Escape window grilles (quick release) in Glasgow and Clyde

What is the price of quick-release escape window grilles in Glasgow and Clyde?

Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Glasgow and Clyde 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 goes into a quick-release grille

Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
No key or tool needed to open from inside
White, black or anthracite finishes
Release positioned at a sensible height
Keyless internal lever or push-button release
Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening

Covering Glasgow and Clyde

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Glasgow and Clyde, including Glasgow and Paisley. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Greater Glasgow is known for sandstone tenements with ground-floor shops, Victorian city-centre buildings and Inverclyde's riverside towns.

This type of grille suits:

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

Towns in Glasgow and Clyde

Questions we will ask at the survey

Release position

Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.

Children

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

Planning and safety in Scotland

Scotland

Grilles inside the glass

A grille fitted inside the glass does not normally need planning permission in Scotland, as it does not materially change the outside of the building. If the building is listed, listed building consent may still be needed.

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.

How it works

Tell us about the opening
Survey and measuring
Written quote and lead time
Fitting, testing and handover

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Glasgow and Clyde: questions

Which towns in Glasgow and Clyde do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Glasgow and Clyde, including Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock, Bearsden and Newton Mearns, 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.

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.

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.

Other grilles in Glasgow and Clyde

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