★★★★★
"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
BRBradley ReeveGoogle review
Rainham, Greater London, near Havering · RM13
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Rainham.
There is more than one Rainham in the country. This is the Havering one, RM13, where New Road runs through Dovers Corner and the station sits off the Broadway. Rescue Tyres arrives at whatever address the car is sitting at.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Rainham?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Rainham.
Rainham's tyre trouble has an industrial flavour to it. All day, lorries turn in and out of the estates along Ferry Lane and Mudlands, and the grit, banding and offcuts they leave behind end up in car tyres on New Road and Rainham Road. Then there is the station traffic, cars pushed tight against kerbs in the roads nearby, sidewalls taking a knock on the way into a gap. Most of it is discovered the next morning as a soft tyre on the drive.
| Postcode districts | RM13 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | New Road (A1306); Dovers Corner; Rainham Road (A125); Bridge Road (B1335) |
| Nearest stations | Rainham (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Mudlands Industrial Park, Imperial Trading Estate, Deans Trading Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 18 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Havering |
What we do in Rainham
Tyre work in Rainham.
The work here covers new tyres in any ordinary fitment, budget up to premium and taking in run-flat, van, 4x4, EV and all-season sizes, ordered against the markings on the tyre being taken off. BS AU 159 sets where a puncture may be mended, and the fitter tells you plainly which side of that line yours falls on before touching it. Burst tyres are swapped for new, and the wheel beneath gets checked for bends or cracks first. A locking nut comes away even when its key has long since gone.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Rainham
Drives, bays and car parks.
A driveway is the first choice and covers most of Rainham. Beyond that, a marked bay at Viking Way gives level ground and a clear space behind the vehicle. Station parking belongs to the train operator, so a job there hangs on them being content with it, and that is a question worth asking first. The trading estates are the other good option for a van, with the site's agreement. The carriageway at Dovers Corner and the approach to Southall Bridge are neither of them safe with a wheel off.
The calls come from the housing off the Broadway and Bridge Road, from the roads towards South Hornchurch and Orchard Village, and from the yards on the trading estates by the river. A good deal of RM13 is houses with their own frontage, so a driveway fit is the normal outcome and the car never leaves the address. Where there is no drive, Viking Way is pay and display with proper marked bays, and the Tesco car park has space at a quiet time if the store is content with it. New Road and Rainham Road both carry enough traffic that the fitter will ask you to move off them, and Dovers Corner is no place to stand at all. Havering lies inside the ULEZ out to the motorway, though a car that stays where it is pays nothing towards it.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Rainham.
Rainham runs on shifts and the night calls prove it: drivers loading at the riverside estates, people back on the last train who find a flat in the street, cab drivers who cannot afford to lose the morning. The phone is answered at every hour and the figure for the callout is confirmed before anyone sets out.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
JIJisoo ImGoogle review
Rainham FAQs
Questions from Rainham.
Which Rainham do you cover?
The Havering one, RM13, on the A1306 between Dagenham and the M25, with Wennington, South Hornchurch and Orchard Village around it. If you are searching from elsewhere in the country, check the postcode before ringing so nobody sets off to the wrong county.
Can you fit tyres at the Viking Way car park?
Viking Way is pay and display, so it is public ground with marked bays and enough space to get a wheel out. Stop clear of the entrance and describe whereabouts in the car park you have left it. The wheel is then taken off and the tyre changed while you wait.
I have a slow puncture that only goes down over a week. Is it worth repairing?
Often it is, and finding out beats topping the tyre up every few days. The casing is lifted off the rim and dunked to trace the leak, and if that lies in the repairable band of the tread it is mended permanently from inside. A weeping valve shows up the same way.
What if a repair is not allowed on my tyre?
A replacement goes on the same visit. The markings are read off the old casing, index and rating included, so the new tyre matches what the vehicle was built for, it is balanced on the van, and the wheel is refitted. New tyres carry the maker's warranty.
Nearby
Around Rainham.
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New Road, Viking Way or a drive off Bridge Road: the fitter travels to the car.