How much do retractable security grilles cost in Birkenhead?
Our guide range for retractable security grilles in Birkenhead 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.
Specification at a glance
- Quick-release internal handle available where a window must stay usable for escape
- Folds into a stack typically around a sixth of the opening width
- Vertical bars with diagonal scissor links that lock rigid when closed
- White, black and anthracite as standard, other RAL colours to order
- Single, double or multi-leaf layouts for wide openings
- Key-operated lock box on the leading edge, with optional extra locking points
Fitting in Birkenhead and nearby
Whether you are in central Birkenhead or at the edge of the CH41 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Liverpool and Wallasey are covered too.
Merseyside has Liverpool's Georgian quarter and Victorian terraces, the Wirral's suburbs, and large high-street and dockside commercial areas.
Typical places for this kind of grille include:
- Ground-floor windows of homes and flats
- Stockrooms and cash offices
- Back doors, French doors and patio doors
- Shop windows and glazed shop entrances
Things to decide before you order
Which side it folds to
The stack needs a clear wall or reveal to park against. We check curtains, handles, radiators and light switches before the grille is ordered.
Bottom track or no bottom track
A bottom track gives the most rigid grille but can be a trip point across a doorway. Low-profile and removable floor tracks are available for doors.
Rules that apply in 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.
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
- Send sizes or use the quote tool
- Free survey at your Birkenhead address
- Fixed price in writing
- Made to measure and fitted
Retractable security grilles in Birkenhead: questions
Can you survey in Birkenhead and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Birkenhead, Liverpool, Wallasey and elsewhere in Merseyside are booked around installer availability.
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.
How long does a retractable grille take to fit?
Most single windows or doors are fitted in an hour or two once the made-to-measure grille arrives. A shopfront or several openings may take a day.
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.
Retractable security grilles in nearby towns
Other grilles in Birkenhead
- Shopfront security grilles
- Roller security grilles
- Security grille installation
- Hinged security gates
- Security grille repairs
- Security grille servicing
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