ʻO ka pōhaku kekahi o nā mea i hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka ʻoihana kūkulu. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea kūkulu hale i ka wā e nalowale ana ko lākou ʻano mua a kūʻē ko lākou ikaika, akā ʻo ka pōhaku he ʻāpana o nā mea i hala ʻole ka hopena o ka manawa a mālama mau i kona pae kūlohelohe.
I kēia lā, hoʻohana ʻia ka pōhaku i ke kūkulu hale a me ka hoʻonani o loko. ʻO ka lōʻihi a me ka lōʻihi o kēia mea he kiʻekiʻe loa, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hale i hana ʻia me nā pōhaku e mau ana no nā makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pōhaku i ʻelua ʻano: pōhaku maoli a me nā pōhaku artificial.
Pōhaku maoli ua haku ʻia me nā minerala a ʻo ka mea nui he silica. ʻO kēia mau pōhaku he diorite, quartzite, marble, travertine, granite a me nā mea like. Loaʻa nā pōhaku kūlohelohe i nā mines maoli ma ka ʻili o ka honua a hoʻohana ʻia no ka waho o ka hale a me kona loko. He nani kū hoʻokahi kēia pōhaku a lawe i ka manaʻo pumehana a pili.
ʻO nā tile pōhaku maoli & nā papa e like me Pōhaku Hinahina & ʻOnika hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pōhaku maoli, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻO kekahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā tile pōhaku maoli, me nā papahele, nā paia, a me nā mea hoʻonaninani, ʻo ia nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka lumi kuke.
Ua hana ʻia kēia mau tile i nā ʻano nui, nā ʻano, a me nā kala. ʻO ke ʻano o nā tile pōhaku maoli e hiki ai i nā mea hana ke hana a hoʻohana i kēia huahana e like me kā lākou makemake.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa o nā tile pōhaku maoli ʻo ia ka ikaika kiʻekiʻe o kēia huahana a maʻalahi loa ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana.
Loaʻa i kēia mau pōhaku nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pōʻino o ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau pilikia, hiki ke hoʻohana pono ʻia e hoʻohana iā lākou.
1. Loaʻa kēia mau pōhaku i keʻano ma nāʻano kala a me nā hoʻolālā, a he nani ko lākou.