A car that cannot leave its Weoley Castle drive does not need to: the tyre changer, the balancer and a rack of tyres come up Barnes Hill in the van and the work is completed at the kerb.
Some Weoley Castle cars simply must not move. A tyre with a bulge on the drive on Alwold Road should not turn a wheel; a flat with no spare in the boot on Gregory Avenue is going nowhere; a car towed off the M5 to an estate street has a tyre in ribbons; a hospital worker's car at the Square has a rounded locking nut. In each case the answer is to bring the workshop up Barnes Hill to the car rather than the car down to Selly Oak.
Give the street, the size code and a description of the fault. The van arrives with a tyre-changing machine, a wheel balancer, compressed air, a torque wrench, the materials for a British Standard puncture repair and tyres in the sizes most estate cars use. What the fitter needs is the car on firm, level tarmac, drive or kerb, never the verge, with space beside the damaged wheel. The whole job, wheel off to wheel back on, is priced on the call.
Outside any house on the estate or in Shenley Fields, on the drive or hard kerb, or at the Square in a bay with space alongside. Not on the grass verges, where the equipment has no footing, and never on a motorway hard shoulder.
| Postcodes | B29 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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On the Weoley Castle estate the right spot for a mobile fit is the drive or the tarmac at the kerb, because the grass verges are soft and the job needs firm, level ground. Leave room for the jack and for the wheel to come off on the affected side. The van stops on the road without shutting in a neighbour or crowding the bus stops at the Square. Permit and private bays are fine too. From first bolt to last, the car stays exactly where it is.
The tyre bay comes up Barnes Hill to your car; nothing on the Weoley Castle estate has to move.
