Emergency repairs in Timperley, 24/7

Help for Timperley homes, day and night. A burst pipe, a locked door, a power fault, a dripping roof or broken glass are all covered across WA15, from the village centre to Brooklands and West Timperley.

Timperley was farmland and market gardens when the Bridgewater Canal came through in 1776, and the railway followed in 1849. Commuters arrived with the trains, and between 1851 and 1871 the population roughly doubled. A few red-brick cottages in the north Cheshire style survive from that time, along with Victorian and Edwardian villas near the line, which became part of Metrolink in 1992. Most of the housing, though, dates from the 1930s onward: long roads of bay-fronted semis, then post-war estates and infill closes. For repairs, that mix brings old lead or iron pipe in the earliest homes, tiled roofs where the small bay roofs can leak at the flashing, timber doors beside newer composite ones, and consumer units that differ widely from one house to the next.

First steps in an emergency in Timperley

Plumbing in Timperley

Close the stopcock. In a 1930s Timperley semi, check under the kitchen sink first, then any low cupboard in the front room. Older villas sometimes have it in a cellar or tucked behind the front door. After that, open the cold taps, turn off the boiler and keep water clear of sockets.

Locksmith in Timperley

Check every door, including French doors and any garage door into the house, before you call. Never climb onto a bay roof to reach an open window. Find somewhere warm to wait, and keep proof of address to hand, perhaps a council tax bill saved on your phone.

Electrical in Timperley

Look up and down the road. Street lights off and next door dark too? Call 105 and ask about the cut. If the trouble is yours alone, locate the consumer unit, which many semis keep in the understairs cupboard or beside the front door, and reset a tripped switch only once.

Roofing in Timperley

Set a bucket beneath the drip and pull furniture and electricals away. Bay windows on Timperley semis have their own small roofs, and these can let water in at the joint with the main wall. Make a note of which room is wet, but stay off ladders until the wind and rain have passed.

Glazing and boarding up in Timperley

Move everybody elsewhere and sweep up glass wearing shoes. If you can reach safely from inside, tape cardboard or polythene over the gap. Big panes in bay windows, conservatories and French doors can be boarded with timber so the house stays secure until replacement glass is fitted.

Covering all of Timperley

Every part of WA15 Timperley is on the list, from Stockport Road, Park Road and Wood Lane in the village to Moss Lane, Bloomsbury Lane and Riddings Road in the west. Heyes Lane, Mainwood Road and Shaftesbury Avenue are included, plus Brooklands, Broadheath, West Timperley and Davenport Green.

Including Stockport Road, Park Road, Wood Lane, Moss Lane, Bloomsbury Lane, Riddings Road, Heyes Lane, Mainwood Road, Shaftesbury Avenue and Wellington Road.

Also West Timperley, Brooklands, Broadheath, Davenport Green and Timperley Village.

Nearby: Altrincham, Sale, Hale, Wythenshawe, Bowdon, Trafford.