Refurbishing a well worn cowl

The team were excellent to work with from start to finish, they were very competent and easy going. The end result was a beautiful gleaming white, smoothly rotating cowl. Our neighbours cowls now look even more derelict!

We have them lined up for maintenance work for the next time the cowl needs a service in 5 or so years!

Refurbishing a well worn cowl

From agreement of work to be done to completion of works, everything went to plan including price, timing, quality of workmanship and was carried out by a cheerful, competent and professional team. We have no hesitation in recommend D & A. LH, Hever

Refurbishing a well worn cowl

We had been having problems with our Oast Cowl for some time and decided we needed a professional and experienced team to find the solution. Darren and team inspected our cowl and decided the only option was to remove it for repair at their workshops. Once the cowl was removed from the Oast Kiln it became clear it was touch and go, if it was repairable.

The cowl was rebuilt from the ground upwards. The whole process was a seamless smooth operation, crane and crew arrived, remove cowl and installed a temporary weather cover. The new cowl was installed in the same smooth operation. Having had some high winds here since we were amazed that we no longer hear any noise from the cowl at all. We highly recommend Dude & Arnette, Darren and his team were professional and easy going throughout the whole operation.

Refurbishing a well worn cowl

We have owned a triple oast since 1979 and had maintenance on the white Cowls worked on by several different companies.
After having Dude and Arnette renovate the cowls during a complete renovation of the roundels and make new fingers for them from polycarbonate, they have looked good for several years. Darren Hole contacted me recently to remind me that it was time for maintenance and re-painting.
The Dude and Arnette crew came with a small mobile crane took great care not to damage the garden, while removing the cowls and had them re-painted and ready to replace exactly when agreed. Their service, fees, quality of paintwork and timeframe was top class and we are very happy.
I highly recommend Darren Hole and Dude and Arnette for any Oast maintenance, repair and painting.

Working on a historic Grade 2 listed building

I met with Darren of Dude and Annette recently in a Project Management capacity, as my practice are acting as Conservation Architects and Project Managers for the renovation of a number of historic Grade 2* listed building on the Isfield Place Estate, East Sussex.

Refurbishing a well worn cowl

This is the first time I’ve used Dude and Arnette to renovate the Oast Cowls that have not been looked at for over 10 years. Darren had great customer service skills and regularly came out to site to make sure everything was okay and going well. The cowls were looking tired and really needed some TLC and the difference from the before and after photos are incredible. All the team at Dude and Arnette were friendly and helpful and would recommend them to anyone. We were so pleased with the work carried out we would like an agreement for annual maintenance and every so many years a refresh from Dude and Arnette. Thank you very much!

How we brought this cowl back to life

Darren Hole’s company, Dude and Arnette, first came to our attention in w2006, when we were looking to replace our existing, very noisy, dilapidated cowl which had been in situ for only six years.

Refurbishing a well worn cowl

This is the second time I’ve used Dude and Arnette to maintain the cowls at our Faversham design office. Darren and his team provide an exceptional, professional service, with no fuss, superb communication and importantly they do what they say, when they say they are going to do it. There were no nasty surprises, and even addressed another issue we had while they were there. I can’t fault their service and would have no hesitation recommending them.