Escape window grilles (quick release) in Exmouth: what will it cost?
Most quick-release escape window grilles in Exmouth fall within £534 to £1,074 including VAT (£445 to £895 plus VAT) per window for supply and fitting. We confirm a fixed price in writing after a free survey, before anything is ordered.
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.
Choices you can make
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Fitting in Exmouth and nearby
We can arrange quick-release escape window grilles anywhere in Exmouth, and in nearby Exeter, Newton Abbot and Torquay. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
Devon runs from post-war Plymouth and Exeter city centres to Victorian seaside terraces in Torbay and thatched and stone cottages inland.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Basement bedrooms
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
Clear opening
The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.
Is it an escape window?
If the room relies on the window for escape, the grille must have a keyless release.
What the rules say in England
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.
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
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Exmouth
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Exmouth: questions
Do you cover Exeter as well as Exmouth?
Yes. As well as Exmouth, we can arrange surveys in nearby Exeter, Newton Abbot and Torquay, and elsewhere in Devon.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Exmouth
- Commercial security grilles
- Vacant property grilles and screens
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- Shopfront security grilles
- Window security grilles
- Hinged security gates
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.