★★★★★
"Very quick and efficient service."
LMLynn MillbournGoogle review
South Oxhey, Hertfordshire · WD19
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in South Oxhey.
South Oxhey is a Hertfordshire estate of twelve thousand people beyond the Greater London boundary, strung along Prestwick Road and Little Oxhey Lane. Rescue Tyres drives out and works on the car where it sits.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in South Oxhey?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in South Oxhey.
Most of the trouble in WD19 is collected on the way in or out. Sandy Lane and Watford Road carry the A4125 towards Watford, the B4542 runs the length of the estate as Prestwick Road and Little Oxhey Lane, and a tyre that takes something on either of them is usually still holding air by the time the car gets home. That is the moment a mobile fitter earns the work: the car has already stopped. Read out what the tyre wall says and name the road you are on.
| Postcode districts | WD19 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Sandy Lane (A4125); Watford Road (A4125); Prestwick Road (B4542); Little Oxhey Lane (B4542) |
| Nearest stations | Carpenders Park (London Overground), Hatch End (London Overground), Northwood Hills (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Riverside Works, Fisher Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 8 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Watford |
What we do in South Oxhey
Tyre work in South Oxhey.
Punctures are the bread and butter. The wheel comes off, then the cover, and the inside of the casing decides whether it can be saved: a hole in the middle of the tread band, within the size limit the standard sets, gets sealed to BS AU 159 and the wheel balanced before refitting. Kerbed walls and burst covers are replacements, ordered to the size and ratings the car carries. A locking nut missing its key is removed on the spot. Somebody answers the phone through the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in South Oxhey
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drive, hardstanding or kerb, in that order. A drive needs nothing arranged at all. At the kerb the fitter wants a car's length plus somewhere to stand, so pulling forward a little before you ring saves shunting later. Oxhey Woods Car Park has space and a firm surface under it. Bays at the Lidl are the shop's own and turn over at a pace, so treat them as the last resort. The busier stretches of the B4542 give nothing to work in, and neither does the A4125.
Calls come from right across the estate: the long residential roads off Prestwick Road, the turnings around The Woods, addresses closest to Carpenders Park station, and the houses up by Little Oxhey Lane. Parking is the real constraint. A fair number of homes have a drive or hardstanding and those jobs are simple; where there is none the car ends at a kerb with neighbours' cars either side. That still works, provided a clear span exists to put the jack under the sill and the ground is not falling away. For a car that will still travel, Oxhey Woods Car Park is the public parking worth naming. No emission charge reaches this side of the county line.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in South Oxhey.
Nights in WD19 mean shift work and last trains. Somebody comes back from Carpenders Park at midnight to a flat tyre, or wakes to one before an early start and would rather not lose the day to it. The line is open whatever the time, and the figure for the tyre and the visit is given before anybody commits to it.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Quick, helpful and very understanding of our situation."
EAEva AshmoreGoogle review
South Oxhey FAQs
Questions from South Oxhey.
What happens when there is no drive, only the kerb outside?
Kerbside work is normal here and plenty of it happens that way. The fitter needs the car square, somewhere to stand, and clearance to place a jack under the sill, so say if the car is boxed in tight and that gets solved before the van arrives.
Is South Oxhey inside the London emission zone?
The estate is in Hertfordshire, outside the Greater London line, so the zone stops at the county line. Head into Harrow and it applies. Either way, no charge lands on a car that sits still for its tyre change.
Do you cover Carpenders Park and the roads around Oxhey Woods too?
Carpenders Park and the roads by Oxhey Woods share the round, as do the addresses towards Watford Heath and Northwood. Give a postcode when you ring, because WD19 runs a fair way and a street name alone will not always place a car.
Can four tyres be replaced at the house rather than at a garage?
A full set is a normal job for the van, which carries fitting and balancing equipment aboard. Sizes are ordered to the car beforehand, so the lot happens outside the house, drive or kerb, in a single visit.
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Around South Oxhey.
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Prestwick Road, Little Oxhey Lane, Oxhey Woods: the fitter changes the tyre at the kerb.