At the car
Tyre trouble in Wednesbury after hours, repaired where the car is.
Late at night in WS10, the best case is a tyre that is going down rather than one already ruined. A tradesperson back in Moxley late sees a screw head in the tread; a nurse home from a night shift parks on a Kings Hill street and hears the hiss; a driver off the A4037 gets a low-pressure warning at eleven. Left until daylight, the tyre may be flat and driven on, and the chance of a repair goes.
The van carries lights, a tyre machine and patch-plugs, so the repair is the same at 1am as at noon. The wheel comes off, the tyre is opened and the hole is checked: if the WS10 hole is central and 6 mm wide at most, it is repaired to BS AU 159 and the wheel rebalanced. Moxley pays daylight rates at night too, quoted before setting out, and a replacement is only offered if the damage rules a repair out.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: locking wheel nut removal and emergency tyre repair in Wednesbury.