Escape window grilles (quick release) in Greater London

How much should I budget for quick-release escape window grilles in Greater London?

Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Greater London 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

Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
Release positioned at a sensible height
Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
White, black or anthracite finishes

Covering Greater London

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Greater London, including Central London and Islington. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

London's buildings range from Victorian and Edwardian terraces and mansion blocks to post-war estates, with long high streets of ground-floor shops below flats.

Where quick-release escape window grilles are most often used:

Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Upstairs habitable rooms
Loft conversion windows

Towns in Greater London

What to think about first

Clear opening

The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.

Is it an escape window?

If the room relies on the window for escape, the grille must have a keyless release.

Consents and safety: 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.

Grilles inside the glass

A grille fitted inside the glass does not normally need planning permission, because it does not materially change how the building looks from outside. If the building is listed, listed building consent may still be needed.

How it works

Postcode and a few photos
On-site survey
Fixed written price
Fit, test and explain

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Greater London: questions

Which towns in Greater London do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Greater London, including Central London, Islington, Bexley, Barking and Archway, and in other towns across the area.

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.

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 Greater London

Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.