★★★★★
"Fast and reliable."
KSKhurram ShehzadGoogle review
Duston, Northamptonshire · NN5
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Duston.
Duston is the large NN5 parish on the edge of Northampton, running from the Harlestone Road out to Upton Way. Rescue Tyres changes the tyre on your Duston drive or in the street outside, wherever the car is standing.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off
Tyre trouble in Duston?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Duston.
Duston is mostly homes, and most tyre problems here are found on the driveway: a slow leak spotted on the school run, a pressure light that comes on as the car pulls out, a sidewall scuffed on a kerb in one of the newer estates. The roads feeding the parish, Harlestone Road, Weedon Road and Upton Way, carry plenty of traffic, yet the damage usually shows itself at home. Send over the size and the address, and that tyre goes on the van.
| Postcode districts | NN5 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Upton Way (A5076); Harlestone Road (A428); Weedon Road (A4500) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 15A (Rothersthorpe), about 2.5 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Westgate Industrial Estate, Lodge Farm Industrial Estate, Kings Heath Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 56 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Northampton |
What we do in Duston
Tyre work in Duston.
Duston calls cover the whole range. A tyre with a screw in the tread is broken down and examined inside, then repaired to BS AU 159 when the hole is small enough and sits away from the shoulder. Tyres beyond saving are replaced with one carrying the same size, load index and speed symbol. A tyre torn open on the road is swapped and the wheel checked. Locking wheel nuts with no key are removed without harm to the alloy.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Duston
Drives, bays and car parks.
Driveways do almost all the work in Duston, whether block paving, tarmac or a shared parking area. The big supermarket car parks, Sainsbury's included, are busy and short stay, so they suit only a car that has to stop there. A unit yard at Lodge Farm Industrial Estate is fine once the site agrees. A residential close with the car tucked in legally works too. The carriageway of Upton Way and the approaches to its roundabouts are not places the fitter will set up.
Calls come from right across the parish: the older streets of Duston itself, New Duston towards Harlestone Heath, the newer housing at St Crispin's and Upton, and the Timken Estate and Marina Park. Lodge Farm Industrial Estate and the Westgate and Kings Heath estates bring in working vans. With so many houses built around a drive, that is where nearly every job ends. For a house without one, a quiet residential street serves, with the car parked legally and not on a bend. Upton Way is a busy ring road with no safe margin for a lifted car, and the kerbside of Harlestone Road is little better at busy times. There is no emissions charge anywhere in Northampton, so a car being worked on costs nothing extra to leave.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Duston.
Night calls from Duston mostly start at home: a tyre discovered sagging on the drive towards midnight, or before a dawn start at a warehouse. The phone is staffed right through, and the tyre, the visit and the total are all confirmed before the fitter gets in the van.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Good communication, excellent work and takes the initiative. Happy to go the extra mile, highly recommended if you're in a tyre-related bit of bother!"
DFDavid FordhamGoogle review
Duston FAQs
Questions from Duston.
Do you cover New Duston and St Crispin's as well as old Duston?
All of Duston is covered, the newer estates at St Crispin's and Upton included, along with New Duston and Lodge Farm. The van sets out from Brent Cross, some way south, and the person on the phone gives you a realistic idea of when it will get there.
Can a tyre be fitted on a shared parking area outside flats in Duston?
It can, provided the car is in its own space and the fitter has room to move around the wheel. Mention it if the parking court is cramped or sloping, which helps decide where the jack goes before anyone arrives.
The locking wheel nut key has disappeared. Is a tyre change in Duston still possible?
The fitter carries purpose made removal tools that take off a locking nut without its key and without marking the alloy. After that the tyre work carries on as usual, and ordinary nuts can go back on if you would rather not replace the set.
Is there anywhere near Upton Way to stop with a flat?
Come off Upton Way onto a residential road in Duston or Upton rather than stopping on the ring road. A supermarket car park will do if one is closer, so long as the car sits out of the way of cars moving through it.
Nearby
Around Duston.
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Stuck in Duston? Call now.
Harlestone Road, Upton Way or a drive in New Duston, the fitter comes out to the car.