Escape window grilles (quick release) in Plymouth: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Plymouth 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
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- White, black or anthracite finishes
Fitting in Plymouth and nearby
Surveys in Plymouth (PL1) are booked around installer availability, as they are in nearby Paignton (26 miles) and Newton Abbot (26 miles).
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.
Release position
Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.
What the rules say in England
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.
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.
How it works
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Plymouth
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Plymouth: questions
Can you survey in Plymouth and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Plymouth, Paignton, Newton Abbot and elsewhere in Devon are booked around installer availability.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Plymouth
- Roller security grilles
- Retractable security grilles
- Window security grilles
- Door security gates
- Commercial security grilles
- Removable security grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.