What is the price of French door grilles in Cambridge?
Our guide range for French door grilles in Cambridge is £954 to £2,034 including VAT (£795 to £1,695 plus VAT) per pair of doors, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
French door grilles are usually a pair of retractable grilles that fold to each side of the doors and meet in the centre, where they lock together. They protect the glazing and the meeting stiles, which are the weak point of many French doors.
What goes into a French door grille
- Pair of leaves meeting at a central lock
- Optional shoot bolts top and bottom
- Low-profile floor track
- Matches white, black or wood-effect frames
- Locks keyed alike with other grilles in the house
- Small stacks at each side of the doors
Fitting in Cambridge and nearby
Surveys in Cambridge (CB1) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Newmarket (13 miles), Huntingdon (16 miles) and Haverhill (16 miles).
Cambridgeshire includes listed college-town streets in Cambridge, the Victorian terraces and newer estates of Peterborough, and fenland market towns.
This type of grille suits:
- Period homes with timber French doors
- Ground-floor flats
- Juliet balconies on upper floors (with escape in mind)
- Dining rooms and kitchens
Questions we will ask at the survey
Door swing
Inward-opening doors need the grille set back far enough to clear the leaves.
Curtains and blinds
Stack positions are planned around curtain tracks and returns.
Planning and safety 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.
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
- Tell us about the opening
- Survey and measuring
- Written quote and lead time
- Fitting, testing and handover
French door grilles in Cambridge: questions
Can you survey in Cambridge and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Cambridge, Newmarket, Huntingdon and elsewhere in Cambridgeshire are booked around installer availability.
How long does it take to fit?
Usually two to three hours once the grilles arrive.
Do French door grilles need a floor track?
Usually a low-profile one, which keeps the grille rigid and is easy to step over.
My French doors open inwards. Can I still have a grille?
Yes. The grille is set back from the doors so they can swing open, or fitted outside if there is no room inside.
French door grilles in nearby towns
- Newmarket13 miles
- Huntingdon16 miles
- Haverhill16 miles
- St Neots16 miles
- Letchworth Garden City21 miles
- Bishop's Stortford23 miles
Other grilles in Cambridge
- Escape window grilles (quick release)
- Vacant property grilles and screens
- Removable security grilles
- Patio and bifold door grilles
- Grille lock replacement and upgrades
- Fixed window grilles and bars
Get a guide price now and book your free survey in Cambridge.