Escape window grilles (quick release) in Leigh: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Leigh 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
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- 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
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- White, black or anthracite finishes
Fitting in Leigh and nearby
Surveys in Leigh (WN7) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Atherton (2 miles), Tyldesley (2 miles) and Golborne (3 miles).
Greater Manchester is dominated by red-brick terraces and mill-town centres, with converted mills, modern city-centre flats and large retail parks.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Basement bedrooms
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
- Upstairs habitable rooms
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
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.
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.
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 Leigh
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Leigh: questions
Which areas near Leigh do you cover?
We can arrange work in Leigh and in nearby Atherton (2 miles), Tyldesley (2 miles) and Golborne (3 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
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
- Atherton2 miles
- Tyldesley2 miles
- Golborne3 miles
- Westhoughton4 miles
- Hindley4 miles
- Newton-le-Willows5 miles
Other grilles in Leigh
- Retractable security grilles
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- Security grille servicing
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
- Roller security grilles
- Patio and bifold door grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.