He pōhaku sedimentary ʻo Flagstone, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā minerala a me nā kaukani makahiki o ke kaomi. ʻO ka pōhaku one, ka limestone, ka pāpaʻi, a me ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula nā ʻano maʻamau o nā pōhaku hae. ʻO Flagstone he pōhaku paʻa palahalaha i hiki ke ʻoki ʻia a hana ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole, e ʻae ai i nā ʻano like ʻole.
ʻIke ʻia a aloha ʻia no kona ʻano momona, hele mai ka pōhaku hae ma nā ʻano kala like ʻole e like me ka brown, hina, gula, a me nā uliuli. Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi hiʻohiʻona rustic a laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pōhaku hae. Hiki i nā'ōniʻoniʻo kūʻokoʻa ke hoʻohui i kahi hoʻolālā'āina kūlohelohe no ka nānāʻana i keʻano.
Ua ʻike anei ʻoe ʻo ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula he ʻano pōhaku hae? Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia pōhaku sedimentary e ka hui ʻana o nā ʻāpana i waiho ʻia e nā muliwai, nā moana, a me nā loko, a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻili. ʻO ke kala momona, uliuli-hina maikaʻi no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu paʻakikī papahana i ka nana e pop. Hiki ke hoʻohui pū ʻia ʻo Bluestone no nā papa kīhini waho.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka mālama ʻana no ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula ma mua o nā mea paver ʻē aʻe no ka mea he porous, e maʻalahi ai ka ʻili. Eia naʻe, ʻoiai he porous, maʻalahi kēia pōhaku e hoʻomaʻemaʻe. Hiki ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā ʻōpala meaʻai a me ka lepo ma ka holoi ʻana i ka ʻili me ka wai a me ke kopa kīʻaha i kēlā me kēia pule a i ʻole ʻelua pule. Pono e holoi ʻia ke koena kopa ke pau. ʻO ka hui ʻana i ke galani wai me ka amonia a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻamau ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka bleach no nā ʻeleʻele ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e like me ka momona a i ʻole ka aila. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā waihona lime a me nā minerala he ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka ʻili ʻana e pono ai ka poʻe nona ka hale me nā huahana bluestone e hopohopo. Hoʻomaka kēia mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana akā maʻalahi ka hoʻopau ʻana ma ka hui ʻana i ka soda baking a me ka vīnega e holoi i lalo i nā tile ʻulaʻula a pau nā kiko keʻokeʻo. No ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe nui ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻopaʻa hou i kēlā me kēia mau makahiki.
Hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā ʻano pōhaku ʻeleʻele, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele hewa me kekahi, pili wale ia i kāu hoʻolālā papahana a me nā pono. ʻOi aku ka paʻa o Bluestone a paʻa i kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pōhaku hae maʻamau; ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī i nā mea, e hana ana i ke anuanu a kūpono no ka noho ʻana o waho. Hele mai ia ma ka ʻāpana kūlohelohe a koho i nā māka. Loaʻa i ka Bluestone kahi hiʻohiʻona maʻamau a maʻamau, ʻoiai ma waena o ka hoʻolālā ʻāina kūlohelohe. E hana i kahi maʻemaʻe a nani hoʻi me nā paʻa pōhaku ʻulaʻula i ʻoki ʻia i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i loko o kahi kumu hoʻopaʻa lehu a i ʻole holo.
Mālama ʻo Flagstone i ka nānā honua a hana maikaʻi me nā mea hou hardscape nā hoʻolālā. Hāʻawi ia i ka maʻalahi aesthetic maikaʻi loa, no ka mea, loaʻa ia i nā ʻano o nā ʻano, nā ʻano, a me nā kala. ʻAʻole e wili ʻia ka pā pōhaku hae i loko o nā mea kumu a he mau lāʻau ia, ʻaʻole like me nā papa lāʻau. Hāʻawi pū ia i ka huki ʻana ma muli o nā kualono kūlohelohe a kaupalena i ka hoʻoulu ʻana o ka wai.
Ke waiho ʻia i loko o kā lākou ʻano ʻalaʻala, ʻano kūlohelohe, ʻaʻohe paheʻe nā mea ʻelua, akā naʻe, ʻoi aku ka pale ʻana o ka bluestone. Inā ʻoe e hana ana ma ka ʻauʻau ʻauʻau, ka hoʻolālā patio, a i ʻole nā wahi ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka lā, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe i ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ʻoi aku ka wela ma mua o nā ʻano pōhaku hae māmā. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka patio bluestone a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau wai no ka lōʻihi, akā e ʻoi aku ka wela i ka hoʻopā ʻana i ka lā pololei. Ke hoʻoholo nei i ka pōhaku e hoʻohana ai no kāu papahana, makemake ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka mea e hōʻike ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā.