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Earls Court, Greater London · SW5
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Earls Court.
Earls Court is flats and converted terraces where cars come and go constantly, and some of them are visitors' or hire cars with no spare in the boot. Rescue Tyres fits the tyre at the kerb in SW5.
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Tyre trouble in Earls Court?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Earls Court.
A flat here can land on someone ill placed to deal with it: a driver who does not know the streets, a hire car with an unfamiliar boot, no spare and no locking nut key. Warwick Road on the A3220 and Cromwell Road on the A4 hem the district in on two sides, and both are unforgiving to a car losing pressure. The practical answer is the same either way. Park legally in SW5, read out the lettering moulded into the sidewall, and the tyre that matches it is sourced for the fitter.
| Postcode districts | SW5 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Warwick Road (A3220); Finborough Road (A3220); West Cromwell Road (A4); Cromwell Road (A4) |
| Nearest stations | Earl's Court (London Underground), West Brompton (London Underground, London Overground), West Kensington (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Brompton Cross District Shopping Centre, Hurlingham Business Park, Chartwell Business Park |
| Distance from our base | about 6 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
What we do in Earls Court
Tyre work in Earls Court.
The work in SW5 reflects who parks here. A locking wheel nut taken off because the key left with the previous driver, and an ordinary nut put on in its place. A replacement tyre specified from the sidewall marking, any tier of make, run-flat and low profile included, fitted and balanced beside the kerb. A tread puncture mended behind the liner to the BS AU 159 standard, the cover having come off its rim for inspection. A ruined tyre swapped with the rim checked. The line runs all night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
For the wider area, see mobile tyre fitting across Kensington and Chelsea; Earls Court is covered the same way.
Services from the Kensington and Chelsea page: Puncture repair · 24 hour tyre service · Locking wheel nut removal · 24 hour tyre repair · Flat tyre help.
Where we work in Earls Court
Drives, bays and car parks.
The bay the car is in is nearly always the answer, and most SW5 streets give just enough room to jack a car if the vehicle in front has not squeezed up. A few blocks have a rear yard or an underground level, which is better, once whoever manages it is happy. Supermarket parking near the station belongs to the store and is for shoppers, so it is not somewhere to leave a car on a jack. Red routes and suspended bays are out, as is anywhere across a dropped kerb.
Most of SW5 is converted terraces and flats, which means bays and nothing else: resident permits on the side streets, pay-by-phone where visitors park, and very little off-street space anywhere. The patch covers the streets around Earl's Court station, Pembroke Road and Warwick Gardens, and the turnings down towards Redcliffe Gardens. A bay is a fine place to work, provided the session or permit is valid and the car is not overhanging the next space. Cromwell Road, West Cromwell Road and Warwick Road are red route, so a car losing pressure on one of them has to make a side street before anything happens. ULEZ applies across the borough without a break in it, and a vehicle up on a jack falls outside the charge.
If the car is parked in West Brompton or South Kensington rather than Earls Court, the booking works the same way.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Earls Court.
At night in Earls Court, someone may have just arrived to find the car sitting on a rim outside the address, with an early start they cannot miss. The line is staffed whenever you need it, and what tyre and visit will cost is set before the van leaves.
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What drivers say.
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Earls Court FAQs
Questions from Earls Court.
My hire car in Earls Court has a flat, and there is no locking nut key. What happens?
That is routine work. The nut is cut into by a removal socket and backed off the stud, the wheel lifts away, and a plain nut takes its place. Tell the hire company afterwards. Have the registration and the tyre size to hand when you ring.
Can you work on a pay-by-phone bay in SW5?
As long as the session is running and the car is inside the markings, that bay is fine to work in. Top it up so it does not lapse part way through, and tell the fitter the street, the bay and which way the car is facing.
The tyre is losing air on Cromwell Road. Where do I pull in?
Not on Cromwell Road itself, which is red route. If it stays steady and straight, go slowly to the next left turn into the residential streets, or drop down towards Pembroke Road, and stop there. With the car clear of the main road, ring 07473 720871 with the street and the size.
Does somebody have to wait with the car while the tyre goes on?
Someone should be reachable, because the fitter may want the keys, a locking nut key where one exists, or a code for the bay. Sitting upstairs in the flat is fine. Give a number that gets answered, and say where along the street the car stands.
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Around Earls Court.
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Pembroke Road, a Warwick Gardens bay or a street behind the station: the work happens at the car.