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A 38 → 94 Lighthouse jump that turned a slow site into a lead engine

ResultsXL rebuilt ACA Plumbing & HVAC on Next.js, cutting load time from 8.2s to 0.9s and lifting Lighthouse from 38 to 94 — with the SEO and AI-search infrastructure to match.

38 → 94
lighthouse performance
8.2s → 0.9s
load time
9x
faster pages

The challenge

ACA’s old website took 8.2 seconds to load on mobile and scored 38 on Lighthouse. Every slow page was a customer bouncing to a competitor before the phone number ever rendered.

What we did

  • Full Next.js 15 rebuild with image optimization and edge delivery.
  • Complete SEO infrastructure — schema, metadata, sitemap, and clean URLs.
  • AI-search readiness: llms.txt, JSON-LD, and semantic HTML for citation.
  • Every legacy URL mapped to a 301 redirect — zero lost backlinks.

The outcome

The rebuilt site loads in under a second and scores 94 on mobile. Faster pages, cleaner structure, and AI-ready content turned a liability into the strongest lead channel in the business.

“The new site is night and day. It loads instantly and we’re getting more calls than we ever did before.”

— Mike R., Owner, ACA Plumbing & HVAC

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