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"Excellent service from start to finish. He came out quickly to help my mum change her tyre and was extremely friendly."
EHEllie-Mai HalesGoogle review
Enfield Wash, Greater London · EN3
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Enfield Wash.
Enfield Wash sits right on the A1010 Hertford Road, with the Overground stop at Turkey Street a few streets off it and Bullsmoor Lane running out to the M25 at Waltham Cross. Rescue Tyres arrives at the stationary car carrying tyre and tools.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Enfield Wash?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Enfield Wash.
Living on a main road has consequences for tyres. The A1010 runs straight through Enfield Wash, and a car parked with one side up on the kerb along it wears a line into the sidewall that eventually becomes a bulge. Nails and screws arrive from the turnings off Bullsmoor Lane. Often the warning light on the morning run to Turkey Street is the first anyone knows about it. Ring with the sidewall size and the EN3 street, and the tyre travels out rather than the car travelling in.
| Postcode districts | EN3 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Great Cambridge Road (A10); Hertford Road (A1010); Mollison Avenue (A1055); Bullsmoor Lane (A1055) |
| Nearest stations | Turkey Street (London Overground), Enfield Lock (National Rail), Brimsdown (National Rail) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 25 (Waltham Cross), about 1.2 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Enfield Highway Shopping Centre, Enfield Retail Park, Colosseum Retail Park |
| Distance from our base | about 10 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Enfield |
What we do in Enfield Wash
Tyre work in Enfield Wash.
Cars outnumber vans on this stretch. A cover is chosen by the size and load index moulded into the old sidewall, then mounted at the kerb. A puncture gets its verdict only after the tyre leaves the wheel, because the inside tells the story: a small central tread injury is patched and plugged under BS AU 159, and anything through the shoulder is beyond saving. A tyre that has burst or been run flat is replaced there and then. Keyless locking nuts are extracted. The phone is staffed overnight and at weekends.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Enfield Wash
Drives, bays and car parks.
The best surface in Enfield Wash is a front drive, and the terraces and semis off Hertford Road mostly have one or a patch of hardstanding. Next best is a wide residential turning with the car parked properly in. The outside of the damaged wheel has to be clear so it can come out, so a car boxed in tight on both sides is awkward. Retail park and shopping centre bays are private land and need the site's say-so. The A1010, the A1055 and the A10 are all out of the question.
The calls split between homes along and behind Hertford Road, the roads running back towards Bullsmoor and Bulls Cross, and commuters at Turkey Street and Enfield Lock who meet a flat on the walk back to the car. Enfield Wash is without a council car park, and the bays at Enfield Retail Park, Highbridge Retail Park and the Colosseum Retail Park belong to the operators, so they are somebody else's permission to give. A driveway is the easy case and much of this postcode has one. Failing that, a residential turning where the car sits wholly within a bay. Hertford Road itself is not workable while traffic is moving past. All of EN3 lies in Greater London and therefore in the ULEZ around the clock, although a car at a standstill while its wheel is swapped attracts nothing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Enfield Wash.
Late calls from Enfield Wash tend to be people back off the Overground at Turkey Street to find a corner down after a day parked, and drivers coming up the A10 who notice the steering going heavy. The van runs at night as it does by day, and the total is fixed before it leaves.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
EBEliza BarclayGoogle review
Enfield Wash FAQs
Questions from Enfield Wash.
Can a tyre be fitted near Turkey Street station?
The streets around it are the practical place rather than any railway land, which belongs to the operator and is not public parking. Park the car fully into a bay on a residential turning, give the EN3 street and the sidewall size, and the wheel comes off there.
Can you fit a tyre on the drive while I am out at work?
That is common enough. The car needs to be reachable, the key available for the handbrake and the steering lock, and somebody contactable on the phone. The wheel is taken off the hub, the new tyre mounted, balanced and torqued up, and the worn cover leaves with the van.
Something went into the tyre on Hertford Road. Can it be repaired?
Possibly, and the only way to know is to lift the cover off the rim and look inside it. Where the object passed through the central tread band and left a hole under six millimetres, a patch and plug to BS AU 159 goes in. Shoulder and sidewall damage means a new tyre.
Does the round take in the streets off Bullsmoor Lane?
Bullsmoor and Bulls Cross are covered, as is everything down towards Ponders End. Give the EN3 or EN1 postcode with the street, since districts change over short distances at the top of the borough, and you will be told a realistic arrival time on the call.
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Around Enfield Wash.
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Hertford Road, the turnings off Bullsmoor Lane or a drive near Turkey Street: the work happens at the car.