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Yes, you can drive a short way with a nail in your tyre if it still holds air. Go slow and stop somewhere safe. Do not pull the nail out, because it is plugging the hole. If the tyre is soft or going down fast, do not drive at all. A nail in the middle of the tread can often be repaired. Near the edge, you need a new tyre.
Here is what matters. Not the nail. The air. A firm tyre carries the car. A soft tyre bends too much, gets hot and breaks up inside, where you cannot see it. A few slow miles on a firm tyre is fine. A few miles on a soft one can finish it. That is the gap between a £39.95 repair and a new tyre.
Next is where the nail sits. A repair is only allowed in the middle three quarters of the tread, on a hole up to 6mm. That is the British Standard, BS AU 159. The edge and the sidewall are a no, however small the nail. The full rules are in can a punctured tyre be repaired.
You do not have to work any of this out. Send a photo of the nail and your tyre size to 07943 185471 on WhatsApp, or call 0300 124 6981. We tell you repair or replace before we set off. Then we come to you, in around 32 minutes on average in our core area.
The size is on the sidewall of the tyre, or send us a photo of it. It lands with the fitter on shift. No call-out charge, and the fitting is already in the price.
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The size is printed on the sidewall, like 205/55 R16. Send that and where you are, and I will come back with a fitted price and the next slot.
A photo of the sidewall does the job if you would rather not type it out.
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Covered here: should you pull the nail out of your tyre; how far can you drive with a nail in your tyre; is a nail in the tyre repairable, or do you need a new one; what if the tyre has already gone flat; can you leave a nail in your tyre and ignore it; will a nail in your tyre fail an mot.
No. Leave it in. It feels wrong, but the nail is doing a job. The rubber has closed tight around it, so it works like a cork. The leak stays slow. Pull it out and the slow leak turns fast. A tyre that would have held all day can be flat in minutes, and you are stuck wherever you pulled it.
Screws are the same. They often hold even better, because the thread grips the rubber. So leave it alone. Note where it is. Then check the pressure with a gauge. Compare it with the number on the door pillar. Close to that number?
The tyre is holding for now. Well under? Pump it up once and check again in twenty minutes. If it has dropped again, the car stays put. That is the moment to call a fitter, not to limp to a garage that cannot see you until next week.
There is no safe number of miles. There is a safe way to do it. If the tyre is holding air, drive slowly to the nearest place you can leave the car. Home. Work. A car park. That is it. Not the rest of the week.
Every mile opens the hole a little more, because the tyre bends around the nail on every turn. Heat makes it worse. That is why a long, fast run is the worst thing you can do. Watch for three signs. A tyre warning light on the dash. Steering that feels heavy or loose.
A tyre that looks lower than the others. Any of those, pull over when it is safe and stop. Once the car is parked, the damage stops too. A tyre sitting still with a nail in it is not getting any worse, so there is no prize for pushing on.
Most nails in the middle of the tread can be repaired. The British Standard allows a repair in the central three quarters of the tread, on a hole up to 6mm across. Most nails and screws fit inside that.
A proper repair is not a plug pushed in from outside. We take the tyre off the wheel and look inside. That matters, because a nail can cut the cords on its way in, and a tyre driven soft can be wrecked inside while it looks fine outside. If it passes, a plug and patch goes in from the inside.
It lasts the life of the tyre. You need a new tyre if the nail is in the edge or the sidewall, the hole is bigger than 6mm, an old repair is too close, or the tread is nearly at the 1.6mm legal limit. We show you what we find, so you are never guessing.
Then do not drive on it. Not even to the end of the road. A flat tyre gets crushed between the wheel and the road. The sidewall folds. The inside shreds. The wheel can get damaged too. A short drive on a flat usually means a new tyre, and sometimes a wheel repair on top.
Got a spare and a safe, level spot away from traffic? Fitting it is fine. Most newer cars have a can of sealant instead. It can get you moving on a small hole in the tread. But it coats the inside of the tyre, can block the pressure sensor, and can stop a proper repair later.
If you use it, tell the fitter. The easy option is to leave the car where it is and let the tyre come to you. We carry the common sizes on the van, so a flat usually gets sorted in one visit. See flat tyre: what to do for the first steps.
For a day, maybe. Ignore it? No. A nail that holds today is still a hole. The seal around it gets worse every time the tyre flexes. Most turn into a slow puncture. You know the one. Topping the tyre up every few mornings and hoping.
That hoping is what costs you. Each time the tyre runs low, the inside takes more damage. Drivers who live with it for two weeks often find the tyre cannot be saved when it finally comes off. The nail can also work deeper. Water can get in and rust the steel belts.
So the cheap fix is the fast fix. Get it looked at the same day, or the next, while the tyre is still sound. A repair is about half an hour at the car. A tyre that gives up at speed costs a lot more than that, and not just in money.
Do not take the chance. The tester checks every tyre for damage, cuts and anything stuck in it. A tyre with a nail in it is a damaged tyre, and it can be failed. Even if it slips through, the leak is still there the next morning.
So fix it before the test, not after. A repair to the British Standard is permanent, and a properly repaired tyre is a legal tyre. If the nail is in the wrong place and the tyre needs replacing, the new one must match the other tyre on that axle in size and type, or that is a fail too.
We sort both at your home or at the test centre car park. See failed MOT on tyres if the test has already happened, and get it back through quickly.
The questions that usually come next.
Puncture repairs at your doorBS AU 159 repairs from £39.95, done at the car.Read the guide →
Can a puncture be repaired?The repair rules, in plain English.Read the guide →
Slow puncture: causes and signsThe tyre that keeps going down.Read the guide →
Flat tyre and no spareWhat actually gets you moving again.Read the guide →
Self sealing tyresHow they work and who they suit.Read the guide →
TPMS warning lightWhat the tyre light is telling you.Read the guide →Most drivers find out late. These give it away early.
Walk round the car. One tyre looks a bit squashed at the bottom compared with the others. Check it with a gauge.
The pressure warning on the dash means one tyre has dropped. A nail is one of the most common reasons.
A ticking noise that speeds up with the car, or steering that pulls one way. Stop and look at the tread.
In this order, before the car goes any further.
It is plugging the hole. Pull it out and the tyre can empty in minutes, wherever you are.
Use a gauge. Compare it with the number on the door pillar. Close to it means the tyre is holding for now.
Middle of the tread? Often a repair. Near the edge or in the sidewall? That is a new tyre.
Slow and straight to somewhere you can leave the car. No motorway. No finishing the week on it.
Sealant can get you moving, but it can ruin the chance of a proper repair. If you used it, tell us.
A clear picture of the nail plus your tyre size on WhatsApp. We tell you repair or replace before we set off.
What happens after you message, wherever the car is parked.
Send the tyre size or your registration and we send back a fitted price. No call out charge is added, because fitting is priced into the tyre.
That is the average time to reach drivers in our core area. Further out we give you an honest time rather than a hopeful one.
The fitter needs firm, level ground and room to jack the car. Home, work and a safe spot off the carriageway all work well.
The new tyre is fitted, balanced and inflated, the nuts are torqued, and the old tyre leaves on the van for proper disposal.
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We fit on the drive or in the work car park while you get on with the day. Send the size and pick a time that suits.
Every hour you leave a flat tyre on a car is an hour you cannot use it. The van is on shift now, send the size.
What drivers ask us most about this, in plain English.
Yes, if home is close and the tyre still holds air. Drive slowly. Stay off the motorway. Park up as soon as you get there. If the tyre looks soft, the steering feels odd or a warning light comes on, stop somewhere safe instead and have the tyre sorted where the car is.
Home is a great place to leave it. Most of our puncture jobs happen on a drive. We take the tyre off the wheel, check the inside and repair it there if it passes. No trip to a garage. No waiting room. See puncture repairs at your door for what we do and what it costs. It takes about half an hour once we are with you.
Home an hour away? Do not try it. A nail that holds for ten minutes round town may not hold for sixty miles at speed. Heat is what breaks a low tyre. Stop somewhere safe off the main road, send us the location and call 0300 124 6981. We come to the car, so there is nothing to gain by pushing on. Our emergency fitting runs 24 hours a day.
For a day or two while you book a repair, yes. Not for good. A nail that holds now is still a hole, and the seal gets weaker every time the tyre flexes. Most become a slow puncture within days or weeks. Then the tyre runs low, and running low wrecks it from the inside.
This is about money as much as safety. A sound tyre with a nail in the middle of the tread is usually a £39.95 repair. The same tyre after two weeks of topping up can be a new tyre. That is a big jump for doing nothing. Slow puncture signs shows how to spot the damage building, like worn edges on the tread.
Until it is fixed, check the pressure every morning and keep trips short. If it drops a lot overnight, stop using the car. We can fix it on your drive before work, or in the car park at your job, so it does not cost you a morning. See mobile tyre fitting for how a visit works, or call 0300 124 6981 and book it now.
Best not. Motorway speed heats the tyre, and heat plus a hole is how a slow leak becomes a sudden failure. Found the nail before you set off? Take a slow local route, or leave the car. Already on the motorway? Leave at the next exit and stop somewhere safe.
Do not stop on the hard shoulder just because you think you have a nail. The hard shoulder is a dangerous place to stand. A tyre that still holds air can get you to the next junction at a steady, lower speed. If the tyre fails outright, that changes everything. Our guide to a motorway blowout covers what to do from the first bang to the car being safe.
Once you are off and parked safely, send us the location and the tyre size. A services car park, a side street near the exit, a lay by off the main road. We come to the car with the tyre machine on the van, so it gets fixed where it stands. Call 0300 124 6981 any hour, or read about emergency tyre fitting first.
Yes. A small nail is still a hole, and the tyre still needs a repair. Small nails cause most slow punctures, because they leak so gently that people ignore them for weeks. The good news is that a small hole in the middle of the tread is the kind that can usually be repaired.
Size is only one rule. The hole must be 6mm or less, which nearly every nail is. It must also sit in the middle three quarters of the tread, and the inside of the tyre must be sound. Most small nails land in the middle, which is the best place for one to be. See can a punctured tyre be repaired for every rule.
The real risk is not the nail. It is the weeks of running a bit low that follow. That wears the edges and cooks the inside of the tyre. Spotted one? Send a photo and we will tell you straight. Our puncture repair is £39.95 at the car. About half an hour, and the wheel is balanced before it goes back on.
Not always. A nail in the middle of the tread, in a tyre with good tread and no damage inside, can usually be repaired. You need a new tyre if the nail is in the edge or the sidewall, the hole is over 6mm, the tyre was driven flat, or the tread is worn out.
The only honest way to know is with the tyre off the wheel. A nail can cut the steel cords on the way in. A tyre driven soft can be ruined inside and look perfect outside. We check before we commit. If it fails, we price a new tyre fitted instead of patching it anyway. You see what we see before you pay for anything.
Tread depth matters too. If the tyre is close to the 1.6mm legal limit, a repair buys you a few weeks at most. A new tyre is the better spend, and we will say so rather than take the repair money. Check your own tread with our guide to tyre wear indicators, or call 0300 124 6981 for a straight answer.
No. Leave it exactly where it is until a fitter takes it out. The rubber has sealed around it, so it is working as a plug. Pull it and the air can go in seconds instead of days. Then you lose the chance to drive gently somewhere safe, and you are stuck on the spot.
It is tempting to see if it has gone all the way through. Pulling it will not tell you, and you do not need to know. We take it out with the tyre off the wheel. We look at the hole it made. Then we fit the repair from the inside. How our puncture repairs work walks through each step, so you know what to expect.
Nail already out and the tyre going down? Do not drive on it. Fit the spare if you have one and a safe spot, or leave the car where it is. See flat tyre and no spare for your options. Then send us the size and location. A tyre driven flat is rarely repairable, so the less it moves, the better your chance of a cheap fix.
Only as long as it takes to get somewhere safe to leave the car. Ideally a few miles, slowly. There is no safe number of days to carry on as normal. A tyre that holds its air may last a while, but the hole grows with use and the risk goes up every day you leave it.
Split it into two parts. The drive to safety is fine if the tyre is firm and you take it easy. Using the car as normal for another week is where the damage happens. How long tyres last shows why a tyre run low wears out so much sooner. Keep the pressure right until it is fixed and check it each morning.
The simple answer is to fix it today. We work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We reach most drivers in our core area in around 32 minutes on average. Call 0300 124 6981 or send the size, and check where we cover. A repair is about half an hour at the car, so it rarely costs you more than a lunch break.
Our British Standard puncture repair is £39.95, done at your home, work or the roadside. No call out charge. If the tyre cannot be repaired, you do not pay for a repair. We price a new tyre fitted there and then, and you decide before any work starts.
For that you get the tyre off the wheel, the inside checked, a plug and patch fitted from inside to BS AU 159, and the wheel balanced. That is the standard for a permanent repair. It lasts the rest of the tyre life. A string plug pushed in from outside is cheaper, but it is not a permanent fix. Read puncture repairs for everything we check.
A new tyre is priced on your size and the brand you pick, from budget to premium. The price we send is fitted, because fitting is built into the tyre, not added as a call out charge. On two or more tyres you can pay monthly at 0%, subject to status. NHS staff and key workers can ask about up to 30% off. Call 0300 124 6981 for your price.
Yes. That is the whole idea. We come to your home, your work or a safe spot at the roadside across the North West and North Wales. The van carries the kit to take the tyre off the wheel and repair it properly, so the car never goes to a garage. You do not always need to be there.
We need flat, firm ground, room to jack the car, and the locking wheel nut key if your wheels have one. A drive or a work car park is perfect. Lost the key? See lost locking wheel nut key and tell us before we set off. Soft ground or a steep slope can make jacking unsafe, so mention those too and we will tell you honestly if we can work there.
Send the size or the registration and the postcode. We reply with a price and a time. We cover 2,700+ areas and work round the clock. Check where we cover, or ring 0300 124 6981 to book. You get a fitted price and a time before we set off.
Not in what you do. Leave the screw in, check the pressure and keep any drive short. The repair rules are the same too. A screw in the middle three quarters of the tread, with a hole up to 6mm, can usually be repaired. One near the edge or in the sidewall cannot, however small.
Screws often hold air better than nails, because the thread grips the rubber. That is why they hide for weeks. They can also be longer, so the inside of the tyre needs a proper look for cut cords. We take the screw out with the tyre off the wheel, check the hole it made and then decide. More in can a punctured tyre be repaired.
Building sites, new estates and skip lorries are where most come from. If you work near any of them, glance at the tread when you check your pressures. Found one? Send a photo and we will say repair or replace. Our puncture repair is done at the car in about half an hour, and you get the old screw in your hand so you can see what did it.
Then the tyre has to be replaced. No repair is allowed in the sidewall or the edge of the tread, however small the nail and however new the tyre. Those parts bend the most on every turn, so a patch there would not hold. Drive only as far as you must to reach somewhere safe.
A sidewall hole can weaken the tyre faster than one in the tread, so treat it as more urgent. If the tyre is losing air, leave the car and let us come to you. Emergency fitting covers nights, weekends and bank holidays. Do not drive any real distance on a sidewall hole, even if it seems to hold air. Park it and call.
If you only replace one tyre, it should match the other on that axle in size and type. We check both and tell you if a pair makes more sense. See replace two tyres or four, or call 0300 124 6981 for a fitted price. The common sizes are on the van, so the new tyre usually goes on in the same visit.
Because the tyre is losing air. The light comes on when one tyre drops well below the others, so a nail that has started to leak will set it off. Stop when it is safe. Check the pressure with a gauge. Do not carry on with a long trip until the tyre is fixed.
Only a little low? Pump it up and drive gently to somewhere you can leave the car. If it drops again fast, stop using the car. The TPMS warning light explains what the symbol means and why it can take a while to go out. Cold mornings can set it off too, so always check with a gauge rather than guess.
After a repair, some cars need the system reset before the light goes out. We do that at the car where it is needed. Used a sealant can? Tell us, because it can clog the sensor. See TPMS sensors for more. If the light stays on after a repair, we check the sensor and tell you before anything is replaced. No surprises on the bill.