Escape window grilles (quick release) in Dunfermline: what will it cost?
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Dunfermline typically cost £534 to £1,074 including VAT (£445 to £895 plus VAT) per window, supplied and fitted. Use the quote tool for a guide figure, then we survey and confirm a fixed price.
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
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Fitting in Dunfermline and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting across Dunfermline and the KY12 postcode district, and in nearby Grangemouth (11 miles), Livingston (12 miles) and Kirkcaldy.
Fife combines Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy's town centres with historic St Andrews and the stone-built villages of the East Neuk.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Loft conversion windows
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Basement bedrooms
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
Is it an escape window?
If the room relies on the window for escape, the grille must have a keyless release.
Children
Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.
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 Dunfermline
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Dunfermline: questions
Do you cover Grangemouth as well as Dunfermline?
Yes. As well as Dunfermline, we can arrange surveys in nearby Grangemouth, Livingston and Kirkcaldy, and elsewhere in Fife.
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.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Dunfermline
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
- Security grille installation
- Internal security grilles
- Bespoke security grilles
- Patio and bifold door grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.