Escape window grilles in Northampton

How much should I budget for quick-release escape window grilles in Northampton?

Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Northampton 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.

Options for quick-release escape window grilles in Northampton

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

Fitting in Northampton and nearby

Surveys in Northampton (NN1) are booked around installer availability, as they are in nearby Wellingborough (9 miles) and Daventry (12 miles).

Northamptonshire combines Victorian boot-and-shoe terraces in Northampton and Kettering with post-war Corby and growing new estates.

Where quick-release escape window grilles are most often used:

Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
Basement bedrooms
Loft conversion windows

What to think about first

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.

Consents and safety: England

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

Postcode and a few photos
On-site survey
Fixed written price
Fit, test and explain

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Northampton: questions

Can you survey in Northampton and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Northampton, Wellingborough, Daventry and elsewhere in Northamptonshire are booked around 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.

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 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.

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Other grilles in Northampton

Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Northampton

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