Tudor’s Tiles – Made by Hand the Traditional Way

Tudor’s clay peg and plain roof tiles have a much sought-after natural aesthetic rooted in
the traditions of old English tile-making.

Our processes are based on hand-making skills that have hardly changed over the ages
combined with the latest digitally controlled kiln firing for quality control.

• Clay preparation. We use Etruria Marl, a fine English clay, which is crushed and
  allowed to stand for a few weeks, before being blended with a little sand and water
  and put through a vacuum process to remove any air bubbles to avoid frost damage.
• Hand making. The clay is sliced into slabs, and local sands (98% from Kent) are applied to the surface to give its characterful colour and texture. Each tile is individually formed with a hand press and trimmed by hand to size to give that unique handmade look, where no two tiles are exactly the same!
• Drying. The tiles are dried, the slow natural way and then in a dryer down to 0.5% moisture to prevent cracking in the kiln.
• Firing. Our tiles are fired at temperatures of up to 1100° centigrade in an energy efficient kiln. This is a precisely controlled process, which produces roof tiles of exceptional performance and durability.
• Inspection. Before delivery we also check the face of each tile and ‘rattle’ them the old-fashioned way so that we can ‘hear’ any flaws.

By combing traditional handmaking with modern firing techniques, we can produce characterful tiles with the natural variation of tone and texture we see in tiles of the past,
but to today’s standards.

To ensure you get a consistent quality, we test our tiles for size, strength and water
absorption, and regularly send samples to external (independent) laboratories for
verification.

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