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Plumbing and HVAC contractors / Refinance

Already carrying an advance? What a plumbing or HVAC contractor can do about daily debits.

First and second position funding, buyouts of balances up to $100,000, and what the daily-to-weekly change does to your cash flow.

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How plumbing and HVAC contractors end up with more than one advance

At Merchant Fund Express, we publish the terms and thresholds behind this page so you can check your own numbers before you apply.

In a hot summer a contractor takes an advance to stock inventory ahead of installs; then the weather turns mild and the stock sits. A second advance covers payroll until the next surge, and the daily debits now run through the shoulder season.

In plain terms: a high-season advance taken for inventory that did not clear before the mild months.

What can be done

First and second position are both funded. Existing positions with a balance of $100,000 or less can be bought out into a weekly-payment term loan or a line of credit, and a line of credit up to $350,000 can sit in second position behind an existing advance. Up to two current positions fit the written guidelines, and some agreements restrict new financing, so read yours first. See MCA refinance and second position funding.

Daily versus weekly, on a plumbing or HVAC contractor numbers

An illustration, not an offer. Say a plumbing or HVAC contractor with about $100,000 in monthly revenue has a remaining advance balance of $48,000, being collected over about 60 business days:

ItemIllustration
Daily debit (60 business days)$800
Debited in a 21-day month$16,800 (17% of monthly revenue)
The same balance as a weekly payment over about 9 weeks$5,333
Terms of a new scheduleSet in your offer; a lower payment over a longer term is the goal

Use the payoff calculator with your own balance.

What to line up first

Total the inventory on shelves against the balance still owed
Plan the weekly payment for a shoulder-season month
Check whether commercial accounts on net-30 could be factored
Disclose every open position on the application; it shows on your statements either way.

Related

Plumbing and HVAC contractors: the full industry guide — Cash flow, calendar and every funding page for this industry.
MCA refinance — Buyouts, second position and the weekly alternative.
Second position funding — More capital without disturbing the first.
Renewals — When a paid-down balance opens better terms.
Existing positions and stacking — How funders read open positions.

Common questions

Can a plumbing or HVAC contractor get more funding while carrying an advance?

Often. Contractors with steady service-call deposits and no more than two positions fit the written guidelines. The shoulder-season month sets how much is comfortable. Merchant Fund Express shows the exact amount, schedule and total cost in your offer before you sign.

Can an existing advance be bought out?

Where your file and your agreement allow it, balances of $100,000 or less can be bought out into a weekly-payment term loan or line of credit.

Second position or a renewal?

Second position is a new agreement behind the existing one, so you make both payments. A renewal is more funding from the funder you already have, with one payment.

See what you qualify for

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