Requirements
What you need before you apply
Four documents and a bank account. We check all of them, and we keep checking — an expired licence takes you off the board until it’s renewed.
A current HVAC contractor licence
Issued in DC, or in Maryland or Virginia with DC reciprocity. We verify the number against the issuing board — a photo of a card isn’t enough on its own.
Upload · PDF or photo · expiry date required
General liability insurance
A certificate of insurance with at least $1,000,000 in general liability. It must name the company applying, not an individual technician.
Upload · COI PDF · expiry date required
A registered business
An EIN and a business entity in good standing. Sole proprietors are fine; what we can’t take is an individual technician moonlighting without a business behind them.
Enter · EIN · legal name · registered address
A bank account for payouts
Set up through Stripe during onboarding. They handle the identity checks and hold the account details — we never see your account number.
Connect · Stripe onboarding · ~5 minutes
And what we expect after you’re in
These aren’t aspirational. They’re enforced automatically, and falling below them stops jobs reaching you.
| Expectation | Why it matters | If you don’t |
|---|---|---|
| Keep documents current | A homeowner is letting a stranger into their basement on our word. | Reminders at 30, 14 and 7 days, then automatic suspension on expiry. |
| Show up in the window you accepted | The customer took the afternoon off. A no-show is the one thing we can’t explain away. | Repeated no-shows are reviewed and can end the relationship. |
| Quote before you work | The estimate-then-approve flow is the whole promise we make to homeowners. | Unapproved work isn’t billable through the platform. |
| Bill the same as you would anyway | Our commission is ours to carry. Passing it to the customer breaks the pricing promise. | Price-parity violations are grounds for removal. |
| Take payment through the platform | Taking a platform job off-platform leaves the customer with no receipt and no recourse. | Grounds for removal. |
- 1Apply
- 2We verify — about 3 business days
- 3Connect payouts, add technicians
- 4Jobs start arriving