DB Powell Repairs

31/10/2025

Well technically its still October! You might not know this but its ADHD awareness month!

Got something to tell you guys! I've got a dose of ADHD! Had it while, my whole life in fact! I was diagnosed way back in 2015 but being a private person and also nobody was really talking about it back then. But things have changed, and I have changed. Fully accepted it, and to hell with keeping to myself.

"But you don't look like you have adhd? You seem so calm"

Like the Swan on the lake (as if I'm that graceful!) Things look smooth up top, but underneath I'm paddling like crazy!

Its not all about hyperactivity, I'm fact I have the inattentive version, which is a w**k name, cos I have plenty of attention, just not the appropriate attention at the precise time it is needed!

It's just a label , everybody wants a diagnosis these days!

Trust me! If I wanted a label it wouldn't be this one! Not that I'm ashamed, but it's a lot of effort actually being adhd let alone pretending to be!

Christ this post is getting long, and I know everyone has adhd these days lol, so I'll wrap it up!

How can I some up adhd? It's like having an automatic car that's constantly hunting for the right gear. Revving high, revving low but never quite fully in the optimal gear. It's like having a young dog and you've spent time training it and you've nearly.gpt there and then after 2 weeks it goes and runs off.

There's heaps of negatives , the biggest one being the inner critic and self hatred, when you don't seem to perform.

But also huge benefits! Adhd'ers are funny, spontaneous and some of the most creative problem solvers going . Give us a problem to.solve and a bit of pressure and we'll come up with multiple solutions!

So I've rambled on! If you know me in real life come and chat with me about adhd. It will me and you both good!

Final message! Be kind to yourselves!

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01/08/2025

Ickle tile job I did today

25/04/2025

Wood you believe it? Just one of the many repairs we do day in day out at Powell repairs. It's not magic when you know how!

12/04/2025

Holey smokes! We fix things like this! We can make costly unsightly mistakes disappear and solve headaches for builders!

11/04/2025

The customer and builder wasn't so happy with the unsightly messy mortar that stuck out like sore thumb on this gable. Using our natural pigment brick tints, and a bit of magic, we tinted both the mortar, and also camouflaged the mortar stains to make this problem disappear . Customer happy, problem for the builder resolved. Job done.

11/04/2025

Just six bricks they said. Six completely different colour and different textured, that did not match at all. Using our box of magic and creativity , we replicated both the texture and colour to make these new unsightly bricks disappear .

22/01/2025

A little bit of mortar tinting to blend in and take the eye off this darker repair. Dark to light is not always easy but we definitely took the eye off this one. Customer and housebuilder happy with the outcome.

07/01/2025

A nice little bar worktop refurb we undertook recently. A collaboration between myself and a local French polisher. The tops were fully stripped and sanded with festool sanders with dust extraction. Cracks filled with a suitable filler and colour matched. Stain applied at customers' requests to match other woodwork in the bar. Four coats of durable two component lacquer applied for durable finish.

07/12/2024

Another little worktop resand and re oil we did recently. Loving the little festool sander holder that clips to my systainer box , made by .builds

07/12/2024

Little bit of bricktinting we recently did.

07/12/2024

17/08/2024

After a hectic couple of weeks, finished this week off with a little local job.

Colour matched, texture matched, this repair made the customer happy, and saved the furniture retailer a massive headache .

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