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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Freeman A. Ford, certify that:



| | 1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of FAFCO, Inc.
(The Registrant)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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| | 2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this quarterly report;
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| | 3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present
in all material respects the financial condition results of operations
and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
in this quarterly report;                    
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| | 4. |  | The Registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Registrant and
we have:                                                                                                     



| | a. |  | designed such disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that material information relating to the Registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this quarterly report is being prepared;
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| | b. |  | evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants
disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days
prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the
Evaluation Date); and                                                                                                  
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| | c. |  | presented in this quarterly report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;                                                                                                                        



| | 5. |  | The Registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation, to the Registrants auditors and
the audit committee of Registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a. |  | all significant deficiencies in the design or
operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial data and have identified for the Registrants auditors
any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
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| | b. |  | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management of other employees who have a significant role in the
Registrants internal controls; and                                                                                                                                        



| | 6. |  | The Registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated in
the quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in
internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent
evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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|Date:  |  | August 8, 2003                                        |  | 
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|By:    |  | /s/Freeman A. Ford                                    |  | 
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|Name:  |  | Freeman A. Ford                                       |  | 
|       |  |                                                       |  | 
|Title: |  | Chairman of the Board, President, and                 |  | 
|       |  | Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |  |