ʻO nā ʻano papa pōhaku like ʻole e hana i ka hapa nui o nā lumi, inā he hale hou a i ʻole kahi hale hou. ʻO nā tile pōhaku maoli i loko o nā lumi kuke kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona kaulana loa. ʻOiai lākou e hana i kahi koho nani no nā lumi lumi a me nā alaloa. A, ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka hiʻohiʻona e hoʻolilo i ka papahele pōhaku maoli i koho paʻa.
Mai ka marble palest a me ka limestone a hiki i ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a me ka granite, ʻo nā mea hiki ke hoʻolālā ʻia o ka papahele pōhaku he ākea a he nui loa ka lōʻihi, e hoʻolilo iā lākou kekahi o nā ʻano mea papahele maikaʻi loa e koho ai inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻohui i ka waiwai a me ke ʻano i kāu waiwai. .
No ke aha e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi i nā Home Real Hoʻohana kā mākou loiloi loea i nā hola e hoʻāʻo a hoʻohālikelike i nā huahana a me nā lawelawe i hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i ka mea maikaʻi loa no ʻoe. E ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana.
ʻO ka papahele pōhaku maoli i hoʻohanaʻia i loko o nā lumi kuke e hāʻawi i keʻano a me ka hana. ʻO ka pōhaku paʻa, lōʻihi, kahi koho kaulana i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no nā countertops ʻoiai ʻo ka limestone e hāʻawi i kahi hoʻopau ʻoluʻolu mehana a ʻaʻole hiki ke maʻalahi. He kūpono inā loaʻa ka nui o ka wāwae o kāu lumi kuke.
He ʻokoʻa nā kumukūʻai a e hilinaʻi ʻia i ka pae a me ka maikaʻi o ka pōhaku. Akā, ʻo kēia ka mea maʻamau kekahi o nā haʻahaʻa i ka papahele pōhaku maoli no ka mea e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia nā kumukūʻai i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻano ʻano tile ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pōhaku i ʻeli hou ʻia akā loaʻa nā papa i hoʻihoʻi ʻia, ʻoiai i manaʻo ʻia he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai. Manaʻo e uku i luna o £30 no ka m² mai ke alanui kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ka hale kūʻai kūʻai ʻāina a hiki i ka £500 i kēlā me kēia m² no nā pōhaku kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā pōhaku laha.
Ma US hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e uku i kekahi mea mai $8 a i $18 no ka hoʻokomo wale ʻana. Me nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe ke kumu kūʻai.
Manaʻo nui ʻia nā papahele pōhaku e hoʻohui i ka waiwai i kahi waiwai, akā e koho me ke akamai e like me ka waiho ʻana ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe e hoʻololi iā lākou no nā makahiki. ʻO ke koho lōʻihi loa he granite a he nui ka poʻe e ʻōlelo ʻo ke kinikini ka koho kaulana loa (ʻoiai he pipiʻi).
Loaʻa i loko o kahi ākea o nā kala, pinepine me nā ʻāpana mineral a i ʻole subtle veining granite kahi koho maʻalahi e hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia i ka hapa nui o nā ʻano hale. A no ka lōʻihi loa e hana ia ma nā wahi kaʻa kiʻekiʻe e like me ke alaloa. Hele mai ia ma nā ʻano hoʻopau like ʻole, akā ʻo ia ke ʻano poni e hōʻike piha i nā kala a me nā ʻano. ʻO ke kala ʻulaʻula mai ka uliuli a me ka poni a hiki i ka hina a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻoliva, a loaʻa pinepine lākou i nā hōʻailona ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula.
Kūʻai maʻamau nā tile papahele granite mai £30 no ka m²/ $4/sq. ft. ($4 /case)no ka mea maʻamau a me ka ʻaʻahu, ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele hōʻano liʻiliʻi. Manaʻo ʻoe e uku, ma ka awelika, ma waena o £50-£70 no ka m²/ $14 no nā tile ʻano nui aʻe, ʻoi aku ka hoihoi a me ka waihoʻoluʻu. ʻO nā ʻokoʻa palena ʻole o nā waihoʻoluʻu papahele granite a ʻo ia hoʻi he paʻakikī ke kau ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai ma kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona laʻa loa i loaʻa. Hiki ke hoʻolilo ma mua o £150 no ka m²/$200 /sq.ft e ʻike ai i ka hoʻohālike kūpono no kāu papahele.
Hoʻokaʻawale maʻalahi i loko o nā mānoanoa like ʻole a loaʻa me kahi hoʻopau kikokikona, hana maikaʻi ka pāpaʻi ma nā wahi pulu e like me nā lumi ʻauʻau a me nā lumi kuke (e pili ana i ka mea e kuke ana!).
Noho ʻo Slate ma ka hopena haʻahaʻa loa o ka spectrum, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o £10 no ka m²/$3.49/sq. ft. ($34.89 /case) mai kahi alanui kiʻekiʻe a mea hoʻolako pūnaewele paha, a hiki i ka £50 no ka m²/$11.00/sq. ft. no nā waihoʻoluʻu hoihoi a me nā ʻano ʻano mai nā mea hoʻolako loea.
E hoʻomaka ana i kona ola ʻana ma ke ʻano he pōhaku limestone, ma lalo o kekahi mau kūlana, ua crystallize kona mau ʻāpana e hana i nā veins maʻamau o ke kinikini. Ma kona ʻano maʻemaʻe, hiki ke ʻike ʻia i loko o kahi ākea o nā aka ʻē aʻe, mai nā hina like ʻole a hiki i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka ʻeleʻele.
Hele mai nā papahele marble ma ke kumu kūʻai like me ka granite, me ka helu like o nā ʻano like ʻole o ka waihoʻoluʻu a me ke ʻano ma ka mākeke. He mea maikaʻi loa ia i loko o ka lumi kuke e like me ia i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau. Manaʻo e uku mai £50 no ka m²/$10.99/sq. ft no ka tile maʻamau, a hiki i ka £150 a i ʻole £200 no ka m/$77.42/sq. ft. ($232.25 /case)² no nā tile kāhiko a i ʻole nā tile me nā ʻano kala a me nā hoʻopau.
Loaʻa i nā leo he nui, mai kahi keʻokeʻo a hiki i ka meli mehana maʻamau, a me nā ʻeleʻele hina a me nā ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ʻo ka limestone he mau rustic. Mai nā pōhaku like ʻole a hiki i nā ʻano ʻano maʻalahi me nā ʻano mōʻalihaku a me nā ʻano ʻano ʻano koʻikoʻi, hāmama. Hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia kekahi e like me ke kinikini. Hiki ke ʻohi maʻalahi ʻoiai he palupalu loa no laila e makaʻala i nā lumi kuke. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e pale i ka poʻi a me ka bacteria, hana maikaʻi loa ia e like me kahi koho papahele ʻauʻau.
Nui nā ʻano like ʻole o ke kumukūʻai o nā ʻili limestone. ʻO ka mea liʻiliʻi loa āu e ʻike ai ma kahi o £30 no ka m² no kahi koho maʻamau, ʻo ke kumu kūʻai ma waena o £50 - £80 no ka m²/ $2-$11 no sq. ft, akā like me ka granite a me ke kinikini, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau i ka hoʻolilo. a hiki i ka £200 no ka m²/($200.00 / pahu)².
He ʻili porous ʻo Travertine me nā puka liʻiliʻi e hāʻawi iā ia i kahi hiʻohiʻona like me ka sponge; papa kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā lua travertine premium me ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻoi aʻe. Hiki ke hoʻopiha piha ʻia mai kekahi mau mea hoʻolako; i ole ia e pono e hoopiha ia ma kahi. Ke hoʻokomo pono ʻia, ʻo travertine kekahi o nā pōhaku paʻa loa no nā lumi ʻauʻau a me nā ua.
ʻO nā koho travertine haʻahaʻa loa he kumukūʻai loa, e hoʻomaka ana mai ka £ 15 a i ka £ 30 no ka m² / $ 468 / pahu a hāʻawi i kahi hopena like me ka limestone. ʻO ka nui āu e nānā ai i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā tile travertine ma kahi o £70 no ka m²/ $50.30/sq. ft, $133.02 / hihia.
ʻO ka hopena āu e koho ai e hoʻopili i ka nānā holoʻokoʻa o kāu mau tile a, ma muli o ka hopena, kou lumi. Hōʻike kēia papa ʻōlelo iā ʻoe i ka mea e hoʻopau ai i ka tile papahele.
ʻO nā mea e nānā ai i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai ʻoe i ka papahele pōhaku maoli ma kou home ʻo ke kumukūʻai a me ka mālama ʻana. Pono kekahi mau ʻano pōhaku e hoʻopaʻa mau ʻia no ka mea he porous lākou a hiki i ka pohō a me ka pohā. Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ko lākou lōʻihi e like me ka maʻalahi o nā ʻano papahele pōhaku ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, hiki iā lākou ke paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi e wehe.
Hiki ke anu a paʻakikī nā tile pōhaku ma lalo o ka wāwae, a pono kēia e noʻonoʻo i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai i kahi e waiho ai. Ma ka lumi hema, e hoʻohana ka pōhaku i ka mahana a me ka mahana me ka lā, akā inā he lumi ʻākau kou e hiki ke lilo i ke anuanu, ʻaʻole paha ka papahele pōhaku ke koho kūpono. Ua ʻōlelo kēia, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopalupalu i ka papahele pōhaku me kahi ʻōpala.
ʻAneʻane nahā ʻo Kina a me ke aniani inā hāʻule i ka papahele pōhaku paʻa. Hiki ke paheʻe kekahi mau ʻili i poni ʻia i loko o nā lumi ʻauʻau, akā aia nā kile i kālai ʻia me ka pau ʻole o ka paheʻe. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e ʻike ai inā kūpono kahi uhi papahele no kou wahi e nīnau i kāu mea hoʻolako; inā ʻaʻole kūpono kāu tile i koho ʻia, hiki iā lākou ke kuhikuhi i kahi koho like.
ʻO nā tile papahele pōhaku paʻa ka hoa kūpono no ka hoʻomehana ʻana ma lalo o ka papahele ma muli o ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana a hoʻokuʻu i ka wela. Hiki ke hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau a i ʻole ka lumi kuke. ʻAʻole wale ia e ʻoluʻolu ma lalo o nā wāwae wāwae ʻole, akā he ala maikaʻi nō hoʻi ia e hōʻemi ai i ka pilikia o ka pulu ma muli o ka wela ambient mau o ka lumi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka papahele iā ʻoe iho inā he DIYer makemake ʻoe me nā mea hana kūpono, manawa, hoʻomanawanui a ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e hana i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha mau hewa. No ka hana o ka hopena pule, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ke kālā o na koina hoonoho ma kahi e. Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e waiho iā ʻoe iho, e hana mua i kāu haʻawina home a i ʻole ma ka liʻiliʻi loa e loaʻa i kahi loea e loiloi i ka hana nou.
Ua ʻōlelo kēia, nui nā mea hoʻolako e ʻōlelo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pōhaku maoli, no laila inā ʻaʻole ʻoe hilinaʻi i kou hiki ke loaʻa ke kōkua o ka ʻoihana inā makemake ʻoe i ka hopena maikaʻi loa - ʻoiai inā ua hoʻolilo ʻoe i ke kālā he nui. kou mau tile papa pōhaku maoli.
ʻO nā mea noʻonoʻo ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana o kāu mau huila i ke kaumaha o nā tile nui a i ʻole nā pohaku hae mānoanoa - pono paha e hoʻoikaika ʻia nā papa lāʻau.
Pono e hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā tile papahele kūlohelohe i mea e pale ai i ka pōʻino, ka ʻili ʻana, a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono pono i nā papahele pōhaku. Hiki i kāu mea hoʻolako a mea hoʻonohonoho paha ke ʻōlelo aku i nā huahana kūpono loa e hoʻohana ai a pono e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka mālama ʻana i kāu mea i koho ʻia. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka huahana kūpono, ʻo ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā tile papahele pōhaku he hana maʻalahi.
Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia ke waiho ʻia kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hiki ke huki i ka lepo a pono paha e hoʻoneʻe kemika i kekahi lā ma hope. ʻO ka kahili maʻamau e hoʻokaʻawale i ka lepo a, inā pono, hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka pōhaku.