The UK’s market leaderHeritage Roof build & repair

Did you know we also specialise in building and repairing roofs? As a family business, we’ve restored and built different types of roofs across the country for over 75 years. From national heritage buildings to brand new builds, we still use original techniques that withstand the test of time (and weather conditions!).

Our specialist team can strip and re-tile and build all types of roofs, including brick and wooden, round or square roofs, and we’ll make sure your roof is weatherproof. We can also replace ironwork and lead work and craft bespoke guttering. We use traditional methods including Kent peg tiles which have been used since the 13th century, but also machine-made nib tiles, natural slating and man-made artificial slate. Read our client testimonials to get an idea of how we work.

Oh! and we can also look after your kiln roof maintenance – read how we can help you.

Get in touch to find out how we can help you.

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Why choose us?

We are the longest-running oast cowl company in the UK, Dude and Arnette has been restoring and maintaining cowls for over seven decades. Alongside this, we’re specialists in heritage roofing.

We build all kinds of pitched roofing, from flat fibreglass roofs to oak and timber frame builds. We use traditional methods including Kent peg tiles which have been used since the 13th century.

Still a family business today, our specialists retain the knowledge, skill and experience required to faithfully maintain and restore traditional oast cowls and heritage roofs.

Our Testimonials

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They really are the absolute experts in this

We’ve used Dude and Arnette to repair and maintain our Oast House cowl for many years now. They really are the absolute experts in this, do excellent work, and are a very friendly and highly professional team.

Bryan Miller

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they clearly know their stuff

Darren and his team did a great job replacing our cowl - they clearly know their stuff and the work done was of excellent quality. Darren is easy to deal with and we would highly recommend using him.

Kate Ky

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Darren, his son Brandon, and their carpentry team did a stellar restoration of our Oast cowl.

The cowl was rotten as it had not been well maintained: the rotting wood could be seen from the ground.

The repair work took about 3 weeks - perfectly reasonable for the various coats of paint that go on top of new timber.
We are very happy with the results and will be using D&A for future maintenance.

It was astonishing to see them at work removing and refitting: fearless at such a height.

Tom Carew Hunt

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Excellent servicing of the cowls of our oast house.

Darren, Brandon and the team manually removed all three cowls (we have no access for a cherry picker/crane), meticulously restored them to their full glory, then reinstalled them using just manpower and ropes. Very impressive to watch and amazing to have such a friendly team of guys still skilled in the Victorian methods of cowl lifting and removal! Excellent new animal motifs as well.

Anna Carmichael

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This is gold standard craftsmanship

Many thanks to Darren, Brandon and all the team for their most efficient and professional work in replacing our cowl . This is gold standard craftsmanship, using traditional methods and practices; their knowledge and expertise stands testimony to the exceptional and courteous approach displayed by each and every member of the team.

Maria Murphy

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Just a pleasure to deal with a company and people like this and would recommend them to anyone

We had a cowl on our house which had been largely untouched for over 20 years and the vane just sheared off with the wind and rain we had. Darren came up to have a look and sent Brandon and his colleagues up to take it down Repair process took about a month and it just got refitted today. The whole approach was excellent and it looks amazing - in fact it is so white and clean it almost looks out of place!

Nick Brand

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