Cost of tyre puncture repair

[mk08]

Hi All
Never had repaired a flat tyre before so don't know how much does it costs? Can someone please give me a rough price please.

[dontlookdown]

I pay a tenner for mine at the local back street tyre place, i think it's more like 15-20 quid at Kwik Fit/ATS etc.

They can generally only repair if the hole is small and in the centre third of the tread, well away from the sidewall.

[Mikebentley]

I’ve been quoted between £10 and £25 to take a screw out of a tyre and glue in a plug recently.

[CoolHands]

I think mine was £15 recently. May have been 20 as I was having tracking done as well so not 100% sure

[HustleRussell]

They can’t always repair if the hole is too big, or in the wrong place, or if the tyre has been driven on flat.

[mk08]

dontlookdown said:

I pay a tenner for mine at the local back street tyre place, i think it's more like 15-20 quid at Kwik Fit/ATS etc.

They can generally only repair if the hole is small and in the centre third of the tread, well away from the sidewall.

Thank you

[mk08]

Mikebentley said:

I’ve been quoted between £10 and £25 to take a screw out of a tyre and glue in a plug recently.

Thank you

[mk08]

CoolHands said:

I think mine was £15 recently. May have been 20 as I was having tracking done as well so not 100% sure

Thank you

[mk08]

HustleRussell said:

They can’t always repair if the hole is too big, or in the wrong place, or if the tyre has been driven on flat.

Thank you

[Pastie Bloater]

Been charged about £17.50 many times at large tyre chains as well as local places, figured it was a kind of a standard price.

[DrDeAtH]

16 - 20 quid using smaller tyre shops or my local garage rather than the big branded places.

[sjj84]

Had 2 done recently, £15 a time.

[Dogwatch]

Somewhere in the £teens seems to be the going rate these days - got a bit of a shock as my last puncture repair some years ago was about a fiver!

[mk08]

Thank you All for your messages.
Managed to take it to local garage, who charged me £10. He said there is problem with rim seal as he didn't find a puncture (when placed it in water tub). He mentioned the tyre is old and should be changed (as there were small cracks like lines on side) and quoted £25 for a part worn. But I decided to stick with my tyre as there was a lot of thread left.

[DangerousDerek]

mk08 said:

Thank you All for your messages.
Managed to take it to local garage, who charged me £10. He said there is problem with rim seal as he didn't find a puncture (when placed it in water tub). He mentioned the tyre is old and should be changed (as there were small cracks like lines on side) and quoted £25 for a part worn. But I decided to stick with my tyre as there was a lot of thread left.

[Tri-Star]

3 years on and its now £25, at Kwikfit anyway. The other garages aren’t much better at £20. It’s not worth it now as my tyre is in the 4mm range. May as well put the money towards a new tyre.

[CoolHands]

I plug my own now. fk em

[Saleen836]

My last puncture was (almost) free, called in to the local National Tyres at approx 4.40 on a Saturday afternoon, asked the chap if he could sort it which he did, once he had the wheel back on he looked up and said "don't worry about paying as we have cashed up"
I said thanks and gave him a £10

[kestral]

£30 now. £25 at National Tyres but that was the other side of town, I think they know that there are not as many used tyres available for £25 now.

Leaving the EU has apparently made good used tyres from Germany (their rules on tyres made available good tyres) far to expensive to import.

There were several places in our area that could supply and fit a used tyre with 4mm of tread at least for less then £30 (205 /15). All gone now. Hence increase in repairs from a £10 3 years ago to £30 now, 300% increase, that's some inflation, inflation excuse the pun.

[JimM169]

CoolHands said:

I plug my own now. fk em

This is what I do too, using the sticky twiglet things.
On a small nail hole it was fine for well over a year until the tyre need replacing for worn tread.
Had a much larger hole late one night the day before we were going to France and wasn't going to be able to get it fixed before we went. Had a go at plugging it and it lasted the 500+ mile journey to our destination. Saved the holiday and I just sourced a new tyre whilst I was there. Always worth carrying the kit in the car!