Escape window grilles in Lowestoft

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

Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Lowestoft 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

White, black or anthracite finishes
Keyless internal lever or push-button release
Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
Release positioned at a sensible height

Fitting in Lowestoft and nearby

We can arrange quick-release escape window grilles anywhere in Lowestoft, and in nearby Great Yarmouth, Norwich and Wymondham. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.

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:

Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
Basement bedrooms
Loft conversion windows
Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows

Getting the right quick-release grille for your building

Is it an escape window?

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

Clear opening

The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.

What the rules say 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 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

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Lowestoft
Accept the fixed quote
Installation by installers working under our contract

Escape window grilles (quick release) in Lowestoft: questions

Can you survey in Lowestoft and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth, Norwich and elsewhere in Suffolk 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.

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 Lowestoft

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