Escape window grilles in Alnwick

What is the price of quick-release escape window grilles in Alnwick?

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

Choices you can make

No key or tool needed to open from inside
White, black or anthracite finishes
Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
Keyless internal lever or push-button release
Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
Release positioned at a sensible height

Fitting in Alnwick and nearby

We can arrange quick-release escape window grilles anywhere in Alnwick, and in nearby Morpeth, Ashington and Blyth. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.

Northumberland is largely rural, with stone-built market towns such as Hexham and Alnwick and terraced former mining towns in the south-east.

This type of grille suits:

Loft conversion windows
Upstairs habitable rooms
Basement bedrooms
Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows

Questions we will ask at the survey

Children

Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.

Is it an escape window?

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

Planning and safety in England

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 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

Tell us about the opening
Survey and measuring
Written quote and lead time
Fitting, testing and handover

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Alnwick: questions

Do you cover Morpeth as well as Alnwick?

Yes. As well as Alnwick, we can arrange surveys in nearby Morpeth, Ashington and Blyth, and elsewhere in Northumberland.

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.

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.

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