Escape window grilles (quick release) in Sutton-in-Ashfield: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Sutton-in-Ashfield 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
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- White, black or anthracite finishes
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
Fitting in Sutton-in-Ashfield and nearby
Whether you are in central Sutton-in-Ashfield or at the edge of the NG17 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Mansfield and Alfreton are covered too.
Nottinghamshire mixes Nottingham's Victorian terraces and Lace Market warehouses with former mining towns and their high streets.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Loft conversion windows
- Basement bedrooms
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
Clear opening
The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.
Release position
Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.
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.
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
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Sutton-in-Ashfield: questions
Can you survey in Sutton-in-Ashfield and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield, Alfreton and elsewhere in Nottinghamshire are booked around installer availability.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Sutton-in-Ashfield
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
- Removable security grilles
- Door security gates
- Shopfront security grilles
- Security grille servicing
- Fixed window grilles and bars
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.