Escape window grilles (quick release) in Waterlooville: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Waterlooville 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
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- 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
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Fitting in Waterlooville and nearby
Whether you are in central Waterlooville or at the edge of the PO7 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Havant and Portsmouth are covered too.
Hampshire runs from Portsmouth's dense Victorian terraces and Southampton's post-war centre to market towns such as Winchester with large conservation areas.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Loft conversion windows
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
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
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.
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 Waterlooville
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Waterlooville: questions
Can you survey in Waterlooville and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Waterlooville, Havant, Portsmouth and elsewhere in Hampshire are booked around installer availability.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Waterlooville
- Bespoke security grilles
- Counter and hatch grilles
- Commercial security grilles
- Security grille servicing
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- Bi-folding security gates
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.