A night-time flat may need no new tyre at all. A nail found at 11 p.m. outside a Barking flat can be repaired to BS AU 159 on the spot, leaving the car ready for the early shift.
Puncture repairs after dark are for the driver who spots a soft tyre on a Dagenham works car park at the end of a late shift, where the operator allows it, or comes home to Becontree and sees the rear sitting low under the street light. The tyre is otherwise good, the hole is a screw in the tread, and replacing it would be a waste. What you want is a repair at night rather than an unnecessary tyre, and that is what the van carries the kit for.
The fitter works under his own lighting: wheel off, tyre demounted, hole inspected from the inside, then a patch-plug provided it sits in the crown band and measures 6 mm across or under. If it turns out to be sidewall damage or the liner has been wrecked by a drive along the Heathway on the flat, he says so and offers a replacement from the van rather than an unsafe patch. Night work in RM9 costs what day work does, agreed on the call.
Once you have rung, we can also cover locking wheel nut removal, new tyres fitted in Barking and Dagenham and broken tyre replacement.
Any lit, level spot where the car is parked: outside a Becontree house, on a Marks Gate drive, at a Chequers Lane works gate, on a Barking Riverside estate road. The A13 and New Road carriageways are out, as are the private Vicarage Field and station car parks.
| Near | Barking station, Dagenham Heathway station, Becontree estate |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
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Late punctures can happen on the drive back from Romford or Ilford. If you are near Romford station or Seven Kings station, pull into a lit side road rather than a taxi rank or bus stop. A puncture in the tread centre can be plugged and patched there; one in the shoulder needs a replacement tyre. Give us the road name and a nearby shop front to look for.
A night repair only works when the damage sits in the middle of the tread. A nail by the Dagenham tyre's shoulder, a gash in its sidewall or a casing already driven flat along the A13 cannot be patched, so the fitter swaps the tyre instead. Should you be asleep or on shift in Dagenham when he gets there, arrange the handover of any locking key on the call and describe the car's exact position. A car on a permit-free Becontree street can be reached without waking anyone.
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Midnight puncture in Barking and Dagenham? Repaired properly, at the kerb, before morning.
