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Mobile tyre fitting
in Chase Cross.
Chase Cross is the point where the streets give out and the B175 starts climbing Orange Tree Hill towards Havering-atte-Bower. Rescue Tyres works at the house here, on a drive in RM5 or beside a lane in RM4.
A fitter at your car
in Chase Cross.
Gradient is the thing that makes this place different. The B175 runs up through Chase Cross as Havering Road, North Road and Orange Tree Hill, and a tyre losing pressure on a slope is felt long before it is seen. Drivers coming down off the lanes towards Collier Row notice the steering going heavy and pull onto the first bit of level ground they find. Ring from there with the postcode, RM5, RM4 or RM1, and the tyre comes up the hill with the fitter.
| Postcode districts | RM5, RM4, RM1 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Orange Tree Hill (B175); Havering Road (B175); North Road (B175); Chase Cross Road (B1459) |
| 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 Havering |
Tyre work in Chase Cross.
Country lane driving out towards Stapleford Abbotts puts hedge trimmings and grit into tyres, so puncture work here is common and much of it is repairable: a hole in the central tread, six millimetres at most and nowhere near the shoulder, is sealed from the inside with a bonded patch-plug meeting BS AU 159. Anything cut on a sidewall gets replaced in the same size. Locking nuts, burst covers and a car sitting on its space saver are all dealt with at the address, at whatever hour the call comes in.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
Flat ground beats near ground every time here. A drive with a level apron is ideal, a firm forecourt does as well, and a straight length of kerb on a side turning works where the camber is gentle. What gets refused is a jacking point on a gradient, soft verge beside a lane, or a narrow stretch of Chase Cross Road where a stopped car would leave nothing for anybody coming the other way. Say on the phone whether your drive slopes and the fitter plans around it.
Three postcode districts meet around Chase Cross, which is unusual for somewhere this size: RM5 for most of the housing, RM1 towards the town and RM4 for the addresses out past Havering-atte-Bower. Calls come from the houses along Chase Cross Road, from the turnings off Havering Road, and from the properties strung along the lanes towards Stapleford Abbotts and Lambourne End, where a driveway may be long and a gate may be shut. There is no public car park recorded here, so nobody should be sent looking for one. A level drive is the surface that matters, and on a hill that is worth saying plainly: a fitter will move the car to flat ground rather than set a jack on a slope. Orange Tree Hill itself is a through road and not a place to stop.

24 hours in Chase Cross.
Unlit lanes are the reason people here ring rather than attempt anything themselves after dark. A driver coming down the B175 on a soft tyre will usually make it to a driveway in RM5 first, and that is the sensible outcome. The fitter brings lighting, works at the parked car and takes the damaged tyre away afterwards.
What drivers say.
"Nice guy and fast service. Perfect installation."
Questions from Chase Cross.
My drive slopes. Can a tyre still be changed on it?
Do you come out to houses on the lanes past Havering-atte-Bower?
Is there anywhere in Chase Cross I can meet the fitter?
Which postcode should I give for Chase Cross?
Around Chase Cross.
Stuck in Chase Cross? Call now.
Orange Tree Hill, Havering Road and Chase Cross Road, with the tyre brought up the hill to your door.
