★★★★★
"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
Totteridge, Greater London · N20
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Totteridge.
One road carries Totteridge and changes its name twice on the way through, from Totteridge Common to Totteridge Village and on into Totteridge Lane. Rescue Tyres sees to the tyre at the house, whether the address is N20 or the EN5 end.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Totteridge?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Totteridge.
A lane with no pavement teaches drivers to hug the edge, and the edge is what does the damage. Pull over on the A5109 to let something past and the nearside wheel finds a rough margin or a hidden kerb, and the tyre is left with a scrape on the inner shoulder or a rim that has stopped sealing. Neither shows up on the spot. It turns up instead on the drive next morning as a tyre gone soft overnight, and that is where it gets dealt with.
| Postcode districts | N20, EN5 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Totteridge Village (A5109); Totteridge Lane (A5109); Totteridge Common (A5109) |
| Nearest stations | Totteridge & Whetstone (London Underground), High Barnet (London Underground), Woodside Park (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Meadow Works, Alston Works, Albert Road Gas Works |
| Distance from our base | about 4 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Barnet |
What we do in Totteridge
Tyre work in Totteridge.
Tyres and wheels are all that happens on a visit here. A tread puncture is handled by lifting the tyre from its rim, reading the casing from within, and fitting a repair where BS AU 159 says one is allowed. A tyre split on a kerb is replaced rather than patched, since sidewall damage is never repairable. Balancing happens before any wheel goes back up. A locking nut can be taken off without the key, and the callout line runs at night and at weekends.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Totteridge
Drives, bays and car parks.
Long private drives take almost all the work and they are the reason jobs here go smoothly. Gravel, grass and shingle need a moment of thought, so the jack goes on the firmest, flattest patch available, occasionally a few feet from where the car came to rest. A gated forecourt or a courtyard works just as well. The verges beside Totteridge Common are soft and slope away from the road, which rules them out for lifting anything.
This is a green belt village that happens to be inside London, sitting between N20 and EN5 with Whetstone and Woodside Park on one side and Dollis Valley on the other. Houses along the A5109 have long drives, gates and space, and that is a gift to a mobile fitter: the car can be lifted well away from moving traffic. There is no car park for the public here, and the nearest station is Totteridge and Whetstone at the bottom of the lane, so the drive really is the working surface here. On the lane itself there is nowhere sensible to stop and no footway to stand on, so a car that has failed there wants moving to the nearest driveway or entrance before any tool comes out.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Totteridge.
Out here the late call is usually a household that has come back up the lane in the dark, felt the steering pulling and parked on the drive rather than carrying on. There is no rush to move anything. Give the size and the address on the phone and a sensible time for the fitter to come is agreed there and then.
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
Totteridge FAQs
Questions from Totteridge.
Can you reach the houses along Totteridge Common and Totteridge Village?
The whole of the A5109 is covered, whichever of its three names the address uses, along with the turnings off it. Give the house name or number and the postcode when you ring, because the lane is long and the properties are well spread out.
There is nowhere to park on the lane. What if my car stops there?
Get it to the nearest driveway or gateway if it will still roll, because the lane has no footway and no room for a car to sit clear of whatever is coming past. Once the car is off the carriageway and on private ground, the wheel comes off safely and the tyre goes on.
My drive is gravel and it slopes. Is that workable?
Most drives around Totteridge are like that and it is managed every day. The fitter picks the firmest and most level part of it for the jack, moving the car a short distance first if the spot it stopped on is not solid enough to take the weight.
Can a run-flat tyre be repaired after a puncture?
Sometimes, and sometimes not. A run-flat driven on while deflated may have cooked its own reinforced sidewall, and that damage cannot be repaired. Where the casing has come through undamaged and the hole falls where BS AU 159 allows, the tyre is mended in the ordinary way.
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Around Totteridge.
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Totteridge Lane, Totteridge Common or a gated drive in N20, the wheel gets attention exactly where it stopped.