Escape window grilles (quick release) in Crawley: what will it cost?
Our guide range for quick-release escape window grilles in Crawley 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
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- White, black or anthracite finishes
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- 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
Fitting in Crawley and nearby
We can arrange quick-release escape window grilles across Crawley, the main centre for West Sussex, and in nearby towns including Horley, Horsham and East Grinstead.
West Sussex combines Crawley's new-town estates and commercial areas with coastal towns such as Worthing and historic Chichester.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Basement bedrooms
- Loft conversion windows
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Upstairs habitable rooms
Getting the right quick-release grille for your building
Clear opening
The folded grille must not reduce the window's clear opening below what escape requires.
Children
Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.
What the rules say in 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.
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 Crawley
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Crawley: questions
Which areas near Crawley do you cover?
We can arrange work in Crawley and in nearby Horley (4 miles), Horsham (7 miles) and East Grinstead (8 miles). Dates depend on 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.
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 Crawley
- Roller security grilles
- French door grilles
- Counter and hatch grilles
- Removable security grilles
- Hinged security gates
- Bi-folding security gates
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.