Rescue Tyres fits, repairs and replaces car and van tyres at the car: on a driveway, a side street or a car park where the owner allows it. Cheshunt is about 12 miles in a straight line from our only base at Brent Cross, NW2. We give you an arrival time when you call.
EN7, EN8: Waltham Cross, Goffs Oak, Turnford, Flamstead End
The van comes up through Enfield on the A10, so the town is well within our usual area. Tell us where the car is and what has happened to the tyre, and we will say on the call whether it sounds like a repair or a new tyre.
The fitter needs firm, fairly level ground beside the wheel, with room to jack the car up and to park the van close by. Goffs Oak, Rosedale and Flamstead End are mostly residential streets where a drive or a legal space at the kerb is easy to find.
Near Cedars Park, Grundy Park and the Lee Valley Park, the visitor car parks are run by their owners, so the same permission rule applies there. A nearby side street is often the simpler place for the job.
| Postcode districts | EN7, EN8 |
|---|---|
| Areas | Waltham Cross, Goffs Oak, Turnford, Flamstead End, Churchgate, Rosedale, Bury Green, Theobalds, Old Pond, Wormley |
| Landmarks | Cheshunt Old Pond, Cedars Park, Grundy Park |
| Distance from our base | About 12 miles in a straight line from Brent Cross, NW2 |
The fitter brings the tools to the car, so there is no need to drive on a damaged tyre to a garage.
The fitter brings the new tyre to your home, your workplace or a safe place to park, fits it, balances the wheel and sets the pressure.
Tell us the size from the sidewall and we can talk through budget, mid-range and premium options for it.
A nail or screw in the main tread can often be repaired. The fitter takes the tyre off the rim and looks at the inside before deciding, because a small hole can hide bigger damage.
Damage in the shoulder or the sidewall, or a tyre that has been driven flat, cannot be repaired safely, and you are told why before anything else is done.
A flat tyre does not always mean a new tyre. Whether it can be repaired depends on where the damage is and how far the car was driven flat.
If the spare is missing, flat or a space saver you would rather not rely on, the repair or the new tyre is brought to the car.
A burst tyre, a bulge in the sidewall or a deep cut from a kerb or pothole cannot be repaired. The fitter replaces the tyre at the car and checks the wheel while the tyre is off.
Send a photo of the damage and the size on the sidewall so the right replacement can be found.
We work evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays when the diary allows, at the same price as a weekday job.
Out of normal working hours, where the car waits matters more: somewhere lit, legally parked and away from passing traffic.
Lost, broken or rounded key? The nuts are removed at the car with extraction sockets made for locking nuts.
Plain nuts or a new locking set go back on, and the tyre can be sorted on the same visit.
A vibration through the steering wheel at a steady speed is often a wheel out of balance. Balancing spins the wheel and adds small weights to even it out.
A wheel is balanced each time a new tyre is fitted to it, and it can be done on its own when a weight has come off.
Van tyres carry heavier loads and are marked with a C after the rim size and a higher load index. The replacement has to match both.
Fitting at a yard, a business car park or the kerb outside the job keeps the van working.
Run-flats keep the car moving for a limited distance after losing pressure, but they still need sorting properly afterwards.
The correct run-flat is sourced for your car, including maker-approved fitments, and fitted at the car.
We fit tyres only. We do not sell part-worn tyres and we do not do batteries, brakes or wheel alignment.
Call or WhatsApp with where the car is, the registration and the tyre size from the sidewall.
You hear what the job involves and the options for your car. Nothing is booked until you say yes.
The fitter comes to your home, your workplace or a safe place to park, raises the car on a jack and does the job beside it.
Before the fitter leaves, the wheel is checked for security and the tyre pressure is set to the maker's figure.
The size is the string of figures on the tyre wall, such as 205/55 R16 91V. The first number is the width in millimetres, the second is the sidewall height as a percentage of that width, R means radial construction and the last number is the rim diameter in inches.
The part after the size, 91V in that example, is the load index and speed rating. A replacement should match or exceed both, and the two tyres on one axle should be the same size and pattern.
One new tyre is fine when the others still have plenty of tread and match it in size and pattern. A big difference in tread depth across one axle makes the car brake and corner unevenly.
Four-wheel-drive cars are more sensitive to differences in tread depth between tyres, so check the handbook before replacing just one.
BS AU 159 is the British Standard for repairing car and van tyres. For car tyres it allows a repair only in the central part of the tread, known as the minor repair area, and only for damage up to 6 mm across. How wide that area is depends on the tyre.
Anything in the outer shoulder or the sidewall is outside the repair zone, because those parts flex too much for a patch to hold. Two repairs too close together, or an earlier poor repair, also rule a repair out.
A tyre that needs air every week or two has a slow leak. The cause can be a small object in the tread, a leaking valve or valve core, or a poor seal where the tyre meets a corroded rim.
A slow leak still needs finding and fixing, because a tyre run underinflated wears faster, runs hotter and can fail at speed.
Cheshunt is in Hertfordshire, outside London's ULEZ. The London Borough of Enfield begins just south of Waltham Cross on the A10 and the A1010, and a car that does not meet the emission standards pays the daily charge once it is driven into Enfield or Edmonton.
That matters if you were planning to drive south to a tyre shop on a damaged tyre. There is no need: the fitter comes to the car where it is in EN7 or EN8, so a slow puncture does not have to be driven anywhere.
The M25 passes the south of the town, through the Holmesdale Tunnel, and meets the A10 at junction 25. The A10 Great Cambridge Road then runs north past Waltham Cross and Theobalds Grove.
We never work on the carriageway of a motorway or main road, on a hard shoulder, in a smart motorway emergency area or on a slip road. If a tyre fails in the tunnel or on the M25 itself, follow the signs and the Highway Code, and once the car has been taken somewhere safe off the road, such as your home or a side street, call us.
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There is no fixed figure that suits every car, so the price is built from a few things and told to you before you decide.
The price is given on the call. The price is the same at any hour. Asking for a price does not commit you to anything.
When you compare prices, compare like with like: the same brand and pattern, the same load index and speed rating, and whether balancing and a new valve are part of the job.
Cars and light vans need at least 1.6 mm of tread across the central three-quarters of the tyre, around the whole circumference.
For a car, each illegal tyre can bring a fine of up to £2,500 and three penalty points; the maximum fine for a van is higher.
Push a 20p coin into the main grooves at several points around the tyre. If the outer band of the coin is visible, the tread may be close to the limit and should be measured properly.
A tyre is also illegal with a cut longer than 25 mm or a tenth of its section width, whichever is greater, that reaches the ply or cord, a lump or bulge, exposed cords, or the wrong size or type for the car.
The last four digits of the DOT code on the sidewall give the week and year of manufacture, so 2319 means the 23rd week of 2019.
Rubber hardens and cracks with age even on a tyre that has done few miles, and many tyre makers advise replacing any tyre ten years old or more.
Sources: the tread and tyre rules are in the Highway Code, annex 6 on GOV.UK; TyreSafe publishes tyre safety advice.
Yes, if the site allows it. Supermarket, retail park and station car parks are private ground, so the owner's permission comes first. Places of this kind in this area include:
If the car stops on one of the roads below and can still be driven safely, leave at the next exit or turn into a side street, then call:
The whole of the EN7 and EN8 postcode districts is covered, from Flamstead End, Churchgate and Bury Green in the west to Turnford, Theobalds and the streets around Old Pond nearer the Lea valley. Waltham Cross, Goffs Oak and Broxbourne are covered as well.
Wormley and Broxbourne fall in EN10 and are close enough to include. Cuffley, in EN6, sits on the Potters Bar side of Goffs Oak, up the B156 Cuffley Hill, and we cover it too.
Rescue Tyres is a mobile service run from one base at Brent Cross, London NW2. The map shows the Cheshunt area so you can check where your car is: it is not an address of ours.
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Tell us where the car is, the tyre size and what has happened, and the options are explained on the call.
