Escape window grilles in Luton | From £534 inc VAT

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Luton: what will it cost?

Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Luton 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.

Specification at a glance

No key or tool needed to open from inside
White, black or anthracite finishes
Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
Keyless internal lever or push-button release
Release positioned at a sensible height
Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size

Fitting in Luton and nearby

Surveys in Luton (LU1) are booked around installer availability, as they are in nearby Dunstable (5 miles) and Harpenden (5 miles).

Bedfordshire runs from Victorian terraces in Bedford and Luton to large post-war estates and new-build edges around Leighton Buzzard, with busy retail parades in every town centre.

Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:

Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Upstairs habitable rooms
Basement bedrooms
Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows

Getting the right quick-release grille for your building

Children

Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.

Release position

Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.

What the rules say in England

England

Grilles in rented homes

Landlords in England must keep rented homes free from serious hazards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, which includes fire. A grille that stops a tenant using an escape window can create a hazard, so grilles in rented homes should have keyless internal releases.

Bedroom and escape windows

Approved Document B (fire safety) expects many habitable rooms in houses, especially first-floor rooms, to have an emergency escape window with an unobstructed opening of at least 0.33 m², at least 450 mm high and 450 mm wide, with the bottom of the opening no more than 1,100 mm above the floor. We only fit grilles over escape windows with a release that opens from inside without a key.

How it works

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Luton
Accept the fixed quote
Installation by installers working under our contract

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Luton: questions

Can you survey in Luton and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Luton, Dunstable, Harpenden and elsewhere in Bedfordshire 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.

Could a burglar use the quick release?

It should not be possible from outside. The release is on the inside face and positioned so it is not reachable through the lattice from outside; we check this at fitting.

Can I lock a quick-release grille when I go away?

Some designs allow a key lock to be used as well, for when the house is empty. The release must always be usable when anyone is sleeping there.

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Escape window grilles (quick release) in Luton

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