Emergency repairs in Knutsford, 24/7

From a leaking roof on a listed King Street building to a burst pipe on Longridge, a lockout on Legh Road or a tripped circuit on Shaw Heath, Knutsford homes can call for plumbing, locks, electrics, roofs and broken glass at any time.

Knutsford grew around its medieval market, and King Street and Princess Street still keep 17th and 18th century brick buildings on narrow plots, linked by steep ginnels. The railway came in 1862, and in the same decade the Leghs sold land on Legh Road for villas for Manchester industrialists. Victorian terraces line Albert Street, Queen Street and Stanley Road. Between the wars the urban district council built homes at Heathfield Square and Shaw Heath, then larger estates off Mobberley Road after 1948, while private estates such as Manor Park and Mereheath followed. Longridge, the Manchester overspill estate, was finished in 1975. Listed buildings in the centre need a careful hand with locks, glass and roofs. Because the centre sits on a slope, heavy rain can overload drains and send water down the ginnels from Princess Street towards the Moor.

First steps in an emergency in Knutsford

Plumbing in Knutsford

Find the stopcock and turn it clockwise. In Knutsford’s Victorian terraces it is usually under the kitchen sink or below the floor just inside the front door, and in the council and overspill houses at Shaw Heath and Longridge it is most often under the sink. Next, turn off the boiler, run the cold taps and catch drips in buckets.

Locksmith in Knutsford

If you cannot get in, check the back door and any ground floor windows, then keep safe and call. Old houses in the town centre often have tall timber doors with a mortice lock, while homes on the Manor Park and Longridge estates mostly have uPVC doors. Keep something with your address handy, because proof that you live there is needed.

Electrical in Knutsford

See whether the street is dark or just your home. A wider cut is reported on 105, the free number for power cuts anywhere in Britain. If the problem is inside, open the consumer unit, find the tripped switch and unplug appliances on that circuit. If it drops again straight away, leave it off and call.

Roofing in Knutsford

Rain getting in under an old clay tile or slate roof in central Knutsford may mean a slipped tile, cracked lead or a gutter blocked behind a parapet. Catch the water, move furniture and switch off lights under the wet patch. Do not climb a ladder in the dark, and keep off the pavement below if anything looks loose.

Glazing and boarding up in Knutsford

If a window or glazed door has been smashed, pick up large pieces wearing gloves and leave cracked panes in place. On a listed building in the centre, keep any old glass or frame pieces in case they can be reused. When the gap cannot be closed safely tonight, it can be boarded up and reglazed later.

Streets and districts in Knutsford

Engineers cover the whole WA16 district: the town centre around King Street, Princess Street and Toft Road, homes off Mobberley Road, Bexton Road and Northwich Road, Shaw Heath, Longridge and Legh Road, and the villages of Mobberley, High Legh, Plumley, Over Peover, Ollerton and Toft.

Including King Street, Princess Street, Toft Road, Legh Road, Bexton Road, Mobberley Road, Manchester Road, Northwich Road, Garden Road and Tabley Road.

Also Mobberley, High Legh, Plumley, Over Peover, Ollerton, Toft, Mere and Tabley.

Nearby: Wilmslow, Altrincham, Hale, Bowdon, Macclesfield, Warrington.