Escape window grilles (quick release) in Market Harborough: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Market Harborough 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
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
Fitting in Market Harborough and nearby
Whether you are in central Market Harborough or at the edge of the LE16 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Corby and Kettering are covered too.
Leicestershire mixes Leicester's Victorian terraces and busy retail streets with market towns such as Loughborough and Melton Mowbray.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Basement bedrooms
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.
Children
Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.
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.
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 Market Harborough
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Market Harborough: questions
Which areas near Market Harborough do you cover?
We can arrange work in Market Harborough and in nearby Corby (10 miles), Kettering (10 miles) and Wigston (10 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
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 Market Harborough
- Door security gates
- Removable security grilles
- Hinged security gates
- Vacant property grilles and screens
- Roller security grilles
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.