Escape window grilles (quick release) in Hornchurch: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Hornchurch 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.
Specification at a glance
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Release positioned at a sensible height
Fitting in Hornchurch and nearby
Whether you are in central Hornchurch or at the edge of the RM11 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Romford and Dagenham are covered too.
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.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Loft conversion windows
- 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.
Is it an escape window?
If the room relies on the window for escape, the grille must have a keyless release.
What the rules say in England
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.
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 Hornchurch
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Hornchurch: questions
Do you cover Romford as well as Hornchurch?
Yes. As well as Hornchurch, we can arrange surveys in nearby Romford, Dagenham and Becontree, and elsewhere in Greater London.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Hornchurch
- Bespoke security grilles
- Door security gates
- Removable security grilles
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- Security grille servicing
- French door grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.