Discovering a flat outside the house in Turves Green, or at Northfield station when the evening train gets in, means a visit to the car, not a drive on the rim to a garage.
Flat tyres in Northfield can be found first thing, on the drive in West Heath before the school run, or last thing in the small car park at Northfield station. Sometimes a screw from Frankley Beeches Road has been leaking for days; sometimes a valve has failed; sometimes the tyre was kerbed on Bristol Road South the day before. Whatever the cause, moving the car on a flat wrecks the sidewall and may scrape the rim, turning a simple leak into a new tyre.
Leave the car where it is and message the street, the size code and a picture of the tyre. Once there, the fitter reinflates the tyre, hunts the leak with soapy water and decides: a tread puncture inside the BS AU 159 limits is patched from within, shoulder or sidewall damage means a tyre off the van. Either way the cost was agreed by phone before the journey to B31, and there is no charge for asking.
On run-flat tyres? They behave differently once deflated, so check the handbook's limits and read our page on run-flat tyres; we fit replacement run-flat tyres at the car in Northfield as well.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: broken tyre replacement in Northfield and van tyre fitting in Northfield.
Driveways in Allens Cross, West Heath and Turves Green, the Shopping Centre or Leisure Centre car parks in a proper bay, and the station car park once the commuter rush has cleared. If the flat is on the A38, push or roll the car on to a side road first.
| Main roads | A38 Bristol Road South; Frankley Beeches Road; Bell Lane and Bell Hill |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Northfield page
Feel the steering tug towards one side on Pershore Road South and act early. Indicate, ease off and stop where the kerb is wide and the street lamps are working, ideally a residential road in Stirchley rather than the busy A441 itself. Hazards on, passengers onto the footway, and ring us naming the road plus whichever crossroads is closest.
When a tyre is found flat outside a house in Allens Cross, squeeze the other three tyres, since a kerb strike or debris on Frankley Beeches Road can catch two at once. Hunt the tread for a nail, the sidewall for a kerb scuff and the valve stem for a crack. Do not drive to a garage on Bristol Road South, since driving flat crushes the sidewall. A space-saver has a low speed limit and suits short hops only, so the Allens Cross car should stay put.
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