How much do front door security gates cost in Hounslow?
Our guide range for front door security gates in Hounslow is £834 to £1,794 including VAT (£695 to £1,495 plus VAT) per door, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
A front door security gate is a steel gate fitted in front of or behind a front or flat entrance door. It adds a second locked barrier that has to be defeated after the door, and most designs can be locked from outside when you leave as well as from inside at night.
What goes into a front door gate
- Lockable from outside with a key and from inside with a thumb-turn or key
- Mesh infill to stop reach-through to the door lock
- Clearances for door closers and spy-holes
- Low thresholds for level access
- Hinged or retractable designs
- Letterbox clearance where needed
Fitting in Hounslow and nearby
Surveys in Hounslow (TW3) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Isleworth (1 mile), Heston (1 mile) and Richmond (2 miles).
London's buildings range from Victorian and Edwardian terraces and mansion blocks to post-war estates, with long high streets of ground-floor shops below flats.
Typical places for this kind of grille include:
- Ground-floor flats
- Recessed front doors
- Empty homes between occupants
- Houses with doors out of sight of the street
Things to decide before you order
Permission
In a block of flats, the building owner or managing agent usually needs to agree, and the gate must not compromise the building's fire strategy.
Escape
Choose a gate that opens quickly from inside without hunting for a key.
Rules that apply in England
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.
Grilles across exits in business premises
In workplaces and other non-domestic premises, including the common parts of blocks of flats and HMOs, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 makes the responsible person keep escape routes and emergency exits available and easy to open while people are present. A grille across an exit should be unlocked and parked open whenever the building is occupied, and covered in the fire risk assessment.
How it works
- Send sizes or use the quote tool
- Free survey at your Hounslow address
- Fixed price in writing
- Made to measure and fitted
Front door security gates in Hounslow: questions
Do you cover Isleworth as well as Hounslow?
Yes. As well as Hounslow, we can arrange surveys in nearby Isleworth, Heston and Richmond, and elsewhere in Greater London.
Is a gate better than a stronger door?
They do different jobs. A certified door resists attack on its own; a gate adds a second barrier. Many people choose both.
Can I fit a security gate to my flat door?
Usually, with the building owner's permission. Flat entrance doors often form part of a building's fire safety arrangements, so the gate must not obstruct escape or compromise the door.
Can the gate be locked from outside?
Yes. Front door gates normally lock with a key from outside and a thumb-turn or key from inside.
Front door security gates in nearby towns
Other grilles in Hounslow
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
- Retractable security grilles
- Removable security grilles
- Security grille repairs
- Door security gates
- Grille lock replacement and upgrades
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