Escape window grilles (quick release) in Highland

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Highland: what will it cost?

Most quick-release escape window grilles in Highland 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.

Options for quick-release escape window grilles in Highland

Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
Release positioned at a sensible height
Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
Keyless internal lever or push-button release
Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking

Covering Highland

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Highland, including Inverness and Aviemore. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

The Highlands are one of the most sparsely populated parts of the UK, with Inverness as the main centre and many remote homes, holiday lets and small-town shops.

Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:

Basement bedrooms
Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Upstairs habitable rooms
Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows

Towns in Highland

Getting the right quick-release grille for your building

Is it an escape window?

If the room relies on the window for escape, the grille must have a keyless release.

Clear opening

The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.

What the rules say in Scotland

Scotland

Bedroom and escape windows

In Scotland, escape from homes is covered by the Building Standards technical handbooks (section 2, fire). Where a room relies on a window for escape, nothing fitted over it should stop it being used. We only fit grilles over escape windows with a keyless internal release.

Grilles in rented homes

Private landlords in Scotland must meet the repairing standard, which includes fire safety provisions. Grilles over windows a tenant may need for escape should open from inside without a key.

How it works

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Highland
Accept the fixed quote
Installation by installers working under our contract

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Highland: questions

Which towns in Highland do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Highland, including Inverness, Aviemore, Dingwall, Fort William and Nairn, and in other towns across the area. Island and remote addresses are arranged individually.

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 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.

Other grilles in Highland

Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.