He rerekee nga panui kohatu hangai mai i nga kohatu taiao tae atu ki nga kohatu whakakikorua i hangaia. He mea hanga ki te pahukahu mama nga panui kohatu. Ahakoa he ngawari ki te tapahi me te tono, karekau e mau tonu nga awhi kohatu hangai ki te pa. Ko nga kohatu taiao me nga kohatu hanga he taumaha, he hua kohuke, he roa ake.
Ko te painga nui o nga panui kowhatu kowhatu he ngawari ki te tono, kaore e hiahiatia he kumete, he kumara ranei. Ko te kohatu hangarua ka pa ki te kapia. I te taha ki raro, ko te kowhatu pohehe kare e mau tonu, ina koa i nga waahi waka nui.
Real, natural stone is the real stuff: 100-percent actual stone quarried from the earth. Few homeowners possess the masonry skills needed to work with kohatu, me te whai wheako o mua ki te taera uku kaore e tino awhina.
I tua atu, ko te tino kohatu rawa he taumaha, he pākeho e huri ana i te unahi neke atu i te 170 pauna mo ia waewae pūtoru. I te nuinga o nga wa ka hiahia te mahi kohatu o roto ki te taapiri i raro.
Manufactured stone, represented by brands such as Cultured Stone, El Dorado, and Coronado Stone, feels very close to real stone. Cement and aggregates give kohatu hanga tona teitei me tona ahua; ko nga waikura rino me etahi atu whakangao ka rite te ahua o te kohatu.
Manufactured stone usually comes in individual stones that fit together with mortar, though sometimes it is available in panels. While not as heavy as real stone, manufactured stone is about 30-percent lighter than the real stone. Finally, the thickness can be an important issue when installing any veneer, thinner being better. Manufactured stone can run from several inches thick down to 3/4-inch.
Faux stone panels are made of low-density foam with a durable impact-resistant plastic layer on top. Faux stone never has mineral content.
Faux stone veneer panels are often as large as 2-foot by 4-foot, even ranging up to 4-foot by 8-foot in some instances. Large format panels make the installation go faster.
He mea hanga ki te pahuka noa, he iti noa te pauna o enei awhi mo ia panui. He rereke ki te maha inihi te matotoru o te kowhatu hanga, he kikokore tonu nga panui kohatu, i etahi wa ka rite ki te 3/4-inihi.
He ngawari te whakaurunga, me te nuinga o nga panui e tono ana me te whakapiri hangahanga. Ka taea te whakamahi i etahi panui whakakikorua ki nga tono o waho.
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Ko tetahi o nga mea pai mo nga panui whakakikorua kowhatu kowhatu ko te mea, mai i tawhiti, he maha nga wa ka taea e ratou te kite mo te kohatu tuuturu. I te iti rawa, he iti ake te ahua o te kowhatu tire ki te kohatu taiao i to te kohatu whakakikorua i hangaia.
I etahi wa ka tino rūpahu te ahua o nga panui whakakikorua. Mo tera take, he mea whakaaro nui ki te tango painga o nga tauira tauira kore utu mai i nga kaihanga me nga kaihokohoko. Ka mohio tonu koe mehemea e tika ana tenei hua mo to kainga.
Because faux stone veneer is not a real stone or even engineered stone, durability is of primary importance. Faux stone He iti rawa te kii mai a nga kaihanga whakakikorua ka tu o ratou hua ki te kino kino, na te mea he kikokore te anga kirihou o waho ki te tango i te paanga.
Ko nga mahi kino noa, penei i te piu o te tuuru ki te huarahi he, ka tapahi i te anga o waho, ka werohia ki roto i te puku pahuka. Mena he tamariki ngangau koe me te whakakikorua o te kohatu whakakikorua, kaore pea tenei hua e pai ki a koe.
Ko etahi papanga whakakikorua kowhatu pohehe he tohu ahi, tera pea ka miharo etahi o nga kaihoko i te mea he mea hanga te hua ki te pahuka. Heoi, me tino rapu koe mo tetahi hua kua tohua ki te ahi na te mea ehara i te mea kua whakatauhia nga kohatu hangai katoa mo te ahi.