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Chad Valley, West Midlands · B15 and B16
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Chad Valley.
Chad Valley is the quiet pocket of B15 and B16 between Harborne Road and the A456 Hagley Road, where a good many houses have a drive. Rescue Tyres carries the replacement tyre, a trolley jack and balancing kit to your car, drive or kerbside.
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Tyre trouble in Chad Valley?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Chad Valley.
Most tyre trouble in Chad Valley is discovered rather than suffered. A car left overnight on a drive off Westbourne Road or Norfolk Road greets its owner at breakfast sitting on the rim, or a low-profile tyre has clipped a kerb on Harborne Road. Neither calls for a tow truck. Photograph the sidewall, text it over with the postcode, and the correct tyre is ordered before the van sets out. The work is then done on the drive, with the car barely shifted from its spot.
| Postcode districts | B15, B16 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Hagley Road (A456); Ladywood Middleway (A4540); Ladywood Circus; Harborne Road (B4124) |
| Nearest stations | Edgbaston Village (West Midlands Metro), University (National Rail), Five Ways (National Rail) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 5 (Five Ways), about 0.9 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Selly Oak Retail Park, Battery Retail Park, Magreal Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 95 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Harborne |
What we do in Chad Valley
Tyre work in Chad Valley.
Tyres come in to order against the sidewall size, and the choice runs from budget and mid-range to premium, with winter, all-season, EV, run-flat, performance and 4x4 or SUV patterns on offer. Plenty of cars on these drives wear run-flats or large alloys, so the fitter checks the load and speed ratings match. Nails in the tread get an inside patch-plug to BS AU 159 where the damage sits in the permitted area. Burst tyres are replaced, and a mislaid locking wheel nut key never leaves a wheel stuck on.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Chad Valley
Drives, bays and car parks.
A private drive is the natural working surface in Chad Valley and covers the majority of calls. Without one, pick a quieter side road off Norfolk Road or Nursery Road and leave the car tucked in tight and parallel, preferably so the punctured side faces the pavement. Waitrose or Morrisons car parks suit a car that still drives, if the store agrees. Not usable: Hagley Road itself, and the narrower through roads at busy times, where a van would block both directions.
Calls come mostly from the residential roads that run between Harborne Road and Hagley Road, and from the streets edging towards Calthorpe Fields and Edgbaston. Westbourne Road, Norfolk Road and Nursery Road carry through traffic, so a car stopped on the carriageway there is no place to lift a wheel; the side roads and the drives are. Hagley Road is the busy one, a trunk route out towards Bearwood with nowhere to stand beside a jacked car. Metchley Lane leads down to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital side of Harborne, where permit schemes and hospital parking rules make a driveway the better answer. The Edgbaston Village tram stop and University station bring commuters through, though a flat is more often found at home than at the platform. The Clean Air Zone boundary sits on Ladywood Middleway, beyond Five Ways, so nothing here is charged.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Chad Valley.
After dark the Chad Valley calls usually come from people home late along Hagley Road who spot a soft tyre on the drive, or who need it fixed ahead of the morning school drop. Whoever rings gets an answer at any hour, and tyre, callout and total are all settled before the van heads your way.
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What drivers say.
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"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
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Chad Valley FAQs
Questions from Chad Valley.
Do you come out to Chad Valley, or is it too far from north London?
Chad Valley is covered, along with Edgbaston, Harborne and the rest of B15 and B16. Brent Cross is the only base, so timing hangs on where the van happens to be that day; a realistic arrival estimate is given during the call to 07473 720871.
Will you replace a run-flat on a Chad Valley driveway?
Run-flats are fitted on the drive like any other tyre, once size, load index and speed symbol are read off the sidewall and matched. Some cars need the pressure monitoring system reset afterwards, and the fitter checks that before leaving. A photo of the sidewall with your address helps.
Is Chad Valley in the Birmingham Clean Air Zone?
It is outside. Birmingham's zone stops at the A4540 Middleway, and its nearest stretch, Ladywood Middleway, lies beyond Five Ways. A car kept on a drive off Harborne Road owes nothing, and no zone anywhere bills a stationary car while its tyre is being swapped.
Where can a tyre be changed if the car went flat on Hagley Road?
Not on Hagley Road itself. If the car will creep along at walking pace, turn into a side street off it or pull into a supermarket car park and stop somewhere level. If it refuses to move, switch the hazards on, get everybody onto the pavement, then ring with the exact spot.
Nearby
Around Chad Valley.
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Between Harborne Road, Westbourne Road and Hagley Road, the tyre is fitted on the car's own drive.