Ma kēia ʻaoʻao e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe e pili ana pā pōhaku, no loko a me waho o kou home. E ʻike pū kākou i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā pōhaku maoli pale a me ka pōhaku kūkulu hou ʻia pale ʻana. E ʻike ʻoe i nā kiʻi o nā papahana a mākou i hana ai i nā makahiki e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka hopena kūpono no kou home.

Ma keia 'atikala mākou e pili ana i ke kumuhana o pā pōhaku, a e ike kakou pehea e hoonani ai i na waho facades a me kekahi i loko nā paia o ka hale mahalo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā papa pōhaku, pōhaku maoli, quartzite, etc..
ʻOiaʻiʻo, nui nā loiloi āu e kū ai a me nā koho e koho ai.
Eia kekahi mau kumuhana e hoʻoponopono ai:
But let’s start with some questions that you may already be asking yourself…
ʻO kahi laʻana mua: Inā makemake ʻoe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kou home me kahi pā pōhaku hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo e hoohana i ka pohaku maoli a i ʻole a kūkulu hou ʻia kekahi (ʻo ka pōhaku i ʻike ʻia i kūkulu hou ʻia ʻo ia ka pōhaku i hana ʻia e Geoopietra but, as you will se later, there are many others)’
ʻOiaʻiʻo, pili ka pōhaku maoli i ke kaumaha nui, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka hana ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī.
Akā, hele mai ka nani o ka pōhaku maoli me ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
Mai nā kiʻi āu e ʻike ai ma kēia ʻatikala e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke ʻano o nā mea kūlohelohe, ʻokiʻoki a ʻokiʻoki paha, i hoʻopili ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao kū o kou home e hāʻawi i kahi leʻaleʻa mau.
Together we will try to understand how to choose between the different natural stones and we will see the differences between them. After seeing the photos you will be able to decide if you prefer the style of the “classic” pōhaku trani a o ka kala kala ma ka ʻApelika papa a i ʻole ka mea kupanaha ʻo ʻAmelika Hema quartzite’s.
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o nā ʻano like ʻole o ka pōhaku e kū ana i ke kala, ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka ʻili.
Pono kēia mau hiʻohiʻona e kūlike me ke ʻano o ka lako (inā kau ʻia ka pōhaku ma nā paia o loko) a i ʻole me nā kala ʻē aʻe o ka hale (inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e hana i ka pā pōhaku waho).
Eia hou e pili ana i ka kala kala, e aʻo ʻoe ma kekahi mau wahi, uhi ʻia nā hale keʻokeʻo a i ʻole nā pōhaku beige, ma nā mea ʻē aʻe makemake ʻoe i kahi ocher ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ma nā hihia ʻē aʻe e koho ʻoe i nā uhi ʻeleʻele, i loko “dark stone”.
He mau kuʻuna kēia mai ka wā i kūkulu ʻia ai nā hale me ka pōhaku, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa ma ke kahua.
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka mea āu e hoʻohana ai e hoʻopiha i nā hono ma waena o kekahi pōhaku a me kekahi e kōkua pū i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka hopena hope o ka ʻili.
I kēlā me kēia hihia, kēlā me kēia koho āu e hana ai, e hana ana pā pōhaku kōkua e hāʻawi i ke ʻano a ʻano pilikino i kou home.