How much should I budget for bi-folding security gates in Letchworth Garden City?
Budget £954 to £2,634 including VAT (£795 to £2,195 plus VAT) per opening for bi-folding security gates in Letchworth Garden City, supplied and fitted. Size, number of leaves, colour and access all move the price, which is fixed in writing after the survey.
A bi-folding security gate is made of hinged leaves of vertical bars that fold against each other as they slide along a top track. It covers wide openings like a retractable grille but folds into fewer, flatter panels with no scissor lattice.
Choices you can make
- Lock box on the leading leaf plus shoot bolts
- Fold to one or both sides
- Rigid hinged leaves of vertical bars
- Top-hung on a heavy track with bottom guides
- Suits openings from a single door width to several metres
- Neat folded stack for receptions and showrooms
Fitting in Letchworth Garden City and nearby
We can arrange bi-folding security gates anywhere in Letchworth Garden City, and in nearby Hitchin, Stevenage and Luton. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
Hertfordshire mixes the garden cities of Letchworth and Welwyn, post-war new towns such as Stevenage, and historic centres like St Albans.
Where bi-folding security gates are most often used:
- Wide internal openings
- Restaurant and bar frontages
- Loading doors and goods-in
- Garden room and orangery openings
What to think about first
Look
Bi-folds read as a screen rather than a lattice, which suits modern interiors.
Folded stack size
Leaves stack flatter than a lattice but each leaf has a fixed width, so the stack is planned with the room layout.
Consents and safety: England
Listed buildings and conservation areas
Listed buildings need listed building consent for works that affect their character, which can include internal grilles and their fixings. In conservation areas, councils look closely at anything fitted to the outside. We recommend speaking to the council's conservation officer before ordering.
Grilles across exits in business premises
In workplaces and other non-domestic premises, including the common parts of blocks of flats and HMOs, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 makes the responsible person keep escape routes and emergency exits available and easy to open while people are present. A grille across an exit should be unlocked and parked open whenever the building is occupied, and covered in the fire risk assessment.
How it works
- Postcode and a few photos
- On-site survey
- Fixed written price
- Fit, test and explain
Bi-folding security gates in Letchworth Garden City: questions
Do you cover Hitchin as well as Letchworth Garden City?
Yes. As well as Letchworth Garden City, we can arrange surveys in nearby Hitchin, Stevenage and Luton, and elsewhere in Hertfordshire.
What is the difference between a bi-fold gate and a retractable grille?
A retractable grille uses a scissor lattice that concertinas; a bi-fold gate uses rigid hinged leaves that fold flat. Bi-folds look more architectural; retractables fold into a narrower stack.
Do bi-fold gates need a floor track?
They need some bottom guidance, which can be a recessed channel or discreet floor pins rather than a raised track.
How wide can a bi-fold gate be?
From a single doorway up to several metres, split to fold both ways on wider openings.
Bi-folding security gates in nearby towns
- Hitchin3 miles
- Stevenage5 miles
- Luton11 miles
- Ampthill12 miles
- Welwyn Garden City12 miles
- Harpenden13 miles
Other grilles in Letchworth Garden City
- Security grille servicing
- Bespoke security grilles
- Escape window grilles (quick release)
- Commercial security grilles
- Removable security grilles
- Door security gates
Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.