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Bookkeeping for HVAC and plumbing shops

Can you afford your next hire?

Most owners answer that on gut feel. We keep your books straight every month and build you a dashboard that answers it from your real numbers. Move the slider to see how it works.

Veteran-owned in Baton Rouge Questions never cost extra Answers within one business day Shops from one truck to twenty

The hire test

Sample shop
$6,500
Cash left over each month after the hire
$2,500
Months the cash on hand covers the hire
19.8
Comfortable. This hire fits with room to spare.

Built from a sample 6-truck shop with $128,400 in the bank and $9,000 a month left after every bill. Yours would run on your real books.

Who we work with

For owners who are too busy running jobs to run the numbers.

Sound familiar?

You're slammed, but you can't say which jobs actually made money.

You find out cash is tight when payroll is due.

The books are a few months behind, and catching up keeps getting pushed.

You'd like to add a truck, but you're not sure the numbers hold up.

If one of those sounds like your shop, we should talk. We work with HVAC and plumbing companies of every size up to about twenty trucks.

What we do

Pick how much help you want.

Every plan starts with your books done right each month. Add the live dashboard when you want to see your numbers between closes, and add planning help when the decisions get bigger.

Foundation

Books kept straight, every month

  • Monthly bookkeeping and bank reconciliation
  • Every transaction coded the way a service shop needs it
  • Monthly statements you can actually read
  • Questions answered within one business day

For shops that want clean, current books they can trust.

What's included

Advisory

Help with the big calls

  • Everything in the dashboard plan
  • Cash forecasting and planning
  • Hiring, truck and expansion decisions, worked through with you
  • Ongoing advice from someone who knows your books

Some folks call this a fractional CFO.

What's included
Flat monthly price, quoted after a call. No surprise bills for questions.

Not ready for monthly?

Start with a one-time look at your books.

The 75-Point Books Checkup

  • 75 checks, each scored Pass, Flag or Fail
  • A written report in plain English, plus a fixed price to fix what's wrong
  • A free do-it-yourself list and a 30-minute walkthrough call

One flat price. Three findings or you don't pay.

See the Checkup

The Full Financial Review + 90-Day Plan

  • 120 checkpoints across seven scored areas
  • Margins by job type, your break-even and your next-hire number
  • A live dashboard built from your real numbers, and a 90-day plan

One flat price, and it credits in full toward monthly service.

See the Review

See it work

The dashboard every client gets.

Cash for the next 13 weeks, what each job type actually made, and whether you can afford to hire. It updates from your books, so you check it on your phone instead of waiting on a report.

Cash in the bank, next 13 weeks

Sample shop
Projected weekly cash for a sample shop. Cash dips to $18,400 in week 7, below the $20,000 floor, then recovers to $151,000 by week 13.
Cash today
$128.4K
Lowest week
$18.4K
In 13 weeks
$151.0K
See the numbers as a table

Why Sturdy

What you can count on.

Ask anything. It's included.

Questions are part of the service. They never show up as a line on a bill.

Plain English

No jargon and no thirty-page reports. You get the numbers that matter for a shop like yours, explained the way you'd explain a repair to a customer.

A reply by the next business day

Call, text or email. You hear back within one business day, every time.

Problems caught early

We stay current on your books, so trouble shows up while it's still cheap to fix.

Getting started

How it works.

  1. A 30-minute call

    We talk about your shop and what you wish you knew about your numbers. Phone or Zoom, your pick.

  2. A look at your books

    We see where things stand and quote you one flat monthly price.

  3. Books brought current

    If you're behind, we catch you up first. Then your books close clean every month.

  4. Your dashboard goes live

    From there it's monthly books, the dashboard on your phone, and answers whenever you ask.

Who you'll work with

Frank Fontenot, owner.

I spent eleven years in the infantry. I led up to 200 people directly and ran operations for 800, and the job always came down to knowing exactly what you have and what it'll take.

I don't have a trade background, and I won't pretend to. What I bring is discipline with numbers and a dashboard that answers the questions owners actually ask.

11
years in the infantry
200
people led directly
800
people supported in operations
1
business day, the longest you wait for an answer

Your move

Want to know what your jobs actually made last month?

Book a 30-minute call. We'll look at where your books stand and tell you straight what it would take to get them right.

(225) 421-0235 frank@hellosturdy.com Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Replies within one business day.