Patio and bifold door grilles in Swanley: what will it cost?
Budget £1,074 to £2,994 including VAT (£895 to £2,495 plus VAT) per set of doors for patio and bifold door grilles in Swanley, supplied and fitted. Size, number of leaves, colour and access all move the price, which is fixed in writing after the survey.
A patio door grille is a wide retractable grille fitted inside sliding patio or bifold doors. Closed, it protects a large glazed opening that is often out of sight at the back of the house; open, it folds into slim stacks so the view and access are unaffected.
Choices you can make
- Stacks positioned to clear handles and curtains
- Locks operable from inside
- Optional extra locking points for wide spans
- Multi-leaf grilles for openings up to several metres
- Works with sliding, lift-and-slide and bifold doors
- Matched to aluminium, uPVC or timber frames
Fitting in Swanley and nearby
We can arrange patio and bifold door grilles anywhere in Swanley, and in nearby Bexley, Dartford and Welling. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
Kent ranges from Medway's Victorian terraces and Thanet's seaside towns to listed medieval centres such as Canterbury and Rochester.
Common openings for patio and bifold door grilles:
- Bifold doors
- Garden room and extension openings
- Sliding patio doors
- Orangeries
Getting the right patio door grille for your building
Where it parks
Bifold doors stack their own leaves to one side; the grille stack should not fight them.
Colour
Anthracite grilles sit quietly against grey aluminium frames.
What the rules say in England
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.
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.
How it works
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Swanley
- Accept the fixed quote
- Installation by installers working under our contract
Patio and bifold door grilles in Swanley: questions
Which areas near Swanley do you cover?
We can arrange work in Swanley and in nearby Bexley (3 miles), Dartford (4 miles) and Welling (5 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
Can the grille be fitted outside the patio doors?
It can, but inside is usual because the grille is protected and the outside of the house stays the same.
Do patio grilles block the view?
When open, only a slim stack at each side. When closed, the lattice is open enough to see the garden clearly.
Will a grille get in the way of my bifold doors?
No. We plan the stack so the bifold leaves and the grille fold to positions that do not clash.
Patio and bifold door grilles in nearby towns
Other grilles in Swanley
- Internal security grilles
- Escape window grilles (quick release)
- Retractable security grilles
- Bespoke security grilles
- Hinged security gates
- Shopfront security grilles
Tell us about your patio door grille and we will come back with a guide price.