Emergency repairs in Atherton, 24/7

In Atherton, from Howe Bridge to Hag Fold, you can call us day or night for a burst pipe, a lost key, a power fault, a roof letting in rain or a broken pane that needs boarding up.

Atherton was known as Chowbent for around three centuries, and its early trade was nail making. Deep coal mining arrived in the 1840s and cotton mills followed, with the last mill closing in 1999. Red brick terraces fill the streets around Market Street and Bolton Road. Between 1873 and 1875 the colliery company built the Howe Bridge model village on Leigh Road, with terraced cottages and a bath house, and it is now a conservation area. From 1920 the council added semis with gardens on the Collier Brook and Hag Fold estates, and more estates came after the war. For the trades, that means slate roofs and chimneys on the terraces, older pipework under floors, and interwar homes whose wiring and doors have been updated piecemeal.

What to do first in Atherton

Plumbing in Atherton

Turn off the water at the stopcock. Atherton’s older terraces usually have it under the kitchen sink or under the stairs, and in council semis it is often in the kitchen or bathroom. Drain the cold taps, switch off the boiler and immersion heater, and catch the drips in whatever you have.

Locksmith in Atherton

Try every door, including the back gate and the door from the yard. If the cylinder has been snapped or the frame forced in a break-in, avoid touching the lock so police can see it, and call 101 to report it. We then make the door secure so you can sleep.

Electrical in Atherton

If your street in Atherton is in darkness as well, the network is at fault, so phone 105 free of charge. If neighbours have power, open your consumer unit, see which switch has dropped, unplug things on that circuit and try resetting it just once.

Roofing in Atherton

Lay towels and buckets under the leak and move anything that matters out of the way. Terraced roofs in Atherton often share a chimney and valley with next door, so mention it if your neighbour has damp too. Stay off ladders after dark and leave the roof to a roofer.

Glazing and boarding up in Atherton

Pick up large pieces of glass wearing gloves and shoes, and vacuum the small slivers. If a ground floor window or a glazed back door is broken, the house is not secure, so it should be boarded up. Photograph the damage for your insurer before clearing it.

Covering all of Atherton

We cover all of Atherton in M46, from the Market Place and Bolton Road out to Howe Bridge, Hindsford, Hag Fold and Chanters. That includes Bag Lane, Flapper Fold Lane, Lodge Lane and the estates off Car Bank Street, plus Shakerley, Gibfield and the Daisy Hill side of town.

Including Market Street, Church Street, Tyldesley Road, Leigh Road, Bolton Road, Bolton Old Road, Bag Lane, Lodge Lane, Flapper Fold Lane and Hamilton Street.

Also Howe Bridge, Hindsford, Hag Fold, Chanters, Shakerley, Gibfield and Daisy Hill.

Nearby: Leigh, Westhoughton, Wigan, Bolton, Worsley, Horwich.

This page also covers Tyldesley.