Your HVAC website is a salesperson who’s always online and always ready to convince people to call you, book an appointment, or take some other action you want.
Good website design doesn’t need to be fancy or look cool. A simple website that makes it clear what you do and who you do it for will convert more people into leads than one that prioritizes looks over lead generation.
Every extra click, every vague headline, and every slow-loading page costs you leads.
This article has two main sections:
Examples of HVAC Websites
The 7 Core Sections Every Sales Page Needs
Use the first section for inspiration and the second to understand what it takes to convince a visitor to become a lead.
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Here are 10 examples of HVAC websites across the US with a quick breakdown of what makes them good (and what could make them better).
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Clear Category and Target Audience: "Trusted Commercial HVAC & Refrigeration Services" immediately communicates both the industry (HVAC & Refrigeration) and target market (commercial, not residential).
Service Area Stated: "Serving California and Arizona" quickly establishes geographic relevance.
Subheadline Addresses Priorities: Mentions the common priorities of commercial customers: reliability and energy efficiency.
Primary Action Visible: The "Call Us Today" button is well-placed and visible against the background. They could make it stand out a bit more by using an accent color that contrasts better with the background. Not sure what an accent color is? Learn more about web design color scheme ratios.
Service Navigation: The three service boxes ("Repairs & Maintenance," "Sales & Installation," "Energy Management") are the three things commercial customers care about the most. This helps them choose the right path for them quickly.
One thing that could improve this site’s hero section is to add some social proof in the top section. They could add some review stars, testimonials, customer logos, or even a statement backing up their claim about reliability.
The words on your page (the copy) matter more than the design itself. When making statements, be specific if you can. For example, here’s a rewrite of the subheadline:
Before: Serving California and Arizona with Reliable Maintenance, Repair & Energy-Efficient Solutions
After: Trusted by more than {number_of_customers} companies throughout California and Arizona over the past {number_of_years} years.
Category & Service Area in Headline. The headline makes it clear what they do (HVAC) and where they operate (Phoenix). They serve both residential and commercial customers, so they can’t get as specific with the headline.
Highlights Emergency Services. They make it clear that they offer 24-hour emergency service. Something people who need that want to know.
Primary Action Visible. The primary action makes it clear that clicking the button will call the business.
The mission statement rarely needs to be on the home page. Despite what many businesses may think, most customers don’t care about your mission as an HVAC company. Adding it to the home page this high up takes up valuable real estate that could be used to overcome objections and convince the visitor to take the next step.
A better section to put here would be something that demonstrates proof, like testimonials or ratings across Google, Angieslist, and other customer review aggregators.
Strong Headline: The headline makes it clear who they serve and what problem they solve. You don’t have to be a world-class copywriter to write a good headline. Just make it clear what you do and who you do it for.
Benefit Driven Eyebrow: The eyebrow (the text above the headline) does a good job of conveying the benefit customers want when they hire you: they want to come home to comfort and not have to worry about it.
Strategic Lead Capture Form: The contact form gives people an immediate way to get in touch. Normally, I’d suggest pushing people toward calling you, but this looks like a strategic decision on Chapman’s part. This is their way of attracting fewer customers needing emergency repairs and more looking for installations and upgrades. The kind of customers who aren’t just looking for the first person to answer the phone.
Subheadline Conveys Market and Credibility: They call out their category in both the headline and subheadline (Home Service), where they operate (Kansas City), as well as how long they’ve been doing it (since 1959). You don’t stay in business for half a century if you aren’t doing right by your customers.
Callback Lead Capture Form: Pushing people toward a form instead of a call button can reduce the number of leads you get, but that isn’t always a bad thing. This form encourages people to fill it out to request a call back, which is much more compelling than a button that just says submit.
Problem Pathways Below the Main Section: When you provide several services, you want to give your visitors an easy way to get to the page most relevant to them. A.B. May does this by adding links to their services directly below the main section.
When you have enough demand (leads), you want to add friction so you can focus your time on the best leads. Adding a form does that. All things being equal, if you can get better leads, you can charge more, which means you make more money for less work.
Memorable Branding: Whether it suits your taste or not, the branding is memorable. And being remembered later on when people need the service you offer is half the battle in business. Having a mascot is also very smart. Mascots give you a way to market yourself to all age groups in a way a spokesperson can’t. There’s a reason why Geico and Afflac both have mascots.
Headline Calls out the Category: They make it clear what they do in the headline (HVAC Service).
Subheadline Calls Out Target Market: They mention who they serve and how they serve them in the subheadline.
Primary Action Contrasts Well: There are two main actions they want people to take here. Book a call or call them. Both buttons contrast well against the purple background.
Strong Headline: “A Century of Comfort” checks most of the major boxes you want in a good headline. It conveys experience (a century), calls out the benefit people want (comfort), and the category (HVAC).
Strong Subheadline: The subheadline calls out things that appeal to homeowners like 24/7 support and flexible financing. Reliable Service isn’t something you should have to call out, though. Customers expect it as a given. Calling out “Family” also makes it clear who their target market is.
Dual Action Buttons: Some people will say you should only have one “primary action” for people to take on a page. Those people would be wrong. You should have one primary action for each “type of customer” to take on a page. In this case, having two buttons gives an option for people who need emergency service/repairs, while the second button is for people who want to schedule routine maintenance or an upgrade.
Image Supports the Headline: The image matches the type of customers Deljo wants: residential families. They could increase the contrast a bit to make sure the headline passes accessibility standards in, however.
Services Grid: When you offer multiple services, the purpose of your home page is to make it clear what you do and who you do it for, then quickly help people get to the page that’s most relevant to them. Listing the services they offer directly below the first section helps do this.
There’s always room for improvement, though. For example, it isn’t clear what area they serve from the main section. Adding a service area is generally a good idea for both site visitors and SEO.
Offer Driven Headline. Putting the offer directly in the headline can be compelling. They could make it better by calling out the business category (HVAC) and the reason why someone would want this offer.
Immediate Social Proof. Showing ratings across multiple review platforms is better than just showing one.
Objection Handling: The “Quality Guaranteed” badge overcomes a common objection buyers have: risk. However, the placement could make it easy to miss. Bringing it down so it sits a little closer above the headline would be better.
Here’s an example of what fixing that guarantee placement would look like:
This brings the quality guarantee badge closer to the headline, adds a border around it to make it stand out more, and aligns the content in the middle of the section to focus the visitor’s attention when they first land on the page.
Headline: It may look like the headline only focuses on heating, but it rotates through a variety of services they offer, like cooling, plumbing, and more. So they’re covering multiple bases here. However, rotating text headlines may look nice (to business owners), but they usually hurt conversion rates.
Trust Signals in the Header Navigation: Star ratings with a “Read Our Reviews” link provide credibility. They could improve this by adding a specific number indicating their rating and the number of reviews received.
Eyebrow Calls Out Target Market: The eyebrow (the little text above “Heating”) makes it clear who they serve (Cincinnati).
Complimentary Visual: The technician standing next to a branded van helps show this is a real person with a legitimate company.
Trust Indicators: Visible trust indicators like the BBB, Google Guarantee, and Google reviews are great. However, a person’s eyes will naturally track to the center and then down based on this page’s layout. They may never even see the badges because of this. Bringing them up below the action button would be better.
Target Market and Category in Subheadline: They call out who they serve in the subheadline “San Antonio” + “Commercial” and their category “HVAC.”
Compelling Action Button: The button stands out well against the background and includes the word “Free” to reduce perceived risk and get people to take action.
The headline could be better here. It’s a nice tagline that rhymes, but it means nothing to the vast majority of people who visit this page.
Your headline should, at a minimum, highlight the main problem you solve. The blue color used for “Done Right” also doesn’t contrast nicely with the background image and fails accessibility standards.
Calls Out Target Market: There’s not really a headline on this page, but they do call out the area they serve (Charlotte) below the main image and in the top navigation, as well as the category they belong to (Home Services).
Service Categories Prominently Displayed: Electrical, Cooling, Plumbing, and Heating are right below the hero, making capabilities obvious so visitors can choose the path most relevant to them.
Trust Signal in Navigation: Google review stars are visible, giving credibility, even if it doesn’t specifically list their rating and number of reviews (which would make it more compelling).
There’s a decent amount that could be improved here, though. They don’t have a headline on the page because the image is a video (very well shot, by the way).
This is a common mistake people make where they emphasize form over function. I’m sure they’re very proud of their video and want to highlight it, but it’s important to remember that you should design your company website for your potential customers, not yourself.
Most Sales Pages Only Need 7 Sections
A lot of other resources on this topic spend paragraphs explaining why you should use responsive design so things are mobile-friendly. But that’s table stakes these days.
And no amount of mobile-responsive design is going to help you get leads if you don’t have the core sections you need to convince website visitors to do what you want.
Earlier we said your website is your online sales person. If that made sense to you, then you can think of this section like your sales script for booking appointments.
Hero Section
The first section people see when they land on a page on your website is what we call the “Hero” in the marketing world. This is the most important section of the page. It’s where you get to make your first impression.
Within 4 seconds, someone should understand exactly what you’re trying to convey and what to do next. Don’t overcomplicate your navigation at the top or get crazy with fancy animations or background video that’ll just make the page load slower.
The words matter more than the design itself. Here are five questions your hero section should answer when reading it:
Target Customer: Who is this for? The more specific you get, the better.
Problem: What problem do you solve? Get specific on how they experience the problem. What does it feel like for them?
Category: What is the service? You can be more general on the home page, but get specific on service pages.
Capabilities: What does your service let people do? This is more relevant for services related to installations and upgrades, not repairs.
Benefits: What is the outcome of this new capability they’ll have? Be realistic, don’t overpromise. Most people just want to be cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and never have to worry about it.
Any media or images you use should directly support the headline. This is why it’s so important to craft your copy (the words on the page) before you start thinking about the graphics and design.
The main button you want people to click should contrast heavily with the background of the page so people can’t miss it. I see a lot of HVAC businesses mess this up.
Situation Section
Introduce your services early on home pages. Ideally, right after your hero section, so people can self-select what path is most relevant to them.
List your services by priority. The way you prioritize will depend on what matters most to you. If you want to focus on installations more than services or maintenance, then put it first. If it’s fall or winter, consider placing the cooling services on top, then switching them during spring and summer.
Optional: Include a Dedicated Section for Emergency Services
If you offer emergency services, make it clear by adding a dedicated section with a phone number they can contact 24/7.
Trust & Proof Section
There are two forms of proof. There’s what you say about your company, and there’s what others say about your company.
What You Say
You can lead with some high-level reasons people should choose you.
A common pattern for this is to provide the three most important stats. Limit it to three so people can quickly digest what’s important.
What Others Say
After that, validate it and build trust by showing what others have said about their experience. A common pattern here is to include testimonials or customer reviews from platforms like Google or Facebook.
Include headshots of the people, their names, and where they’re from. The more specific you can get, the better. For example, if you’re adding reviews to a service page for VRV installations, the reviews should be from people who hired you for that service.
Not generic ones.
I know this isn’t always possible. That’s okay. Start with what you have and periodically update the page as you gradually get more reviews.
Use Customer Stories for Commercial Services
If you’re trying to sell to commercial services, spend more effort creating case studies and customer stories instead. A good customer story follows this general framework:
What life was like before hiring you
What they were worried about before they hired you
What made them decide to go ahead and hire you
What life was like after you finished the job
What life felt like after you finished the job
BONUS
If you get them to say this on video, you can cut it up into dozens of short-form content pieces you can advertise on social media organically or with paid ads.
Resources Section
There are two general approaches here. You can add a section that includes links to relevant blog articles or a section of FAQs.
I recommend FAQs, especially if you’re primarily marketing to residential customers. The questions you choose should be the most common obstacles/objections your sales reps have to overcome when closing deals.
Add a button that lets people submit their own questions, also (this is a less salesy way of generating leads).
Call-to-Action Section
A call-to-action (CTA) is what you want the visitor to do. Present your offer one more time toward the bottom of the page, right above the footer.
I wouldn’t repeat the exact same headline as you have at the top of your page. This is a great way to test a completely different headline that has the same general message, but said in a different way.
You don’t have to describe your service all over again, either. Visitors have already scanned through the entire page at this point.
Footer Section
Your footer is effectively an expanded version of your navbar.
Don’t overthink things here. Include your brand, address, and other contact information. Most people expect it to be on the far left side of your footer. And if you do, it makes it often makes things easier on mobile devices also.
Include links to your social profilesthat you’re active on.
Many people will click on social links as a way to get additional validation about your company. Sending them to a social page with little to no activity needlessly introduces doubt.
You can add other important links to pages on your site as needed. I recommend linking to your primary service pages.
Hire an Expert if You Want it Done Right
The HVAC websites that perform the best aren’t accidents. They’re made by people who understand the science of good user experience design.
The words you say, the images/videos you include, and the order of things matter. They either move a visitor closer to becoming a lead or confuse them and cause them to leave.
You can learn how to do all of this and piece it together yourself. Or you can hire an agency with expertise in the HVAC industry like us if you want to save time, grow faster, and outperform your competition.
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Table of Contents
Overview
Intro
10 HVAC Websites Examples
#1: Evolution Mechanical
#2. MechaniCool
#3. Chapman Engineering
#4. A.B. May
#5. Comfort Monster
#6. Deljo Heating & Cooling
#7. Fuse Service
#8. Apollo Home
#9. FloRite Mechanical
#10. Travis Crawford
Most Sales Pages Only Need 7 Sections
Optional: Include a Dedicated Section for Emergency Services