Fixed window grilles and bars in Devizes

How much should I budget for fixed window grilles and bars in Devizes?

Budget £234 to £714 including VAT (£195 to £595 plus VAT) per window for fixed window grilles and bars in Devizes, supplied and fitted. Size, number of leaves, colour and access all move the price, which is fixed in writing after the survey.

A fixed window grille is a welded steel frame of bars bolted permanently over or inside a window. It has no moving parts and no lock to pick, which makes it the simplest and most economical grille for openings that are never used for access or escape.

Choices you can make

Internal or external fixing
Bar spacing chosen to stop entry while keeping light
Decorative bar patterns available for visible elevations
Anti-tamper bolts or resin anchors into masonry
No lock to maintain
Galvanised, powder-coated or both for external use

Fitting in Devizes and nearby

We can arrange fixed window grilles and bars anywhere in Devizes, and in nearby Calne, Melksham and Chippenham. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.

Wiltshire mixes Swindon's Victorian railway terraces and modern estates with stone-built market towns such as Salisbury, Chippenham and Devizes.

Where fixed window grilles and bars are most often used:

Toilet and utility windows
Rear storerooms and plant rooms
Outbuildings and workshops
Basement and cellar windows

What to think about first

Inside or outside

Inside fixing keeps the grille away from weather and tampering. Outside fixing suits windows with no internal access or depth.

Never needed for escape

A fixed grille should only go on a window that is not needed as an escape route. Bedrooms and upstairs habitable rooms usually need an openable alternative.

Consents and safety: England

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External grilles and planning

External grilles and shutters on shops and other commercial buildings normally need planning permission from the local council because they change the building's appearance. Many councils' shopfront guides favour internal, open-lattice grilles, particularly in conservation areas.

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

Postcode and a few photos
On-site survey
Fixed written price
Fit, test and explain

Fixed window grilles and bars in Devizes: questions

Do you cover Calne as well as Devizes?

Yes. As well as Devizes, we can arrange surveys in nearby Calne, Melksham and Chippenham, and elsewhere in Wiltshire.

How are fixed grilles attached?

With anti-tamper bolts or resin anchors into solid masonry, or to a steel subframe where the wall is weak. Fixings are positioned so they cannot be reached from outside.

Can fixed bars go on a bedroom window?

Generally no. Bedroom and upstairs habitable room windows often need to work as escape windows, so they should have an openable grille with a keyless internal release.

Can fixed grilles be removed later?

Yes, by unbolting them from inside, though anti-tamper fixings are deliberately awkward to remove.

Fixed window grilles and bars in nearby towns

Other grilles in Devizes

Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.