How TradeWrench works

Yes, for homeowners, buyers, sellers, agents, inspectors and shops. Looking up a home needs no account. Companies that need data at scale will pay later.

Homes in the counties we cover in Oregon and Washington. The Coverage page lists each county and city, how many homes have equipment on record, and how far back the records go. See coverage →

The furnace, heat pump, air conditioner, water heater, electrical panel and other equipment on file for that address: how old each one is, which licensed business installed it, and what is likely to need work next. Every fact says where it came from. See a sample record →

The record shows the best date we have: a permit, or the date on its label. No date? It says “Age unknown”. A label photo settles it in 2 minutes. See a sample record →

Every job’s date and type is free, and so is the shop that installed each piece of equipment. The other shop names and the five-year cost estimate show once the heating, cooling and hot water labels are on record (appliances never block it), and stay with the home after a sale. See a sample record →

Public building permits first, then label photos, what households add and contractor job records. Every fact shows its source.

Permits miss a lot: many water heaters and furnaces are replaced without one, and a permit says work was done, not always what went in. So “no permit on record” doesn’t mean the equipment is original. The people who live there can fill it in: walk the house, photograph a label, or use “Fix or add to this record”.

Check the house number and spelling, and pick your home from the suggestions as you type. If we don’t cover the area yet, you can ask to hear when we do (a free account): the address waits in My homes, we email you once, and the request ends after 12 months. It is never shown as anyone’s home.

No to look up a home, or to photograph a label and see what it says. To save something to its record (a label reading, a service visit) you sign in with your email when you press Save; no password, and what you typed stays on the page.

Press “Sign in”, type your email and press “Email me a sign-in code”. We email you a 6-digit code; type it in and you are signed in. There is no password. Your first sign-in creates the account, and you land on My homes. Sign in →

It usually takes under a minute. Check your spam or promotions folder for a message from TradeWrench. After a short wait the sign-in page offers “Send a new code”, and “Use a different email” if there was a typo.

We use it only to send your sign-in codes, the reminder emails you turn on for a home, and the one notice you ask for when an address comes into coverage. It is never shown to anyone, never put on a home’s record, and never sold or shared. Trust and privacy →

On My homes, press “Delete my account” and confirm. Your email and your records (done dates, notes, costs, receipts and documents) are deleted, so download them first, and your list of homes ends. What you added to a home’s record stays on that home, with nothing that points back to you.

Yes. On My homes, “Your records” shows everything you kept, by home, with what you spent each year, ready to print or save as a PDF. “Download everything” gives one ZIP: spreadsheets of every entry and of costs by year, and each receipt and document as its own file. Your records →

It puts the home in your list on My homes. Then it asks how you are connected to the home. It changes nothing on the record and nobody else sees your list. If you aren’t signed in, it asks you to sign in first and brings you back.

It’s your own word about the home: “I own it”, “I rent it”, “I’m buying it”, “I look after it” (a landlord or property manager) or “Just watching”. Nobody else sees it, and you can change it any time.

Yes. A couple, roommates, renters and owners can each add the home and say how they’re connected. It gives nobody control over the record: the record belongs to the address, not to an account, so no one can lock it or hide it from the next owner.

Yes, any time, from My homes. Removing a home from your list changes nothing on its record.

Your own page for a home in My homes: a card for each piece of equipment and each appliance, what’s due first (with “Mark done”, “I had it serviced” and “How to”), and reminders. Open its record; what’s due is at the top, under Yours.

Each piece of equipment’s page has “Your care”: what it needs and how often (the air filter, a yearly tune-up, the alarm tests). Press “I had it serviced” when a pro does the work and “Mark done” when you do it; the next date counts from there. You can change how often, or turn one off. Every how-to lists its sources.

Only you. They’re never on the home’s shared record, in any report or seen by anyone else, including someone else who added the same home. Deleting your account deletes them.

What you add about the equipment goes on the home’s shared record as the household’s word, so the next owner, buyer or tech sees it too. Your email and name are never shown with it.

A room-by-room list of what a home usually has. For each one, take a photo of its label, press “Don’t have one”, or “Skip for now” if you aren’t sure. It takes about 3 minutes.

It is read for its text (brand, model, serial number, dates), then thrown away; we never keep the photo. Some are read by an AI service, Anthropic, which gets the photo and nothing about you. Nothing goes on the record until you check it and save. We log what each read found (label details only) and clear an unsaved reading after 30 days.

Choose “Type it” (on a computer, “Type what the label says instead”) and type the model and serial number from the label. You check it before it is saved, just like a reading from a photo.

Use “Fix or add to this record” on the home’s page. Nothing on a record is erased: the fix is added as a new entry and the earlier one stays in the history, marked as replaced.

Never because of a record. We take no names, phone numbers or email addresses from permits or any other record. The only email we hold is one a person gives us to sign in, used only for what they asked for.

No. We never show or keep the names of the people who live in or own a home, and no one can look them up here. A record is about the equipment: what is in the home, how old it is, and which licensed business installed it.

No. Records name the licensed business that did the work, never the people who live in a home. If you ever see a person’s name, phone number or email on a record, write to us and we remove it.

No. There are no ads and no tracking cookies, and nothing about you is sold. We count page views without cookies to see which pages people use. Trust and privacy →

No. Your installed base, your due list and the job files you upload are seen only by your shop. A home’s record names the licensed business that installed the equipment, the way the permit does, but no one can pull up a list of the homes you’ve worked on.

Email sign-in for shops isn’t switched on yet. Write to us with your Oregon CCB or Washington L&I license number and we’ll send your shop its sign-in link. There is no password, and one link covers the shop. Guide for contractors →

Not today. Inspectors can look up any home we cover for free, set “Show what matters for” to Inspecting for the permit history, and use “Print summary” for a printable page. Guide for inspectors →