Escape window grilles in Harlow | From £534 inc VAT

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

Most quick-release escape window grilles in Harlow 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

Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
Release positioned at a sensible height
White, black or anthracite finishes
Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Keyless internal lever or push-button release

Fitting in Harlow and nearby

We can arrange quick-release escape window grilles anywhere in Harlow, and in nearby Hoddesdon, Bishop's Stortford and Waltham Abbey. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.

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:

Basement bedrooms
Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
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 England

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.

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.

How it works

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Harlow
Accept the fixed quote
Installation by installers working under our contract

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Harlow: questions

Do you cover Hoddesdon as well as Harlow?

Yes. As well as Harlow, we can arrange surveys in nearby Hoddesdon, Bishop's Stortford and Waltham Abbey, and elsewhere in Essex.

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 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.

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Escape window grilles (quick release) in Harlow

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