InstaBidsHVAC in Lexington, KY: how do you get written quotes?
HVAC work in Lexington starts with naming the existing heat source and the change you want. Electricity heats 57.3% of occupied homes in Lexington-Fayette urban county in the 2020–2024 ACS. Describe repair or replacement, equipment and duct work together when asking for written bids. American Community Survey, house heating fuel; read 2026-10-17.
InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pick.
- Describe it onceBy chat, or through your own AI assistant, and add photos.
- Post it and send itContractors bid in writing on that scope.
- Compare line by lineEvery quote is written against the same scope.
- You chooseContact details stay hidden until you pick and they confirm.
For your AI assistant
MCP connector · REST API · plain HTMLHand any of these to your assistant and it can help you write this job's request; you send the request yourself. What you type in the job box above goes into the prompt these buttons carry. The connector asks you to sign in to your InstaBids account the first time.
- MCP connector URL
https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp - Agent API (OpenAPI)
https://instabids.ai/openapi.json - Start-request link
https://instabids.ai/intake?trade=ac&from=hire-hvac--ky--lexington&utm_source=us&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=hire&page_type=hire&place=lexington%2C+KY#job=heating%20or%20air-conditioning%20job - Prompt for any AI, with your job
- ChatGPTOpens with the prompt
- ClaudeOpens with the prompt
- GrokOpens with the prompt
- GeminiCopies the prompt, then opens
Every page is plain HTML. Steps for every assistant: add to your assistant.
Key facts for hiring an HVAC contractor in Lexington
- Utility gas heats 40.8% of occupied homes in Lexington-Fayette urban county, with a margin of error of ±1.1 percentage points in the ACS. American Community Survey, house heating fuel; read 2026-10-17.
How do you get written quotes on one scope?
Lexington-Fayette metro wage data describe heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration mechanics and installers, rather than a household project. Use the same equipment, duct work, removal and completion scope in each bid request; a worker wage is not a contractor's quotation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; read 2026-10-17.
- Describe the job once, using the scope checklist below, built from what we found for Lexington.
- Post it on InstaBids and send it.
- Every quote is written against the same scope, so they compare line by line.
- You choose who gets your number.
- Your AI assistant can help you write it: InstaBids works as a connector in Claude and in any MCP client, added by URL with your InstaBids sign-in, and a ChatGPT app is coming. You send the request yourself. Connect an assistant
What should a written HVAC scope in Lexington list?
Lexington's mix of electric and utility-gas heating makes the proposed heat source a useful scope detail. List the existing system, repair or replacement, equipment model, controls, duct changes, removal, cleanup and completion date so each written bid addresses the work you describe. American Community Survey, house heating fuel; read 2026-10-17.
- The equipment: capacity, efficiency rating and model, in writing
- Heat source: if yours is one of the homes in Lexington-Fayette urban county that heat with electricity, ask whether a heat pump fits the job
- Removal and disposal of the old parts or materials
- Warranty terms on parts and labor, in writing
What license does an HVAC contractor need in Lexington?
After you pick an HVAC contractor in Lexington, start with Kentucky's Division of HVAC for the state's licensing guidance. The agency names KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 as its statutory remit. Read the agency page and use the public lookup after choosing whom to hire. Division of HVAC; read 2026-11-05.
Division of HVAC, verbatim: The division also is charged with administering and enforcing the Kentucky Revised Statutes 198B.650 to 198B.689. Division of HVAC; read 2026-11-05.
After you pick an HVAC contractor, open Kentucky Licensee Search, select Division of HVAC and the relevant licence type, then use the public search fields. The empty form describes the available search fields; no individual contractor record is presented here. Licensee Search; read 2026-11-05.
What size HVAC do I need?
Ask which heat source the quoted equipment will use.
Median hourly wage for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in the Lexington-Fayette, KY area, May 2025: $28.98 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
This is what workers in this occupation are paid per hour. It is not what a contractor charges for a job.
How does InstaBids work?
InstaBids does not hold payment for the work; you pay the contractor directly on the terms of the bid you accepted.
How is InstaBids different?
Each bidder appears under a stable label such as Contractor A, so you judge the work, not the brand.
Contact details stay hidden until the homeowner picks a contractor and they confirm the connection.
The contact-detail filter can miss disguised contact details.
Sources for the facts on this page
- dhbc.ky.gov, read 5 November 2026: dhbc.ky.gov
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (series OEUM003046000000049902108), May 2025, read 17 October 2026: api.bls.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year (B25040), ACS 5-year 2020-2024, read 17 October 2026: api.census.gov
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.