VHS & Cassette Tape Repair

It's a sinking feeling: the VCR chews up a tape, a cassette snaps mid-song, or an old camcorder tape is jammed solid and simply won't move. Physical damage like this stops a tape playing — but it very rarely destroys what's actually recorded on it. In most cases the tape itself is fine; it's the shell, the reels, or a single break that's the real problem.

We carefully open the cassette, repair or re-splice the tape, and rehouse it in a sound shell so it runs properly again. Snapped tape is rejoined, chewed sections are eased out and mended, seized reels are freed, and cracked cases are replaced. Once it plays cleanly we digitise it straight away, so you never have to risk the fragile original in a machine again.

We treat every item as irreplaceable — because it is. There's only one copy of a child's first steps or a grandparent's voice, and we handle it accordingly, here in Cambridge, by one person from start to finish. Your originals come back to you alongside the digital files. Not sure if yours can be saved? Get a free assessment, and if it's a video tape you'd like digitised once repaired, see our VHS & camcorder digitising too.