What is the price of retractable security grilles in Shepherds Bush?
Our guide range for retractable security grilles in Shepherds Bush is £414 to £1,554 including VAT (£345 to £1,295 plus VAT) per opening, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
A retractable security grille is a steel or aluminium lattice of vertical bars joined by scissor links that runs in a top and bottom track. Drawn across a window or door it forms a locked barrier; slid back, it folds into a narrow stack at the side so the opening is fully usable.
What you can specify
- Key-operated lock box on the leading edge, with optional extra locking points
- Single, double or multi-leaf layouts for wide openings
- Quick-release internal handle available where a window must stay usable for escape
- Vertical bars with diagonal scissor links that lock rigid when closed
- Top-hung or bottom-running versions to suit the floor or sill
- White, black and anthracite as standard, other RAL colours to order
Fitting in Shepherds Bush and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in Shepherds Bush and across the W12 postcode district, as well as in nearby Notting Hill (1 mile) and Chiswick (2 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
This type of grille suits:
- Office receptions and glazed partitions
- Stockrooms and cash offices
- Shop windows and glazed shop entrances
- Ground-floor windows of homes and flats
Questions we will ask at the survey
Inside or outside the glass
Inside is the norm: it is protected from weather, keeps the street view unchanged and usually avoids planning issues. Outside fitting suits recessed doorways and openings with no internal depth.
Security level
Domestic grilles suit most homes. Shops, pharmacies and high-value stock may justify heavier sections or a third-party certified product.
Planning and safety 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.
External grilles and planning
External grilles and shutters on shops and other commercial buildings normally need planning permission from the local council because they change the building's appearance. Many councils' shopfront guides favour internal, open-lattice grilles, particularly in conservation areas.
How it works
- Tell us about the opening
- Survey and measuring
- Written quote and lead time
- Fitting, testing and handover
Retractable security grilles in Shepherds Bush: questions
Can you survey in Shepherds Bush and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Shepherds Bush, Notting Hill, Chiswick and elsewhere in Greater London are booked around installer availability.
Will a grille stop me opening my windows?
No. An internal grille sits inside the reveal, so you can open the window as normal when the grille is folded back, and usually with it closed if there is enough depth between grille and glass.
Do retractable grilles need a bottom track?
Most do, because the bottom track stops the grille being pushed out of line. On doorways a low or recessed track can be used to reduce the trip hazard, and some top-hung designs work without one on smaller openings.
Can a retractable grille be fitted inside the window?
Yes, and that is how most are fitted. The tracks fix into the window reveal or to a timber or steel subframe, so the grille sits between the glass and the room.
Retractable security grilles in nearby towns
Other grilles in Shepherds Bush
- Security grille servicing
- French door grilles
- Window security grilles
- Escape window grilles (quick release)
- Bespoke security grilles
- LPS 1175 certified security grilles
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