Escape window grilles in Felixstowe

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Felixstowe: what will it cost?

Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Felixstowe 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 goes into a quick-release grille

No key or tool needed to open from inside
Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
White, black or anthracite finishes
Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
Release positioned at a sensible height

Fitting in Felixstowe and nearby

Surveys in Felixstowe (IP11) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Harwich (3 miles), Ipswich (11 miles) and Clacton-on-Sea (15 miles).

Suffolk has timber-framed and listed buildings in its market towns, Ipswich's Victorian terraces and waterfront, and coastal towns such as Lowestoft.

Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:

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

Getting the right quick-release grille for your building

Release position

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

Is it an escape window?

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

What the rules say in England

England

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.

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 Felixstowe
Accept the fixed quote
Installation by installers working under our contract

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Felixstowe: questions

Can you survey in Felixstowe and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Felixstowe, Harwich, Ipswich and elsewhere in Suffolk 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.

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.

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.

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Escape window grilles (quick release) in Felixstowe

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