Escape window grilles (quick release) in Oxfordshire

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

Budget £534 to £1,074 including VAT (£445 to £895 plus VAT) per window for quick-release escape window grilles in Oxfordshire, supplied and fitted. Size, number of leaves, colour and access all move the price, which is fixed in writing after the survey.

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

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

Covering Oxfordshire

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Oxfordshire, including Oxford and Banbury. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Oxfordshire includes Oxford's listed college and city-centre buildings, Cotswold-stone towns such as Witney, and growing towns like Bicester and Didcot.

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

Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Loft conversion windows
Basement bedrooms
Upstairs habitable rooms

Towns in Oxfordshire

What to think about first

Children

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

Release position

Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.

Consents and safety: 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 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.

How it works

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

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Oxfordshire: questions

Which towns in Oxfordshire do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Oxfordshire, including Oxford, Banbury, Abingdon, Bicester and Didcot, and in other towns across the area.

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.

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.

Other grilles in Oxfordshire

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