What is the price of vacant property grilles and screens in Sutton Coldfield?
Our guide range for vacant property grilles and screens in Sutton Coldfield is £145 to £395 plus VAT (£174 to £474 inc VAT) per opening, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
Vacant property grilles and screens are steel panels or grilles fixed over the windows and doors of an empty building to stop break-ins, squatting, fly-tipping and vandalism. Perforated steel screens let light and air in while keeping people out, and come down cleanly when the building is reoccupied.
What goes into a steel screen
- Light and ventilation through perforations
- Supply-and-fit for purchase
- Perforated steel window screens
- Fixing to brick, block, timber or uPVC frames
- Removal and making good at reoccupation
- Anti-tamper fixings
Fitting in Sutton Coldfield and nearby
Surveys in Sutton Coldfield (B73) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Aldridge (5 miles), Birmingham (7 miles) and Tamworth (7 miles).
The West Midlands is dominated by red-brick terraces and interwar semis, with dense high streets and a large stock of industrial and trade units.
This type of grille suits:
- Properties awaiting sale or probate
- Development sites before works
- Buildings between tenants
- Empty shops and offices
Questions we will ask at the survey
How long it will be empty
For short voids, screens are quick to put up and take down.
Ventilation
Perforated screens help prevent damp in empty buildings.
Planning and safety in England
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.
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.
How it works
- Tell us about the opening
- Survey and measuring
- Written quote and lead time
- Fitting, testing and handover
Vacant property grilles and screens in Sutton Coldfield: questions
Do you cover Aldridge as well as Sutton Coldfield?
Yes. As well as Sutton Coldfield, we can arrange surveys in nearby Aldridge, Birmingham and Tamworth, and elsewhere in West Midlands.
Can screens be fitted to upper windows?
Yes, where they can be reached safely. Accessible upper windows above flat roofs or extensions are often included.
Can you secure several empty properties?
Yes. Send the list of addresses and openings and we will price it as a schedule.
Do screens damage the building?
Screens are fixed with anchors that leave small holes, which we make good when the screens come down.
Vacant property grilles and screens in nearby towns
Other grilles in Sutton Coldfield
- Bi-folding security gates
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- Home security grilles
- Door security gates
- Internal security grilles
- Patio and bifold door grilles
Get a guide price now and book your free survey in Sutton Coldfield.