]

Homeowners don't see the why

A price on a page does not explain why one system fits the house. Without the reasoning, homeowners take the cheapest bid, or wait.

49%of homeowners in a survey commissioned by Midea (reported January 2024) said not knowing anything about heat pumps is the main reason they would hesitate to switch.[2]

  1. [1] U.S. DOE, “Right-Size Heating and Cooling Equipment” technology fact sheet (Jan. 2002)
  2. [2] PHCP Pros, “Midea unveils stark awareness gap in heat pump technology” (Jan. 2024)

How it works

Your salesperson gathers. Tradewright engineers. You decide how to sell.

The engineering is deterministic and auditable. The AI explains every number; it never invents one.

  1. Step 1: Your salesperson gathers

    Scan the home with an iPhone or iPad, or upload a plan. Snap the nameplate on the existing equipment. No design training needed.

  2. Step 2: Tradewright engineers

    Room-by-room Manual J, Manual S selection from real equipment, and whole-system options compared on 15-year cost. Every number is shown with its inputs.

  3. Step 3: You decide how to sell

    Your price book, your margins, your brand. Present Good/Better/Best, then sign, take the deposit and offer financing at the table.

Home scanningLiDAR scan or plan upload, plus nameplate photos of the existing equipment.Manual J, Manual S and system comparisonRoom-by-room loads, real equipment and 15-year cost, with the inputs shown.Proposals, signature and paymentGood/Better/Best from your price book, signed and paid at the table.

See the full flow, step by step

Home scan

Measure the house in minutes, not an afternoon

Walk the home with LiDAR on an iPhone Pro or iPad Pro, or upload a floor plan. Fix any wall, window or ceiling height before it touches the load calc. Snap the nameplate and the existing equipment is read for you.

How home scanning works
Illustration of the Tradewright interface · LiDAR room scan with editable walls and windows

System comparison

Show the homeowner the 15-year number, not just the price

Heat pump, boiler, furnace, mini-split or dual-fuel, side by side on estimated cost of ownership. Options that do not fit the house are shown as ruled out, with the reason, so the recommendation is one they can trust.

See the comparison
Illustration of the Tradewright interface · 15-year cost of ownership comparison across systems

Proposal and signature

Good, Better, Best. Priced from your book. Signed at the table.

Every option is priced from your price book and margin rules, branded with your logo, and ready to sign with a deposit and financing before you leave. The job lands in your CRM.

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Illustration of the Tradewright interface · Branded Good/Better/Best proposal

And the engineering underneath

Room-by-room Manual J from the scanHeating and cooling loads for every room, built on ACCA Manual J methods. Every input is visible and editable, and the report shows the assumptions behind each number.Real equipment, matched to the loadTradewright applies Manual S sizing limits to actual equipment data, including heat pump capacity at your design temperature, so the system fits the house it goes into.Signed, deposited and financed before you leaveThe homeowner signs on the tablet, pays the deposit and can apply for financing through our payments and financing partners. No second visit to close.

Why contractors switch

Load calc and proposals in one place, not two

Most shops run a load calculation tool and a separate proposal tool, if they run a load calc at all. Tradewright does both, and connects them.

Tradewright compared with typical load calculation tools and typical proposal tools
Load calc toolsProposal toolsTradewright
Room-by-room Manual JYesNoYes
Manual S equipment selectionSomeNoYes
Reads existing equipment from a nameplate photoNoNoYes
Boilers, radiators and oil homesSomeSomeYes
Whole-system comparison on 15-year costNoNoYes
Shows ruled-out options and whyNoNoYes
Prices from your own price bookNoYesYes
Good/Better/Best proposalNoYesYes
E-signature, payment, financingNoSomeYes
Works with any CRMHousecall Pro, Jobber, ServiceTitan, FieldEdge, or no CRMSomeSomeYes

Columns describe typical capabilities of each software category, not specific vendors. “Some” means some products in the category offer it. For named products, see best HVAC load calculation software and best HVAC proposal software.

Estimate

Estimate what faster designs and better proposals are worth to you

Enter your own numbers. This is an estimate based on the assumptions shown under the results, not a promise of results.

Heat pumps and rebates

NYS Clean Heat and Mass Save documentation, generated automatically

The same design that builds the proposal produces the paperwork: the Manual J report, the equipment selection sheet and the sizing documentation, ready to attach to the rebate application.

See rebate documentation
NYS Clean Heat for contractorsWhat the program asks of contractors, and the Manual J and sizing documentation it expects.Mass Save for contractorsHeat pump rebate documentation and sizing, date-stamped and sourced.

Questions

Is Tradewright ACCA-approved?

Not yet. Tradewright is not on ACCA's list of approved Manual J software. Our load calculations follow the ACCA Manual J (8th edition) and Manual S methods, every input is visible, and reports show the assumptions behind each number. We plan to apply for ACCA approval in 2028 and will update this answer when that status changes.

Which devices does Tradewright run on?

Tradewright runs on iPhone and iPad, plus any browser for the office. Scanning uses LiDAR, which is on iPhone Pro and iPad Pro models. On any other device you can upload a floor plan instead and correct the geometry before the load calculation.

Which CRMs does Tradewright work with?

Works with Housecall Pro, Jobber, ServiceTitan, FieldEdge, or no CRM at all. If you do not use a CRM, Tradewright works on its own.

Do homeowners see our prices?

Homeowners see the proposal prices you choose to show. Your cost and margin data never appears on anything the homeowner sees.

How long is setup?

Setup is price book import, branding and a short training session. We will give you a timeline on the demo call.

What does Tradewright cost?

There are three plans. Starter is $199 per seat per month. Pro is $349 per seat per month plus a $500 per month platform fee. Enterprise is custom. Founding-partner pricing is available for the first 10 design partners. See the pricing page for what each plan includes.

Plan details are on the Tradewright pricing page. Questions about rebates? Start with the rebate documentation overview.

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