Escape window grilles (quick release) in Dunoon: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Dunoon is £534 to £1,074 including VAT (£445 to £895 plus VAT) per window, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
An escape window grille is a retractable grille with a release on the inside that opens it without a key or tool. It secures a window against entry from outside while keeping the window usable as an emergency escape route from inside, which bedroom and upstairs windows often need to be.
What you can specify
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- White, black or anthracite finishes
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
Fitting in Dunoon and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in Dunoon and across the PA23 postcode district, as well as in nearby Greenock (6 miles) and Helensburgh (8 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
Argyll and Bute is largely coastal and rural, with Oban, Dunoon, Helensburgh and Campbeltown as the main towns and many island properties.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Basement bedrooms
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Loft conversion windows
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
Is it an escape window?
If the room relies on the window for escape, the grille must have a keyless release.
Clear opening
The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.
What the rules say in Scotland
Grilles in rented homes
Private landlords in Scotland must meet the repairing standard, which includes fire safety provisions. Grilles over windows a tenant may need for escape should open from inside without a key.
Bedroom and escape windows
In Scotland, escape from homes is covered by the Building Standards technical handbooks (section 2, fire). Where a room relies on a window for escape, nothing fitted over it should stop it being used. We only fit grilles over escape windows with a keyless internal release.
How it works
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Dunoon
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Dunoon: questions
Can you survey in Dunoon and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Dunoon, Greenock, Helensburgh and elsewhere in Argyll and Bute are booked around installer availability.
Do landlords need escape grilles?
Landlords must keep escape routes usable for tenants. A key-only grille over a bedroom escape window is a fire hazard, so a quick-release grille is the safer choice.
How does a quick-release grille work?
A lever or push release on the inside of the lock box unlatches the grille so it can be slid open in one movement, with no key needed.
Can I have security grilles on bedroom windows?
Yes, as long as the grille opens from inside without a key or tool. That keeps the window usable as an escape route.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Dunoon
- Roller security grilles
- Patio and bifold door grilles
- Bespoke security grilles
- Shopfront security grilles
- Retractable security grilles
- French door grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.