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Toilet & ceramic chip repair in Maida Vale, Greater London

Chip and break repairs to toilets, cisterns and other ceramics for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Maida Vale. Send photos for a free, fixed quote.

  • Repairs from £95
  • Damage from dropped items
  • Chips on the pan or rim
Surface Doctor technician refinishing the outside of a roll-top bath

Toilet chip repair for Maida Vale homes

What we do, step by step

We turn up at the time we agreed with you, introduces themselves and checks the damage against your pictures first. The floor and nearby surfaces are covered before any work starts. The work itself takes an hour or two, and we leave the room as we found it.

  1. We start by cleaning and drying the damage.
  2. Next we rebuild the missing piece to its original shape.
  3. It’s sanded flush.
  4. We match the colour to the glaze.
  5. Finally we polish it into the surrounding glaze.

Before we arrive

  • Let us know if it has been repaired before
  • Keep pets and children out of the room while we work
  • Let us know about parking or access

How to get a price

No survey visit is needed: we price from pictures. Send them through the quote form, or call 0345 017 0787 if you’d rather talk it through, and you’ll get a fixed figure back.

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Toilet chip repair at your home in Maida Vale

A crack that leaks cannot be fixed with a cosmetic repair, and we’ll say so if we find one. We rebuild the damaged area and match it to the glaze, so the toilet stays in place. We work on pedestals, porcelain and vitreous china, and common reasons people contact us are marks on the outside of the pan and chips on the pan or rim.

We guarantee the work for a year. If there is a problem with the repair within the year, we return and sort it. Take care with heavy items and use non-abrasive cleaners on the outside of the pan and cistern.

Area
Maida Vale (W9, NW8, NW6)
Area hub
Greater London
Warranty
12 months on all our work
Price
From £95. Free, fixed price from pictures
Phone
0345 017 0787
Last updated
23 October 2026
Ceramic basin repaired, before and after

Repairing versus replacing in Maida Vale

A new toilet needs a plumber and possibly new flooring, and the matching cistern may be discontinued. Repairing the chip leaves it in place. Our toilet chip repair starts from £95. A repair generally costs much less than people expect, particularly next to the cost of replacement. Send pictures and we’ll give you the exact figure.

What you get with us

  • Technicians who travel to you, UK-wide
  • Colour mixed on the day to match
  • Straight answers about what a repair can do
  • One visit for most repairs

Take a look at our pricing.

Questions from Maida Vale

Do you do work for letting agents?

Yes, frequently. We quote for multiple addresses and fit around tenancy changeovers.

Is my repair covered?

Yes: twelve months. If anything goes wrong with the repair within the year, we return to fix it.

Can you quote from pictures?

Nearly always. If photos don’t show enough, we’ll ask for another angle.

Do you hold any accreditations?

Yes. Our accreditations include CHAS, Constructionline and SafeContractor. The full list is on our accreditations page.

What do you need from me?

Use the quote form or ring 0345 017 0787, and we will do the rest.

What about a leaking crack?

No. That needs a new toilet. We repair cosmetic chips and breaks.

Does someone need to be in?

We need someone to let us in. You do not need to watch us work.

Will it make a mess?

Very little mess: we sheet and mask everything nearby, and we leave the room clean.

DIY repairs versus a professional job

Kits are cheap and easy to find, but the repairs we redo most frequently are DIY ones that have discoloured or lifted. Getting it right first time is normally cheaper.

If you are set on a kit, follow its instructions closely and work on a clean, dry surface, and give it the full curing time. If it does not work out, we can still repair it properly.

Work for landlords and builders

Letting agents frequently send us pictures straight from the inventory. You can have a price before you arrange access, and we can arrange access with the tenant directly if that helps.

Hotels, guest houses and holiday lets need rooms back in use quickly, so we keep visits short and tidy. We can work around your bookings.

About Maida Vale

Maida Vale is about 2 miles south of Hampstead, in Greater London. Our technicians come to customers in Maida Vale and nearby villages, so there’s no workshop to go to. Our repair technicians cover 764 places across Greater London.

Postcode districts we cover here: W9, NW8 and NW6. Whether you live on The Lane, Hall Road and Hill Road or anywhere nearby, a technician can come to you. Being close to the A404, Maida Vale is simple for us to get to. Neighbouring places we cover include Westbourne Green (1 mile south), Little Venice (1 mile south-east), Paddington Green (1 mile south-east), Westbourne (1 mile south) and St John's Wood (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (5 miles south-east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (5 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (5 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).

What’s near Maida Vale

In Maida Vale, that means homes near Emslie Horniman's Pleasance, St Peter Elgin Avenue and Essendine Primary School, among other places. Also close by are Cecil Sharp House (1.9 miles north-east), Maida Vale School (within half a mile west), Paddington Academy (less than half a mile south-west) and The Warrington pub (under half a mile east). The closest station to Maida Vale is Kilburn High Road station, roughly 0.7 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Greek Orthodox Cathedral Treasury Museum (1 mile south) and Montfichet's Tower (3.9 miles east). Not far away are Greville Place nature reserve and The Long Water.

  • Other local spots include Ladbroke Estate (1.2 miles south-west)
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What we cannot put right

Not everything can be repaired, and we’d rather say so up front. We cannot fix:

  • A crack that leaks water
  • A crack through the bowl or trap
  • A loose pan or leaking seal (that’s a plumbing job)

Send us photos and we’ll tell you honestly.

What we work on

  • Vitreous china
  • Pedestals
  • Cisterns & lids
  • Porcelain
  • Toilet pans

Common problems we fix in Maida Vale

Most toilet chips happen while the bathroom is being fitted, or when something heavy is dropped. Cistern lids get chipped surprisingly frequently.

The most common problems we’re called about are:

  • Pieces knocked off during fitting
  • Chips on the cistern lid
  • Damage from dropped items
  • Chips on the pan or rim

Questions to ask before you book

  • Aftercare advice
  • What protection goes down before work starts
  • Whether a trained technician does the job
  • How the colour is matched

Our hiring checklist

What toilet chip repair costs

Prices start from £95. You won’t pay by the hour. The price is based on:

  • Any earlier repairs that need removing first
  • Unusual colours or finishes
  • The type of damage
  • The material

Rather than charging by the hour, we fix the price before we start. Damage, material and access decide it.

Quotes from your photos

Photographing the damage takes a minute. Try to send:

  • One picture of the entire toilet
  • Good light, ideally daylight, without flash glare
  • A coin beside the damage so we can judge size
  • One sharp close-up of the damage

Call 0345 017 0787 or use the quote form. With one close-up and one wider picture, we can give you a fixed price without visiting.

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