★★★★★
"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
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Bovingdon, Hertfordshire · HP3
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Bovingdon.
Bovingdon sits on the B4505 in HP3, a village whose through road answers to Hempstead Road at one end and Chesham Road at the other. Rescue Tyres drives out to it, tyre already loaded.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Bovingdon?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Bovingdon.
Tyre trouble out here is usually lane trouble. Bovingdon Green, Pudd's Cross, Hogpits Bottom and Whelpley Hill are reached by roads where two cars cannot pass without one giving way, and a wheel that drops off the tarmac to let something by can come back with a cut in the shoulder rather than a nail in the tread. Cuts of that sort do not mend. Ring with the registration, the markings off the sidewall and the exact address, and the replacement is on board before anything sets out for HP3.
| Postcode districts | HP3 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Hempstead Road (B4505); Chesham Road (B4505) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Brickworks, Berkhamsted Wastewater Treatment Works |
| Distance from our base | about 17 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Berkhamsted |
What we do in Bovingdon
Tyre work in Bovingdon.
Village work splits fairly evenly. Replacement tyres in the size the car actually wears, brought out rather than fitted in a queue somewhere. A tread puncture goes back off the wheel and is sealed to BS AU 159 wherever that standard says a repair is allowed. Sidewall damage from a lane squeeze, which is a new tyre and nothing else. Locking nuts wound off when the key has gone missing. Bursts dealt with where the car stopped. Calls are taken every day of the week and through the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Bovingdon
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives do most of the work in Bovingdon, and a jack likes them best: firm ground, clear of anything coming past, and room for the van behind. Where there is no drive, a residential turning wide enough to leave the lane open is the next best thing. A yard or forecourt belonging to a business is that business's ground, so it only happens with a word from whoever runs it. The B4505 itself is no good: it is the only way through and a jacked-up car would stop it dead.
The village proper is the stretch either side of Hempstead Road and Chesham Road, and the rest of the postcode is hamlets: Bovingdon Green half a mile out, then Pudd's Cross, Tower Hill, Orchard Leigh, Leyhill Common and Flaunden, with Chipperfield and Felden on the Hertfordshire roads beyond. Nobody here is near a railway, so every household runs on its cars and a flat one is a real problem. Off-street parking is the saving grace and most addresses have it. What the village lacks is any public parking worth sending a driver to, so a car with no drive gets seen to where it legally stands, on a turning broad enough for the van to tuck in behind. Dacorum charges nothing for clean air and neither does anywhere else out this way.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Bovingdon.
Bovingdon goes quiet early, and the calls reflect that: somebody back from Hemel Hempstead or Chesham on the B4505 who felt the steering go on the last part of the drive, or a household that spots a flat tyre before a dawn start. The line is manned whatever the hour, and the price is agreed before a wheel turns.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Nice guy and fast service. Perfect installation."
AAAlishia AkramGoogle review
Bovingdon FAQs
Questions from Bovingdon.
Do you actually come out to Bovingdon and the hamlets round it?
HP3 is on the round, and that takes in Bovingdon Green, Pudd's Cross, Whelpley Hill, Hogpits Bottom, Flaunden and Leyhill Common as well as the village street. The run is from Brent Cross, so give the postcode and a landmark on the lane, and a realistic arrival time comes back to you there and then.
The sidewall is scuffed and bulging after squeezing past something on the lane near Hogpits Bottom. Repairable?
A bulge is broken cording under the rubber, and the sidewall is the one place no repair is allowed. That tyre gets replaced. The rim deserves a look at the same time, because a knock hard enough to do that can pull it out of true. Drive it as little as you can until the fitter arrives.
There is no drive at my Bovingdon address. Where does the work happen?
On the road outside, so long as the car sits legally and the turning is broad enough for traffic to get past. Nothing in the village counts as public parking to fall back on, so describe the spot when you ring; the fitter will either say it is fine or suggest rolling a few doors along.
My car came with a repair kit and no spare. Is that a worry in a village like this?
It only matters for the damage a kit cannot seal, which is most of what the lanes do. A sealant canister will hold a small tread hole long enough to get home, but nothing more. Ringing for a replacement at the address is the simpler route, and the old tyre leaves in the van.
Nearby
Around Bovingdon.
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Stuck in Bovingdon? Call now.
Bovingdon Green, Pudd's Cross or the B4505 through the village: the tyre is swapped exactly where it stands.