How much do quick-release escape window grilles cost in Washington?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Washington 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
- Keyless internal lever or push-button release
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- No key or tool needed to open from inside
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- White, black or anthracite finishes
Fitting in Washington and nearby
We can arrange quick-release escape window grilles anywhere in Washington, and in nearby Chester-le-Street, Felling and Houghton-le-Spring. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
Tyne and Wear is known for Tyneside flats and brick terraces, Newcastle's listed Grainger Town, and large retail and office centres.
Typical places for this kind of grille include:
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
- Upstairs habitable rooms
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Basement bedrooms
Things to decide before you order
Release position
Easy to find and operate in the dark, but not something a passer-by can reach.
Clear opening
The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.
Rules that apply 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
- Send sizes or use the quote tool
- Free survey at your Washington address
- Fixed price in writing
- Made to measure and fitted
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Washington: questions
Which areas near Washington do you cover?
We can arrange work in Washington and in nearby Chester-le-Street (4 miles), Felling (4 miles) and Houghton-le-Spring (5 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
- Chester-le-Street4 miles
- Felling4 miles
- Houghton-le-Spring5 miles
- Hebburn5 miles
- Sunderland5 miles
- Gateshead5 miles
Other grilles in Washington
- Bespoke security grilles
- Security grille servicing
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
- Bi-folding security gates
- Vacant property grilles and screens
- Hinged security gates
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