About Us
FAIRFORD TILES is and always has been a Family run and orientated business, with this in mind we always take care to ensure a quality product and service. This not only gives the customer the satisfaction in that they can trust us, it also keeps our good company name. We have over 30 Yrs of experience in this field, seeing what has come onto the market and succeeded and what has not, this wealth of experience has helped us in creating what we sell today.
WHO CAN USE OUR PRODUCTS?
On a straight forward roof with no dormers valleys etc. Anybody is able to lay our tiles, as we provide a full working batten chart and send the matching quantities of tiles, ridge etc. to suit. Although we do recommend that, a reputable Roofer / Roofing Company lay our products on any roof that needs valleys, verges cut, or a lot of lead-work to be done. We cater for not only large contracts such as sites, we also cater for the smaller one's such as garages, porches etc., so whether you are a small or large contract we will endeavour to give our all for the best quote, quality and service.
WEATHERING
Weathering today is very different to how tiles weathered in the past. In the past, there was a lot more industry and chimneys around which brought the smoke back down onto the roofs, this helped to weather the tile (giving it a darker appearance and giving nourishment to any vegetation that may have started to grow). For this reason, we have made our tiles as pre-weathered as possible. Natural Weathering differs from situation to situation, that is to say, if the tiles are situated near a large green-sited area such as forests, they will tend to weather a lot quicker to ones situated in an urban area where no greenery is sited. Overall, in our opinion, it will take 18 months to 3 years to weather sufficiently to match any other naturals in the area (gain any vegetation similar to other indigenous roofs in the vicinity).
ARRANGING FOR A QUOTE
This is a simple matter, we are able to give an approx quote from any plans (to scale) that you may have, or will arrange to visit the site when the rafters are up for a more detailed measurement of the roof.
BATTEN CHARTS
The batten chart will be provided in the cost of the tiles, this usually means a site visit to check the rafter lengths.
USING THE TILES AS UNDER-EAVES 
In many cases, it is possible to use our tiles as under-eaves for natural stone, even when it is not possible to use them on the main roof. This in many cases could save you hundreds of pounds, and time and effort in looking for more naturals.
DELIVERY AND SITE HANDLING
In most cases we will deliver the tiles to the site in the cost of the quote given, this will be on an open bedded lorry, and be hand-balled off. If you should require other than this there will be an extras charge added onto the price for this service. Once on site the tiles should be stacked on edge on a firm level surface. For ease and quickness of use they should be stacked in rows of height size, and where possible in there correct width sizes to.
