Key takeaways
- Yes, tyres can be fitted in a work, office, depot or business park car park, the same day or at a time you pick. Once the fitter is at the car, allow 20 to 30 minutes for a typical visit, and tell us how many tyres need doing so we can say how long to allow.
- Lease or Motability car? Check first. LeasePlan, for example, says drivers with a maintenance package must use its tyre network or may not be reimbursed.
- Clear it with whoever runs the car park, and sort out the barrier, the level and bay, and any height limit before the van arrives.
- Have the keys and the locking wheel nut key ready, leave room on both sides of the car, and give us the size from the tyre sidewall when you ring.
Yes, you can have your tyres fitted in your work car park: a mobile fitter brings the tyres, a tyre machine and a balancer to the car while it stays where you parked it. What makes it work is a few minutes of arranging first. Get permission and access for the van, and leave room around the car. Have the keys and the locking wheel nut key to hand. If it is a lease or company car, check who is allowed to book.
This guide is that groundwork, in the order you need it. The service itself is the same one that does tyres fitted at home; it simply comes to your office, depot, site or business park instead of your drive.
Can a fitter come to your work car park?
Yes. Having tyres fitted at work is the same job as fitting on a driveway: the wheel comes off, the old tyre comes off the rim, the new one goes on and is balanced on the van, and the wheel goes back on. We do it across London and the surrounding counties, 24 hours a day. An early shift, a late shift or a night shift car park works as well as nine to five, and there is no out-of-hours surcharge.
You can have it the same day, typically with a fitter at the car within 30 to 60 minutes of the call, or pick a time that suits your working day. If a tyre is worn or slowly losing air, there is no need to wait until tomorrow: ask for today.
The honest limits: the car needs to be somewhere safe and reasonably level, away from moving traffic, and the job has to be one that can be done at the kerb or in a bay. We do not do wheel alignment, and we do not take caravans, trailers, motorbikes or lorries. Cars, SUVs, 4x4s, EVs and vans are all fine.
Whose car is it? Check this before you book
The first thing to settle is not the car park but the car. Who owns it, and who pays for tyres, decides whether you should ring a fitter of your choice at all.
- Your own car. Book whoever you like. You pay on the day and the receipt is yours.
- Lease car with a maintenance package. Ring the lease company's tyre line first. LeasePlan's own help page is blunt: drivers with a maintenance package "must use our service and supplier network for maintenance and tyres", and if they arrange fitting elsewhere "we may not reimburse your costs" (LeasePlan UK). Other lease companies set their own rules, so read your agreement.
- Lease car without a maintenance package. You normally choose the fitter. LeasePlan tells these drivers to use "a VAT-registered garage of your own choice" and to keep all receipts, as it may ask for them at the end of the contract (LeasePlan UK). If your agreement says what the receipt must show, tell us when you ring. We will tell you before we set off what you will get.
- Motability Scheme car. Start with the Scheme. Motability says tyre repairs from Kwik Fit are part of the lease package. It adds that Kwik Fit's mobile service is "by appointment and in advance only". Replacements are included within its fair usage policy (Motability).
- Company-owned car or van. Ask your fleet manager who is allowed to book tyres on it before you do anything.
What to arrange with your workplace first
Ask whoever runs the car park before the van turns up: your employer, the building or facilities manager, the landlord's managing agent or the car park operator. We are not aware of a law that requires their permission, but it is someone else's private land. A five-minute conversation in advance is what stops a fitter waiting at a barrier while your phone is on silent in a meeting.
- Permission. Who agreed it, and their name, in case the fitter is asked on the way in.
- Barrier, gate or security desk. Who lets the van in, and a number the fitter can ring when they arrive.
- Permits. Whether a visiting van needs a permit, a visitor bay or a ticket to park beside your car.
- Exactly where the car is. Building, zone, level and bay number on a large site, plus the make, colour and registration.
- Multi-storey or underground car parks. The height limit marked at the entrance, and which levels allow work. If the van cannot get to your level, the car may need moving to a surface bay or the top deck. Only move it if the tyre still holds air; if it is flat, ring us first and we will tell you whether the car can be moved safely. Our guide to a flat tyre in a multi-storey car park covers the access questions in more detail.
Example (made up to show the details, not a customer job): your car is on level -2 of an office multi-storey, behind a barrier run by the security desk. Before you ring, check the height limit at the entrance and whether a visiting van may drive down to -2. Then give us the desk's number, the level, the bay and the registration. If the van cannot get down, move the car to the top deck or a surface bay first. Only move it if the tyre still holds air; if it is flat, ring us first and we will tell you whether the car can be moved safely.
No car park at all, or only a street outside the office? A safe, legal kerbside spot can work too; see mobile tyre fitting with no driveway.
What does the fitter need from you on the day?
Four things, and none of them takes long to sort out.
- Space round the car. Enough room on the side being worked on to get a jack under the car and the wheel off and out. If you are boxed in between two cars or tight to a wall, park in an end bay that morning.
- Firm, level ground. LeasePlan asks drivers to give a mobile fitter "a safe space to enable our technician to work safely on your vehicle such as a flat drive way or office/site car park" (LeasePlan UK). A steep ramp, soft verge or loose gravel is not that.
- The keys and the locking wheel nut key. Without the locking key the wheel cannot come off normally. Halfords' help page puts it plainly: without the key "we might not be able to carry out the work" (Halfords help). If yours has gone missing, say so when you ring: we can remove locking wheel nuts on the same visit, and our guide to a lost locking wheel nut key explains the options.
- Your tyre size. It is the code on the sidewall, such as 205/55 R16 91V, or give us the registration and we can look it up.
Do you have to be there?
Plan on stepping out for a few minutes when the fitter arrives, to point out the car, hand over the keys and locking key, and agree the work. Some national mobile services require you to be present (Kwik Fit). If you would rather leave everything at reception and stay at your desk, ask when you book and we will tell you what we need for that job.
How the visit runs, and how long it takes
- The call. You give us the details listed at the end of this guide (what to tell us), we agree the price on the phone and you choose: now, or a time you pick.
- Arrival. For a same-day job, within the arrival time given above. Give us a number for whoever lets the van in, so the fitter can ring ahead.
- Checks. The fitter looks over the car and the tyres before any tool goes on a wheel (next section).
- The work. Wheel off, old tyre off the rim, new tyre on and balanced on the van, then the wheel back on, nuts tightened and pressures checked.
- Finish. You pay by card or contactless once the job is done, and the old tyres go with the van for licensed recycling, so you are not left with them in the boot.
Once the fitter is at the car, allow 20 to 30 minutes for the fitting on a typical visit. Tell us on the call how many tyres need doing and we will tell you how long to allow. The work is fully insured, and new tyres we supply come with a 2-year tyre warranty.
What a fitter checks before the wheel comes off
A good fitter does not just swap rubber. Before starting, these are the things worth looking at, and the reasons behind them:
- Where the car is sitting. Level, firm, handbrake on and clear of the car park's driving lane, so it is safe to lift.
- That the new tyre is right for the car. Size, load index and speed rating on the new tyre against what the car needs, not just the size.
- The damage, if it is a puncture. Where it is and how big, because that decides between a repair and a new tyre.
- The other tyres. The law asks for at least 1.6mm of tread "across the central three-quarters of the breadth of the tread and around the entire circumference", correct inflation, and tyres free from certain cuts and other defects (The Highway Code, Annex 6). If another tyre is close to the limit, it is worth knowing while the van is there; our guide to the legal tread depth explains how to check it yourself.
- Valves and pressure sensors. A cracked or perished valve is replaced; on a car with direct tyre pressure sensors the sensor is checked, and a failed one can be swapped for a new TPMS sensor.
- The locking nuts. That the key fits cleanly and the nuts are not already rounded.
What can be done in a car park, and what cannot
Most routine tyre work happens at the car. The one common job we send to a garage is alignment.
| Job | In your work car park? |
|---|---|
| New tyres, supplied and fitted | Yes |
| Tyres you bought online | Yes, we fit tyres you bought yourself |
| Puncture repair | Yes, if the damage is within the repairable limits of BS AU 159 |
| Wheel balancing | Yes, on the van |
| Valve or TPMS sensor replacement | Yes |
| Locking wheel nut removal | Yes |
| Taking the old tyres away | Yes |
| Wheel alignment (tracking) | No. We do not offer alignment; book it at a garage |
| Caravans, trailers, motorbikes, lorries | No, not something we do |
Is a car-park repair as good as a workshop one?
It should be the same repair. TyreSafe says puncture repairs must follow British Standard AU 159, and that a permanent repair "can only be carried out following removal of the tyre from the wheel" so it can be inspected inside as well as out (TyreSafe). That is how a puncture repair in the car park is done: tyre off, checked inside, repaired from the inside.
The British Tyre Manufacturers' Association's summary of the standard limits car tyre repairs to a zone in the middle of the tread and to damage no more than 6mm across, and does not accept plugs pushed in from outside or sealants as a repair (BTMA).
That BTMA note summarises an earlier edition of the standard, so treat its figures as a guide rather than the current text; our guide on whether a puncture can be repaired goes into the detail.
If the damage is outside those limits, the answer is a new tyre, and usually on the same visit if we know your size before we set off. If the car pulls to one side or the steering wheel sits crooked after new tyres, that points to alignment, which is a job for a garage.
For office and fleet managers
If people drive for your business, keeping their tyres in order is part of your job, not just theirs. The Health and Safety Executive says employers must manage the risks to workers who drive as part of their work. It adds that "the law applies to both company and grey fleet vehicles" (HSE). Grey fleet means cars owned by staff and used for business. Its guidance on keeping vehicles safe expects tyres to be inspected regularly and replaced when needed. Defects should be "remedied promptly" (HSE).
Keep it in proportion: the HSE also says commuting to work "is not generally classified as driving for work", so a colleague's own car used only to get to the office is not usually your responsibility. Where it is, having tyres done in your own car park means the vehicle is fixed while it would be parked anyway, rather than off the road for a garage trip.
For vans, see van tyres fitted on site. If you are thinking of having several vehicles seen to on the same site, ring first and talk it through: how many, what sizes, and where they are parked. We will tell you honestly what can be done in one visit.
Need someone to come to your work?
Ring 07717 389637. We come to offices, depots, sites and business parks across London and the surrounding counties, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with the same price at night, at weekends and on bank holidays. It is the same mobile fitting service, in ULEZ-compliant vans. To get it right first time, tell us:
- The workplace address and postcode, and the car park name if it has one.
- Building, level and bay, plus the car's make, colour and registration.
- Who lets the van in: a security or reception number, and any height limit at the entrance.
- The tyre size from the sidewall, or the registration, and how many tyres.
- What is wrong: worn, a slow puncture, a nail you can see, or a warning light.
- Whether there is a locking wheel nut, and whether you have its key.
- Whose car it is, if it is a lease or company car, and what receipt you need.
- When you can step out, or whether you want us there now.
Sources
Checked on 2 October 2026. Points about how a fitting runs and what a fitter checks are trade knowledge from fitting work rather than a published source, and are written that way. Fast Tyre service details are as confirmed by the business.
How we write and check these guides: every outside fact is quoted from, or linked to, the source listed below, and the date above is when we last checked them. Spotted something wrong or out of date? Tell us through our contact page; about Fast Tyre says who we are.
- GOV.UK, The Highway Code, Annex 6: vehicle maintenance, safety and security
- Health and Safety Executive, Driving and riding safely for work: employers and Make sure vehicles used for work are safe
- LeasePlan UK, Support: tyres
- Motability, Tyres
- TyreSafe, Punctures and puncture repairs
- British Tyre Manufacturers' Association, Minor repairs to passenger car and light van tyres (PDF)
- Kwik Fit, Mobile tyre fitting
- Halfords, Do I need my locking wheel nut key for my mobile tyre replacement?
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Frequently asked questions
Plan on a few minutes with the fitter when they arrive; if you would rather leave the keys at reception, ask when you book.
It depends on the agreement. With a maintenance package, the lease company may arrange tyres: LeasePlan, for example, says those drivers must use its network or may not be reimbursed. Without one, you normally choose and pay the fitter and keep the receipts. Motability Scheme tyres go through the Scheme first.
On a same-day job, a fitter is typically at the car within 30 to 60 minutes of the call. Then allow 20 to 30 minutes for the fitting on a typical visit. Tell us how many tyres need doing and we will tell you how long to allow.
Yes. You can have a fitter come the same day or choose a time that suits you, including early mornings, evenings and nights, as we work 24 hours a day with no out-of-hours surcharge. Tell us when you can step out to meet the fitter.
The price depends mainly on the tyre you choose, and it is agreed on the phone before anyone sets off. Nights, weekends and bank holidays cost the same.
For cars and light vans, The Highway Code says tyres must be correctly inflated for the load, have at least 1.6mm of tread across the central three-quarters of the tread and around the whole circumference, and be free of certain cuts and other defects.
A BS AU 159 repair is only allowed for small damage in the zone in the middle of the tread, with the tyre taken off the wheel and checked inside. If the damage is outside those limits, a new tyre is fitted instead, usually on the same visit if we know your tyre size before we set off.