Emergency Plumber in Golders Green
A drain backing up in a Hodford Road semi, a leak under a loft bathroom or water dripping into a shop on Golders Green Road? Call 07861 933265. There is always someone to answer, no call-out fee to pay, and we normally reach NW11 within 60 minutes.
Shut the water off: In most houses here the stopcock is under the kitchen sink or the stairs. Flats over shops may have it on the landing or behind the shop. Switch off electrics near the water if you can do it safely. Smell gas? Ring 0800 111 999 before anything else.
Built after the tube
Golders Green was mostly fields until the Underground station opened in 1907. Within about twenty-five years it was covered with large semis, short terraces and the shopping parades along Golders Green Road and Finchley Road. Many of those houses have since been extended at the back and into the roof, or split into flats, so more bathrooms are now draining into the original pipes.
Clay and trees
The whole area sits on London clay with many mature trees. Clay drains of this age crack and shift, roots grow into the joints, and a drain that blocks again and again is rarely just a blockage. The part of the drain serving only your house is yours; Thames Water says shared sewers are its responsibility, even when they run under gardens.
Big households, big demand
Larger houses with several bathrooms put heavy demand on hot water. Cylinders scale up in hard water, and Thames Water says all the water in its region is hard, so an older cylinder may run short just when it is needed most.
Above the parades
Flats over the shops on Golders Green Road and in Temple Fortune often share supply and waste pipes with the business below. A leak upstairs reaches the shop quickly, and the shop’s stopcock may be the one that matters.
Rate and nearby
£110 for the first hour and £45 per half hour after, plus parts, with no call-out fee. We also cover Temple Fortune and Childs Hill, and nearby Hendon, Hampstead and Finchley.
Golders Green at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- NW11
- Streets we often visit
- Golders Green Road
- Finchley Road
- Hoop Lane
- Bridge Lane
- North End Road
- Golders Gardens
- Highfield Avenue
- Woodstock Avenue
- Russell Gardens
- Ravenscroft Avenue
- Dunstan Road
- Wessex Gardens
- Hodford Road
- Rotherwick Road
- Temple Fortune Lane
- Local landmarks
- Golders Hill Park
- Golders Green Crematorium
- Golders Green Hippodrome
- Golders Green station
- Hampstead Garden Suburb
- Temple Fortune
Questions people ask
Our drain keeps blocking even after it has been cleared. Why?
Golders Green's houses are around a century old and sit on London clay with big trees. Clay shrinks and swells with the seasons and moves the joints of old clay drains, and roots grow into any gap. A drain that keeps blocking usually has a cracked or displaced section, which a camera survey will show.
Our hot water runs out when the whole family is home. What can we check?
Make sure the immersion heater or boiler timer is on and set correctly, and that the cylinder thermostat has not been turned down. If hot water still runs out early, scale on the cylinder's coil or element is the usual cause in hard-water areas, and a repair is worth booking before it fails completely.
Water is coming into the shop below my flat on Golders Green Road. What should I do?
Turn off your stopcock, stop using any taps or appliances, and let the shop know. If the leak is from the shop's own pipes, their stopcock is the one to close. Then call us and tell us which door gets us to the flat.
What do you charge in Golders Green?
Nothing for the call-out. The first hour is £110, then £45 for each half hour, plus parts, at any time.
Sources
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water
- Hard water, Thames Water