Marley

Marley, manufacturer of pitched roofing systems in the United Kingdom

Marley presents itself as a manufacturer and supplier of pitched roofing systems for the British construction market. The company claims a century of history and a leading position in the UK roofing sector. It distributes its products through three main channels: builders' merchants, specialist roofing merchants and roofing contractors.

The company is part of Marshalls Group, a British group of solutions for construction, roofing and landscaping.

Roofing product catalogue

Marley's offering covers a complete pitched roofing system, designed and tested to work together. The catalogue includes:

• Concrete roof tiles and clay roof tiles.
• Roof-integrated solar panels, marketed under the Marley SolarTile® brand, together with hybrid inverters, string inverters, battery storage and ArcBox.
• Base layers: JB Red battens, Type A brown battens and underlays.
• Accessories: dry fix and ventilation, fire protection, ridge tiles, roof fittings and roof fixings.
• Cedar shingles and cedar shakes.
• Marley Weatherboard cladding, with trims, screws, EPDM adhesive tape and touch-up paint.

The complete system comes with a 15-year guarantee.

Technical and professional support services

Marley offers technical resources aimed at architects, installers and distributors. These include BIM files, CAD drawings, an estimator tool, fixing specifications, the Specrite system and a solar designer. The company also publishes blogs, brochures, case studies, FAQs and training and CPD (continuing professional development) programmes, as well as a student zone.

The website allows users to request tile samples, find local stockists and installers, and access information about the solar range.

Contracting services

Marley has a contracting services division, Marley Contract Services, a specialist roofing and cladding contractor based in Glasgow.

Sustainability and industry affiliations

The company structures its sustainability activity around three areas: planet (climate action, natural resources, biodiversity and sustainable construction), people (safety, well-being and training) and process (policies, standards and certificates, gender pay gap report and Modern Slavery Act).

Marley states its membership of the Roof Tile Association (RTA), an association representing the leading British manufacturers of pitched roofing solutions, and of the NFRC, the UK's largest roofing trade association, with more than 125 years of history. It also mentions its association with Efficiency East Midlands (EEM), a not-for-profit organisation that offers efficiency savings to the public sector.