Tyre Repair

Kelteglow,  please  don't  take  offence  at  this  but :--

How  much  does  a  funeral  cost  ??

It's already possible to vulcanise a tyre repair .... depends where you take it for repair.

Such repairs as vulcanising or 'stitching' are no longer considered safe.

Only this week I’ve had to fork out for a new tyre on my 5 month old car due to a puncture at the edge of the tread/sidewall. It's one of the joys of car ownership. I paid up and thought no more of it.

And ABM has hit the nail on the head. (No pun intended )

I'll stand corrected  quietly in the corner then ..... ☺ it's been a while since I've had one done, but even then, there were limited places that could do a vulcanised repair.

I prefer not to replace single tyres 😎

We've had one done on our M/H all ok.

I've had at least 3 hot vulcanised repairs done.

If you actually see what they can repair, fist size holes in huge tyres it could be an eye opener.

When was it banned?

It's probably never been banned ..... just urban/forum myths by those that think perhaps they might possibly should be ..... 😉

Just replaced the two front tyres on our towcar @ £160 each. Just have to bite the bullet - can'take put a price on safety. 

You can close any hole and do the best vulcanizing of the new compound but you cant see the belts unless you xray the tyre. The issue is damage to the belts that give the strength to the wall.

I didn’t say it was banned.