Is an expensive tyre worth repairing? More so than a cheap one, and by a wide margin. The tyres on the sort of cars parked around Holland Park and Kensington High Street are large, low profile and dear to replace, so a nail sitting in the middle of the tread deserves a proper look rather than an automatic write off. Done correctly, the repair is permanent: the tyre is separated from the rim, the casing is examined from within, the hole is reamed out, and a combined plug and patch bonded to the liner closes it to the BS AU 159 specification before the wheel is rebalanced. Done incorrectly, with a string plug or a can of foam, you lose the tyre and often the pressure sensor as well. We answer the phone through the night because that repair window closes as soon as the car is driven on a flat.
Most of the punctures we repair out of hours were picked up hours earlier and only noticed on the way to bed. That is why the repair side runs round the clock and not just the callout: come out at 4am, take the wheel off on the drive in Phillimore, check the tyre from the inside and fit a proper internal repair to British Standard where the damage permits it. Christmas Day in Gloucester Road, any day in Earl's Court Road: the line is open. Ring at 3am from Earl's Court Road and someone answers; Holland Park at noon is no different.
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Traffic on Kensington High Street and the Cromwell Road does not thin out until very late, and a soft tyre is the last thing you want to be threading through it. Having the repair done at the kerb, at whatever hour you found the problem, keeps the car off the road while it is at its most vulnerable.
A driver back from the airport heard air going as he parked. A nail, dead centre, still holding pressure. It came off the rim, was patched from inside, balanced and refitted before he had finished unpacking.
A slow puncture found in a residents' bay near Cornwall Gardens on the one day of the week with no garage to hand. We took the wheel off there, did the whole repair beside the car and put it back balanced.
A tyre with an earlier string plug already in it, done elsewhere. The casing had been damaged around it. That is not something to patch over, so we said so and replaced it instead.
A proper internal repair in the central tread area is, and it stays that way for the life of the tyre. It is the outside string plug, the one that never involves removing the tyre, that has no business on the A4.
It should. Sensors are treated carefully while the tyre is off and reseated properly afterwards. What kills them is aerosol sealant, which is one of several reasons we would rather you did not use it.
Large diameters and low profiles are common here, so they are common in the van. Tell us what is written on the sidewall and you will get a straight answer on the phone.
In most of them, yes. Tell us the height limit and the entrance when you book so we arrive in something that fits.
No. It is every night of the year, and midnight is often the better time to ring than eight the next morning, because by then the tyre may have been driven on.
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