ʻO ke ala pōhaku hae e alakaʻi pono iā ʻoe i loko o ka hale, ʻoiai he pā hale a i ʻole ke ala e hoʻowalewale iā ʻoe i waho, i mua a i ʻole hope paha. Hoʻohui ʻo Flagstone i ke kūpaʻa, ka ikaika, a me ka lōʻihi i kahi ʻāina me ka hana ʻana i kahi kūlohelohe hardscape ʻeleʻele i kahi ʻāpana e hoʻokomo wale i nā mea kanu, a i ʻole softscape.
ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka pōhaku hae ʻo ia kona maʻalahi: hiki ke ʻoki ʻia i loko o nā ʻano ʻāpana ʻāpana like ʻole a i ʻole nā ʻāpana like ʻole, nā ʻāpana like ʻole i hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia e like me ka puzzle. ʻAʻole like me nā pōhaku ʻē aʻe, hāʻawi ka ʻili o ka ʻili i ka maikaʻi a me ka palekana - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka wā pulu-e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho kūpono no ka papahele o waho.
Hōʻike nā mea kālai ʻāina, nā mea kūkulu hale, a me nā mea kālai pōhaku i nā pōhaku ma muli o ke ʻano geological, nā inoa kālepa, ka nui, a me nā ʻano. ʻO nā pōhaku hae he mau papa pōhaku palahalaha i wili ʻia ma ka mānoanoa o 1 a 3 iniha. He pōhaku sedimentary, hana pinepine ʻia me ke one. Loaʻa maʻamau i nā kala ʻulaʻula, uliuli, a brownish-melemele. ʻO kahi hua o ke ʻano, ʻaʻohe pōhaku ʻelua i like like.
ʻO nā ʻano pōhaku kaulana ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻoponopono ʻāina ʻo ia nā pōhaku maoli, pōhaku ʻoki ʻia, nā pōhaku pōhaku, pōhaku veneer, a me ka ʻiliʻili i paʻi ʻia a poepoe paha.
E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i nā pōhaku hae ma kahi o 1-1/2 iniha ka mānoanoa e like me nā pōhaku paepae a i ʻole ka papahele patio. Me ka mea hope, hiki ke waiho pololei i nā pōhaku hae i ka lepo a i ʻole kahi moena one. Pono nā ʻāpana lahilahi waiho ʻia i loko o ka hamo pulu a i ʻole ke kaʻa e pale ai i ka haki ʻana ke hehi ʻia. Hiki ke hoʻopiha ʻia nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka pōhaku hae ʻiliʻili pea, one polymeric, a i ʻole nā mea kanu uhi lepo e like me Daimana momi, koume kolo, a me ka mauu mondo dwarf.
Ke hoʻonoho ʻia ka pōhaku hae i loko o kahi hoʻolālā paʻa paʻa a i ʻole kumu hoʻohālike, hoʻohana ʻia ka mortar e hoʻopiha i nā humu a me nā āpau. Hoʻopili ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻāpana a hoʻohana ʻia i ka mortar e hana i kahi ʻili maʻemaʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, kahi kūpono no nā patio.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ma ke ʻano he pā, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka pōhaku hae e hana i ka paia haʻahaʻa kūlohelohe. Loaʻa i ka laulā o nā waihoʻoluʻu - mai ke one keʻokeʻo a hiki i ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele - hiki ke hui pū ʻia ka pōhaku hae me nā mea ʻē aʻe a me nā mea paʻakikī i kahi ʻāina. Hiki ke kūkulu ʻia nā pā pōhaku hae i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia paha. ʻO nā mea maikaʻi o ka mortar, e like me ke kāpili i hoʻopaʻa i nā pōhaku, penei:
E kipa i kahi pā pōhaku kūloko e ʻike i nā mea i loaʻa a me nā mea āu e ʻoluʻolu ai no kāu papahana. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi e pili ana i ke koho ʻana i ka pōhaku mai kahi kumu kūloko, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hui ʻana me ke kaiapuni a hiki ke loaʻa inā pau ʻoe. Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e kūkulu i nā hiʻohiʻona hardscape waho, e loaʻa kēlā mau pōhaku a i ʻole nā ʻāpana like i kāu mea kūʻai aku kūloko.
Ma muli o ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻana o ka pōhaku hae no ka papahele, e noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o nā hana e hana ʻia ma ka ʻili ma mua o ka hoʻokomo kālā. No nā ala mua, e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka mea e hele ana ma kēlā mau pōhaku hae. He mau hoahānau ma luna o nā mea hele wāwae a i ʻole nā noho huila? ʻO kahi maʻalahi a kūlike alahele e maʻalahi loa ka hele ʻana mai ke alanui a i ʻole ka pā a hiki i kou komo mua. Loaʻa i kekahi mau kūlanakauhale nā koi code hale no ka maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana a me ke komo ʻana.
Hiki i nā pā hale ke ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka noʻonoʻo, me nā pōhaku hae i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka uhi ʻāina ulu haʻahaʻa a i ʻole ka ʻiliʻili pea ma mua o ka sima a i ʻole ka momi. Inā no ka pā hale ka pōhaku hae, pono e palahalaha a paʻa nā mea lako e kau ana ma luna o ka pōhaku.