A tyre squashed flat outside a Small Heath house is not one to drive on, even as far as Small Heath Park. Stay put and phone; the fitter makes the journey instead.
Flat by morning on Herbert Road could mean several things: a bolt from the Highway, a perished valve, a leak where the tyre meets a corroded rim, or a cut you cannot see from the pavement. What turns any of them expensive is moving the car. A few hundred yards on no air folds the sidewall under the wheel and destroys it. Parents near Small Heath Leisure Centre and shift workers heading for the airport face the same temptation; resist it.
Send the sidewall size and the street by WhatsApp, a photo if you can. On Herbert Road the tyre is pumped back up and the escaping air hunted down, and only then is a verdict given: a small hole in the central tread is patched to BS AU 159, a failed valve is changed, anything worse gets a replacement carried on board. Diagnosis and cost are both explained before the wheel comes off.
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 Small Heath as well.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: broken tyre replacement in Small Heath and emergency tyre repair in Small Heath.
Flat tyres are dealt with on the terraces around Muntz Street and Somerville Road, in side streets off Green Lane and near Small Heath Park. If the car is on the Coventry Road red route, a slow roll into a side turning comes first.
| Main roads | A45 Coventry Road; A45 Small Heath Highway; Golden Hillock Road |
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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 Small Heath page
With a flat on Yardley Road, the B4146, act early: pull into Westley Road or Sherbourne Road if either is closer than the next junction, switch on the hazards and stand behind the kerb, not the car. Check whether the tyre has a run-flat marking, then ring with the street you turned into and tell us which wheel is down, nearside or offside.
First glance at the other three tyres; two soft ones point to more than a single nail. Then give the flat one a slow look: a bolt head buried in the rubber, a cracked or leaning valve stem, a scuff where a Somerville Road kerb caught it. Driving on it to a garage along the Coventry Road wrecks the casing, and a blast of air only buys a little distance. A space-saver spare suits a short, slow trip but is no permanent answer. Leave the car on the terrace.
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Flat outside your Small Heath house? Keep it parked; the fitter will come out to it.
