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Ever seen a team of Oast Cowl experts blush?

As a independent, family-run company we rely on good feedback from our previous customers, and word of mouth recommendations in particular give us a warm fuzzy feeling.

So imagine our delight when we received an email trail from a prospective customer, Lisa who had been looking into getting her Oast Cowls restored. Enter Sophie, who had previously used the services of our rather *dapper ‘gents’ and was singing the praises of Dude & Arnette from the top of her pristine Oast Cowls (oh what an image!).

Hi Lisa

Darren and his team did all the repairs on our twin Oast roof. We were so pleased with the standard of work as well as the lovely team of gents that came every day.

We bought our beautiful home a few years ago only to find that not only had the Oast cowls been "bodged" and leaked, but our chimney also leaked and also our roof - great!!

I put in a huge amount of research re the cowls especially as didn't have a clue not ever owning an Oast before.

Dude and Arnette came across to be not only professional, knowledgeable and honest but also competitive in price and reliable and trustworthy.
I wouldn't hesitate in recommending them for any job no matter how big or small.

They organised everything for me using their regular scaffolders they trusted and keeping me regularly up to date with progress and costs.

Our final bill came in exactly as planned- no horrible hidden extras.

Both cowls were re done inside with the water baffles and on the outside in bitumen and look a-mazing!! As well as the And are completely waterproof and weatherproof to everything thrown at it.
We live at the top of hill with valleys either side - it's very punishing sometimes with the wind and rain.
They also cleaned my white cowl tips so they are pristine again and I had them organise and fit black motifs to them whilst up there - all in all a fantastic job!!

I have subsequently recommended them to others and they have returned to do other jobs for me and I am just about to use them to refurbish our out house.

In my opinion, you are in safe hands and could not choose a better firm to carry out the works on your home.

I will send you some photos of our roofs - please don't hesitate to ask me anything else if you wish

Kindest Regards
Sophie

Thanks Sophie, if you ever fancy a job in the marketing team then give us a call - we’d be happy to oblige!

Love this story? Take a look at what our previous happy customers have said about their Oast Cowl restorations, from repairing storm damage to providing a much needed ‘facelift’.

*Ok we added in the ‘dapper’

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Dude and Arnette are the UK’s market leader for oast cowl manufacturing, restoration and repairs. We have been the go-to family business for oast house owners for over seven decades.

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