What is the price of quick-release escape window grilles in Barnstaple?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Barnstaple 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.
Options for quick-release escape window grilles in Barnstaple
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- White, black or anthracite finishes
Fitting in Barnstaple and nearby
Barnstaple is about 49 miles from Plymouth, the main centre for Devon. We can survey and fit across the EX31 district and in nearby places such as Bideford and Tiverton.
Devon runs from post-war Plymouth and Exeter city centres to Victorian seaside terraces in Torbay and thatched and stone cottages inland.
This type of grille suits:
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Basement bedrooms
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Questions we will ask at the survey
Children
Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.
Clear opening
The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.
Planning and safety in 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.
Grilles inside the glass
A grille fitted inside the glass does not normally need planning permission, because it does not materially change how the building looks from outside. If the building is listed, listed building consent may still be needed.
How it works
- Tell us about the opening
- Survey and measuring
- Written quote and lead time
- Fitting, testing and handover
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Barnstaple: questions
Do you cover Bideford as well as Barnstaple?
Yes. As well as Barnstaple, we can arrange surveys in nearby Bideford, Tiverton and Exeter, and elsewhere in Devon.
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.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Barnstaple
- Door security gates
- Grille lock replacement and upgrades
- Patio and bifold door grilles
- Retractable security grilles
- Bi-folding security gates
- Internal security grilles
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