Escape window grilles (quick release) in Lockerbie: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Lockerbie 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
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- White, black or anthracite finishes
Fitting in Lockerbie and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in Lockerbie and across the DG11 postcode district, as well as in nearby Annan (10 miles) and Dumfries (11 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
Dumfries and Galloway is rural south-west Scotland, with sandstone towns such as Dumfries and Annan and the ferry port of Stranraer.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Basement bedrooms
- Loft conversion windows
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Upstairs habitable rooms
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
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.
What the rules say in Scotland
Bedroom and escape windows
In Scotland, escape from homes is covered by the Building Standards technical handbooks (section 2, fire). Where a room relies on a window for escape, nothing fitted over it should stop it being used. We only fit grilles over escape windows with a keyless internal release.
Grilles in rented homes
Private landlords in Scotland must meet the repairing standard, which includes fire safety provisions. Grilles over windows a tenant may need for escape should open from inside without a key.
How it works
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Lockerbie
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Lockerbie: questions
Do you cover Annan as well as Lockerbie?
Yes. As well as Lockerbie, we can arrange surveys in nearby Annan, Dumfries and Castle Douglas, and elsewhere in Dumfries and Galloway.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Lockerbie
- Internal security grilles
- Commercial security grilles
- Counter and hatch grilles
- Hinged security gates
- Roller security grilles
- Home security grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.