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19 to 96, measured.

The Lowcountry launch is one number: HVAC Repair Charleston's Lighthouse mobile performance went from 19 on the old WordPress site to 96 on Hydra OS — measured before and after cutover on July 3, 2026 — across 16 service areas from Summerville to the coast.

CharlestonSummervilleMount PleasantNorth CharlestonThe Lowcountry
Fast facts

The numbers, with sources.

1 client-site config in the Lowcountry (16 service areas)
19 → 96
Lighthouse mobile performance, before → after the Hydra rebuild
Source: Lighthouse, measured Jul 3, 2026, before and after cutover.
16
Lowcountry service areas on the live build
Source: HVAC Repair Charleston launch story, July 3, 2026.
100
Lighthouse SEO score on the live build
Source: Lighthouse, measured on the live build, July 2026.
251
Market-facing client sites in the national CIWG portfolio
Source: CI Web Group client registry, July 3, 2026.

Charleston is a single-launch market with unusually complete measurement. HVAC Repair Charleston (All Star Services) came in on a WordPress site scoring 19 Lighthouse mobile performance; the Hydra OS rebuild measured 96 — both numbers captured the same day, July 3, 2026, one before cutover and one after.

The build carries 16 Lowcountry service areas, 30+ years of company experience, and the phone number — (843) 824-0000 — within reach on every scroll. It is the cleanest before/after in the portfolio, and every figure is published on the launch story.

Trades served here
  • HVAC

    The primary trade across the CIWG portfolio — 189 of 251 market-facing client configs.

  • Plumbing

    Emergency-intent searches won in the answer box, not page two.

The economics

$30 median cost per lead vs the industry's $153 blended figure — see the full CIWG vs market benchmark with method and sources.

How we stack up →

Who rebuilt HVAC Repair Charleston's website?

CI Web Group — the launch is published with its full before/after: Lighthouse mobile performance 19 on the old WordPress site, 96 on the Hydra OS build, measured on July 3, 2026 on both sides of cutover. Accessibility rose from 92 to 97 and SEO from 85 to 100.

The rebuild also restructured coverage into 16 Lowcountry service areas — Summerville, Charleston, and the surrounding coastal communities — each with its own indexed page.

Why did the old site's 19 performance score matter?

Because page experience is a ranking input and a conversion killer: a site that takes many seconds to render on a phone loses the emergency AC call before it ever loads. In a humid market like the Lowcountry — where summer failures are urgent — mobile speed is revenue.

The 19 → 96 delta is what a database-free static architecture buys. Same company, same trucks, same reviews; the difference is the platform.

Is CI Web Group active elsewhere in the Southeast?

Yes — Florida is the nearest dense cluster, with 8 client configs and the American PHC launch (#1 within a week, organic traffic up 3,240%). The national portfolio spans 251 market-facing client sites across 48 states, so a Charleston contractor is buying a system with regional and national proof, not a one-market experiment.

Proof in this market

Launches, with the numbers published.

The Lowcountry launch — the portfolio's cleanest same-day before/after measurement.

HVAC Repair Charleston

HVAC · Summerville, Charleston & the Lowcountry, SC

19 → 96
Lighthouse performance · before → after
  • 19 → 96Lighthouse mobile performance, before → after
  • 16Lowcountry service areas
  • 30+Years of experience
Read the full launch story
FAQs

Asked and answered.

What did the Charleston rebuild measure?

Lighthouse mobile performance 19 → 96, accessibility 92 → 97, SEO 85 → 100 — before and after measurements both taken July 3, 2026 around the Hydra OS cutover.

How many service areas does the Charleston build cover?

16 Lowcountry service areas, from Summerville and North Charleston through the coastal communities.

Is one Charleston client enough proof to hire you?

Judge the measurement, not the count: the launch publishes same-day before/after Lighthouse data — and it sits inside a 251-site national portfolio with a $30 median cost per lead (CIWG portfolio benchmark, July 3, 2026).

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