Escape window grilles (quick release) in East Kilbride: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in East Kilbride 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
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- White, black or anthracite finishes
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
Fitting in East Kilbride and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in East Kilbride and across the G74 postcode district, as well as in nearby Cambuslang (3 miles) and Rutherglen (5 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
Lanarkshire mixes the new town of East Kilbride and Cumbernauld with older industrial towns such as Motherwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Basement bedrooms
- 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.
Children
Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.
What the rules say in 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 East Kilbride
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in East Kilbride: questions
Do you cover Cambuslang as well as East Kilbride?
Yes. As well as East Kilbride, we can arrange surveys in nearby Cambuslang, Rutherglen and Hamilton, and elsewhere in Lanarkshire.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
- Cambuslang3 miles
- Rutherglen5 miles
- Hamilton6 miles
- Newton Mearns6 miles
- Motherwell7 miles
- Glasgow8 miles
Other grilles in East Kilbride
- Roller security grilles
- French door grilles
- Removable security grilles
- Security grille servicing
- Retractable security grilles
- Commercial security grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.