Escape window grilles (quick release) in Essex

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Essex: what will it cost?

As a guide, quick-release escape window grilles in Essex cost £534 to £1,074 including VAT (£445 to £895 plus VAT) per window, supplied and fitted. The exact figure depends on size, type, finish and locking, and is confirmed in writing after the free survey.

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 Essex

Keyless internal lever or push-button release
No key or tool needed to open from inside
Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Release positioned at a sensible height

Covering Essex

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Essex, including Southend-on-Sea and Basildon. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Essex ranges from Victorian terraces in Southend and Colchester to new towns such as Harlow and Basildon and large commuter estates near London.

Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:

Loft conversion windows
Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Upstairs habitable rooms
Basement bedrooms

Towns in Essex

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.

Children

Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.

What the rules say in England

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 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 Essex
Accept the fixed quote
Installation by installers working under our contract

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Essex: questions

Which towns in Essex do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Essex, including Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford and Harlow, and in other towns across the area.

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.

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.

Other grilles in Essex

Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.