Escape window grilles (quick release) in Wakefield: what will it cost?
Most quick-release escape window grilles in Wakefield fall within £534 to £1,074 including VAT (£445 to £895 plus VAT) per window for supply and fitting. We confirm a fixed price in writing after a free survey, before anything is ordered.
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
- Clear opening kept at or above the window's escape size
- White, black or anthracite finishes
- Release positioned at a sensible height
- Can be keyed alike with other grilles for daytime locking
- Retractable lattice that folds fully clear of the opening
- Release positioned so it should not be reachable from outside
Fitting in Wakefield and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in Wakefield and across the WF1 postcode district, as well as in nearby Ossett (3 miles) and Dewsbury (5 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
West Yorkshire is known for stone and brick terraces, back-to-backs in Leeds and Bradford, converted mills, and busy city and town centres.
Common openings for quick-release escape window grilles:
- Bedroom windows in houses and bungalows
- Loft conversion windows
- Rooms in HMOs and rented homes
- Upstairs habitable rooms
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.
Children
Discuss the release position with us if young children use the room.
What the rules say in 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 Wakefield
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Escape window grilles (quick release) in Wakefield: questions
Can you survey in Wakefield and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Wakefield, Ossett, Dewsbury and elsewhere in West Yorkshire are booked around installer availability.
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.
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.
Escape window grilles (quick release) in nearby towns
Other grilles in Wakefield
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
- Internal security grilles
- Removable security grilles
- Vacant property grilles and screens
- Window security grilles
- Counter and hatch grilles
Tell us about your quick-release grille and we will come back with a guide price.