Who Runs The Second Bid
The Second Bid is run by the team that owns Plumbing Supply and More, SoftPro Water Systems and Quality Water Treatment, connected to Central Plumbing & HVAC.
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The team
The Second Bid is published by the same team that owns three stores: Plumbing Supply and More, a supply house with plumbing and HVAC parts and equipment categories, and SoftPro Water Systems and Quality Water Treatment, which sell water softeners. The team is also connected to Central Plumbing & HVAC, a plumbing and HVAC service company in Bucks and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Because of those ties, this site doesn't call itself neutral. It calls itself a second opinion and shows the sources each page reads against, so you can judge the reasoning yourself. More on what the site is and isn't is on the about page.
Pages with partner links
Twelve pages link to one or more of these businesses. Each link is labelled beside it as run by the same team as The Second Bid.
- What an HVAC quote should include
- HVAC quote red flags
- Questions to ask an HVAC contractor
- Getting a second opinion
- Manual D duct design
- Dual fuel heat pumps
- Ductless mini splits
- Furnace AFUE ratings
- Boilers and hydronic heat
- Whole home humidifiers
- Repair or replace
- Installation extras
No other page carries partner links.
How partner claims are treated
What a partner business says about its own products or services is reported as that business's claim, not as a finding of this site. Supply-house links show where a part category can be seen, so you know what a part is or have something for the installer to quote against; they are never a suggestion to fit safety parts yourself. Central Plumbing & HVAC is linked only as one example of how a local company describes its service, and it serves only its part of Pennsylvania.
What partner links don't change
The rules on every page stay the same whether or not it has partner links. Pages cite federal rules, agency criteria and makers' documents; they give no install or repair cost ranges; they don't rank contractors or name a best choice for your home. No link on this site is paid placement, and the label beside each partner link is added the same way on every page.