How much do quick-release escape window grilles cost in Borehamwood?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Borehamwood 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 you can specify
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- White, black or anthracite finishes
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
Fitting in Borehamwood and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in Borehamwood and across the WD6 postcode district, as well as in nearby Barnet (3 miles) and Bushey (4 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
Hertfordshire mixes the garden cities of Letchworth and Welwyn, post-war new towns such as Stevenage, and historic centres like St Albans.
Typical places for this kind of grille include:
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Loft conversion windows
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Basement bedrooms
Things to decide before you order
Release position
Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.
Is it an escape window?
If the room relies on the window for escape, the grille must have a keyless release.
Rules that apply 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 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
- Send sizes or use the quote tool
- Free survey at your Borehamwood address
- Fixed price in writing
- Made to measure and fitted
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Borehamwood: questions
Do you cover Barnet as well as Borehamwood?
Yes. As well as Borehamwood, we can arrange surveys in nearby Barnet, Bushey and Potters Bar, and elsewhere in Hertfordshire.
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.
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.
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 Borehamwood
- Vacant property grilles and screens
- Security grille servicing
- Door security gates
- Commercial security grilles
- Hinged security gates
- Counter and hatch grilles
Ready for a price? Use the form or call 0800 088 6248.