What is the price of quick-release escape window grilles in Oxford?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Oxford 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.
What you can specify
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- White, black or anthracite finishes
- Release positioned at a sensible height
Fitting in Oxford and nearby
Surveys in Oxford (OX1) are booked around installer availability, as they are in nearby Abingdon (6 miles) and Didcot (10 miles).
Oxfordshire includes Oxford's listed college and city-centre buildings, Cotswold-stone towns such as Witney, and growing towns like Bicester and Didcot.
This type of grille suits:
- Loft conversion windows
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Basement bedrooms
Questions we will ask at the survey
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.
Planning and safety 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
- Tell us about the opening
- Survey and measuring
- Written quote and lead time
- Fitting, testing and handover
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Oxford: questions
Can you survey in Oxford and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot and elsewhere in Oxfordshire 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.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Oxford
- Hinged security gates
- Internal security grilles
- Patio and bifold door grilles
- Door security gates
- Shopfront security grilles
- Commercial security grilles
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