French door grilles in St Albans

What is the price of French door grilles in St Albans?

Our guide range for French door grilles in St Albans 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.

Specification at a glance

Pair of leaves meeting at a central lock
Each side opens independently
Locks keyed alike with other grilles in the house
Optional shoot bolts top and bottom
Low-profile floor track
Small stacks at each side of the doors

Fitting in St Albans and nearby

Whether you are in central St Albans or at the edge of the AL1 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Harpenden and Hatfield are covered too.

Hertfordshire mixes the garden cities of Letchworth and Welwyn, post-war new towns such as Stevenage, and historic centres like St Albans.

This type of grille suits:

Juliet balconies on upper floors (with escape in mind)
Dining rooms and kitchens
Ground-floor flats
French doors to gardens

Questions we will ask at the survey

Curtains and blinds

Stack positions are planned around curtain tracks and returns.

Door swing

Inward-opening doors need the grille set back far enough to clear the leaves.

Planning and safety in England

England

Listed buildings and conservation areas

Listed buildings need listed building consent for works that affect their character, which can include internal grilles and their fixings. In conservation areas, councils look closely at anything fitted to the outside. We recommend speaking to the council's conservation officer before ordering.

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