French door grilles in Boston: what will it cost?
Our guide range for French door grilles in Boston 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
- Locks keyed alike with other grilles in the house
- Pair of leaves meeting at a central lock
- Each side opens independently
- Low-profile floor track
- Set back to clear inward-opening doors
- Small stacks at each side of the doors
Fitting in Boston and nearby
Whether you are in central Boston or at the edge of the PE21 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Spalding and Sleaford are covered too.
Lincolnshire combines the historic hilltop core of Lincoln with Grimsby and Scunthorpe's industrial terraces and many small market and coastal towns.
Common openings for French door grilles:
- Period homes with timber French doors
- French doors to gardens
- Juliet balconies on upper floors (with escape in mind)
- Ground-floor flats
Getting the right French door grille for your building
One side or both
A centre-meeting pair lets you open one side for everyday use.
Door swing
Inward-opening doors need the grille set back far enough to clear the leaves.
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.
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
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Boston
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
French door grilles in Boston: questions
Do you cover Spalding as well as Boston?
Yes. As well as Boston, we can arrange surveys in nearby Spalding, Sleaford and Skegness, and elsewhere in Lincolnshire.
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.
Do French door grilles need a floor track?
Usually a low-profile one, which keeps the grille rigid and is easy to step over.
Can French door grilles open one side only?
Yes. Each leaf runs independently, so you can open one side and leave the other closed.
French door grilles in nearby towns
Other grilles in Boston
- Grille lock replacement and upgrades
- Security grille repairs
- Roller security grilles
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
- Escape window grilles (quick release)
- Window security grilles
Tell us about your French door grille and we will come back with a guide price.