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Addiscombe, Greater London · CR0
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Addiscombe.
Addiscombe runs east from East Croydon along Lower Addiscombe Road, with tram stops at Sandilands and Addiscombe barely a step away. Rescue Tyres handles tyres and wheels kerbside or on a drive, seven days a week.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Addiscombe?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Addiscombe.
Street parking rules this district. The grid of roads either side of Lower Addiscombe Road is lined solid with cars, and a good share of the work here starts with a wheel rubbed hard into a kerb while squeezing into a gap. The rest comes from the A232, Addiscombe Road and Wickham Road, where debris does the damage. Either way the car is usually home and cold by the time anybody notices, which suits a fitter who comes out to the address with the tyre already loaded.
| Postcode districts | CR0 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Addiscombe Road (A232); Chepstow Road (A232); Fairfield Road (A232); Barclay Road (A232) |
| Nearest stations | Sandilands (London Trams), Addiscombe (London Trams), Lebanon Road (London Trams) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Pilton Industrial Estate, Twin Bridges Business Park, Chaffinch Business Park |
| Distance from our base | about 15 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Croydon |
What we do in Addiscombe
Tyre work in Addiscombe.
The list is short and it is the whole list. A tyre in the size the old one carries, chosen from budget, mid range or premium ranges, with run-flat, performance, van, 4x4 and EV sizes obtainable. A tread puncture broken down off the wheel, inspected and given a plug and patch from inside under BS AU 159 where that is allowed. A destroyed tyre swapped, with the bare rim given a once-over. A locking nut removed when its key is missing. Wheel alignment is not done, and neither are brakes or servicing. Calls taken around the clock.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Addiscombe
Drives, bays and car parks.
Three surfaces get used in Addiscombe. A paved front garden, the simplest option. A resident's bay on one of the side roads, with the van tucked in behind and the wheel taken off from the pavement. Or the Lloyd Park car park, roomy enough to work in if the car will still make the trip there, or a yard on the Pilton Industrial Estate for a works vehicle. Not usable: the A232 as Addiscombe Road or Chepstow Road, any tram stop approach, or a narrow road end where a jacked car blocks the way.
Most CR0 addresses in Addiscombe are terraced or semi detached with a small frontage, some paved for a car and some not, and that one detail decides how a job runs. With a drive, the car stays put. Without one, the fitter needs a legal space and a clear car length behind the bumper, which on the streets around the Addiscombe and Lebanon Road tram stops means ringing before the evening fills every gap. Lower Addiscombe Road itself, the A222, is a shopping run with bus traffic and is best avoided; Morland Road and Park Hill Road on the B243 are quieter. Chaffinch Business Park and the Pilton Industrial Estate handle the van side. The ULEZ applies here as everywhere in London, though a car standing still is outside its reach.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Addiscombe.
Night work in Addiscombe is usually somebody who has come back to a parked car on a side street and found it flat, or a driver off the late trams at Blackhorse Lane. Neither wants to leave the car overnight, so the call comes in and a price is agreed before the fitter leaves.
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What drivers say.
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"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
ISIrina SGoogle review
Addiscombe FAQs
Questions from Addiscombe.
Can you fit a tyre in a residents' bay in Addiscombe?
Permit bays are workable, so long as the car occupies one properly and the van can tuck in behind. The wheel on the pavement side is the straightforward one; when the flat is the offside, mention it on the phone so the fitter knows what he is coming to.
I commute from East Croydon. Can the car be done while I am at work?
Provided it is parked somewhere the fitter can legally stand beside it, and somebody can confirm the job by phone, that works well. Put the locking nut key somewhere in the car and give the exact street, since the roads around Addiscombe fill up during the day.
What can be repaired and what needs replacing?
A hole in the tread band, small and clean, comes out and takes a patch-plug on the inside, to BS AU 159. A split or a bulge in the sidewall is beyond mending, and so is a tyre driven flat along Addiscombe Road until the shoulder tore.
Do you come out to Woodside and Shirley from here?
Both are on the same run, along with Selhurst and South Norwood, and all of it sits under Croydon. The fitter travels down from Brent Cross in north London, so give the postcode with the tyre size and a sensible arrival time gets agreed on the phone.
Nearby
Around Addiscombe.
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Lower Addiscombe Road, the Lebanon Road tram stop, a CR0 side street: the work happens at the car.