Escape window grilles (quick release) in Salford: what will it cost?
Most quick-release escape window grilles in Salford fall within £534 to £1,074 including VAT (£445 to £895 plus VAT) per window for supply and fitting. We confirm a fixed price in writing after a free survey, before anything is ordered.
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.
Choices you can make
- 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
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- White, black or anthracite finishes
Fitting in Salford and nearby
We can arrange quick-release escape window grilles anywhere in Salford, and in nearby Eccles, Manchester and Swinton. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
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:
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Loft conversion windows
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
Release position
Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.
Clear opening
The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.
What the rules say in England
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.
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
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Salford
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Salford: questions
Do you cover Eccles as well as Salford?
Yes. As well as Salford, we can arrange surveys in nearby Eccles, Manchester and Swinton, and elsewhere in Greater Manchester.
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.
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.
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 Salford
- Internal security grilles
- French door grilles
- Shopfront security grilles
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- Commercial security grilles
- Roller security grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.