Escape window grilles (quick release) in Berkshire

How much do quick-release escape window grilles cost in Berkshire?

Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Berkshire 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 goes into a quick-release grille

Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Keyless internal lever or push-button release
Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
No key or tool needed to open from inside
Release positioned at a sensible height
White, black or anthracite finishes

Covering Berkshire

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Berkshire, including Reading and Slough. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Berkshire mixes Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Reading, commuter semis along the Thames Valley and modern business parks around Slough and Bracknell.

Typical places for this kind of grille include:

Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
Loft conversion windows
Basement bedrooms
Rooms in HMOs and rented homes

Towns in Berkshire

Things to decide before you order

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.

Rules that apply 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

Send sizes or use the quote tool
Free survey at your Berkshire address
Fixed price in writing
Made to measure and fitted

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Berkshire: questions

Which towns in Berkshire do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Berkshire, including Reading, Slough, Bracknell, Maidenhead and Wokingham, and in other towns across the area.

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.

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.

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