★★★★★
"Life saver. Sudden puncture, hard-to-find tyre. They got back to me within 10 minutes and did a mobile tyre change."
JSJimmy SuGoogle review
Hamstead, West Midlands, near Birmingham · B42 and B20
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Hamstead.
Around Hamstead station and the Old Walsall Road, Rescue Tyres fits tyres to cars and vans where they stand, from a drive in B42 or B43 to a yard on the Hamstead Industrial Estate.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Hamstead?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Hamstead.
Two kinds of call come out of Hamstead. Vans based on the Hamstead Industrial Estate pick up screws and debris, and the driver finds the damage at the start of a shift. Residents on the streets around Hamstead Road and Hamstead Hill find a soft tyre on the drive, and nobody has to take the car anywhere. Say what size is fitted and exactly where the vehicle has been left, and a matching tyre, for van or car, comes along with the fitter.
| Postcode districts | B42, B20, B43 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Walsall Road (A34); Walsall Road Bridge (A34); Old Walsall Road (B4124); Hamstead Hill (B4124) |
| Nearest stations | Hamstead (National Rail), Perry Barr (National Rail) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 7 (Great Barr Interchange), about 1.6 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Hamstead Industrial Estate, Great Barr Business Park, Perry Park Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 98 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 Perry Barr |
What we do in Hamstead
Tyre work in Hamstead.
Van tyres make up a big share of the work here, whether that means a replacement in the right load rating or a nail sorted out on the estate. Repairs are made from the inside of the tyre, as BS AU 159 sets out, limited to damage inside the tread area that standard treats as repairable. Blown-out tyres get a full swap with the rim looked over first. When a locking nut has no key, the fitter removes it with the proper extractor. Any hour, any day of the week.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Hamstead
Drives, bays and car parks.
Yards on the Hamstead Industrial Estate suit vans well, provided whoever runs the unit expects the fitter. For residents, the drive, or a side street with space all round the car, is enough. Near Hamstead station, a quiet road close by is the realistic meeting spot for a car that can be moved without harm. Hamstead Hill and the A34 are no good as working spots, and the same goes for Hamstead Road wherever traffic brushes past a parked car.
Hamstead spreads across B42, B43 and a corner of B20, so the postcode matters when you ring. Calls come from homes near Hamstead station, from the Old Walsall Road, and from the units on the Hamstead Industrial Estate, with Tower Hill and Perry Beeches only a little further off. The A34 Walsall Road is close by, carrying traffic up to the Great Barr Interchange, and it is far too busy to work beside. Hamstead Hill and Hamstead Road are fine to drive along but not somewhere to stop with a wheel off. The better options are drives, estate yards and quieter residential kerbs, and Hamstead has plenty of all three. If a tyre fails on one of the main roads, crawl to the nearest side street before calling.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Hamstead.
Early shift drivers at the industrial estates and residents coming home by train into Hamstead station make up most of the late calls. Ring in the small hours and a person still picks up, with the price fixed on that first call before anyone drives out.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Great service, fixed my punctured tyre quickly and the best prices for mobile repairs."
AAmirGoogle review
Hamstead FAQs
Questions from Hamstead.
Can you change a van tyre on Hamstead Industrial Estate before we open?
Early jobs are fine if the gate is open or someone lets the fitter in. Send the unit number, the registration and each figure printed on the tyre wall, load index too, so Hamstead vans get a tyre rated for the weight they carry.
Do you cover the B43 side of Hamstead too?
All of it is covered, B42 and B43 alike, along with the nearby streets in B20. Mention the nearest road you are on when you phone, since that saves the fitter hunting for the car on arrival.
A tyre has gone flat on my car near Hamstead station. What now?
If the car is lawfully parked and out of the traffic, leave it be and call 07473 720871 with the street name. If it is somewhere awkward, creep it the short distance to a quiet side road first, at walking pace.
Can every puncture in Hamstead be repaired?
Not every one. A Hamstead puncture whose hole is 6 mm or narrower, lying clear of both tread shoulders within the middle three-quarter band, can usually be mended to the standard. A sidewall wound, or a casing driven on while flat, means fitting a new one instead.
Nearby
Around Hamstead.
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Stuck in Hamstead? Call now.
Hamstead station, the Old Walsall Road or a yard on the Hamstead Industrial Estate: the fitter comes to you.