Malamalama i Sitaili Paver ma Mamanu-faavalevalea paving

So you’re on your way to laying a new path, but you don’t know where to begin. The wide range of styles and patterns means you have many options, but the overwhelming variety can leave beginners at a loss. We’ve broken down the mysteries, brick-by-brick, so you can easily plot the road to your ideal walkway or patio!

O le a le paver?

O le paver o so'o se ituaiga o ma'a fa'apipi'i, ta'ele, piliki, po'o piliki sima e fa'aaogaina i fola i fafo. Na faaaogā e tagata Roma anamua e fausia ai auala o loo iai pea i aso nei. I totonu o fale faʻaonaponei, matou te faʻaaogaina mo auala, auala taʻavale, patio, vaitaʻele, potu i fafo, and garden paths. Their primary advantages over poured concrete are that they age well, don’t crack from heat or cold, and that single bricks can be re-leveled and replaced if the ground shifts beneath them. Plus, their diversity of styles and patterns offer an incredible range of beauty.  

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O a mea e fai ai Pavers?

Maa faanatura: O ma'a fu'a ma ma'a fanua o ituaiga masani ia o pa'u ma'a masani. E faigofie ona e iloaina i latou e ala i o latou foliga le lelei ma le maeʻa masani. 

Piliki: O piliki e faia i le omea o nisi taimi e foliga mai i laufanua o fale.  

Sima: Ole tele ole fa'alava ile fa'afanua fa'aonaponei e faia ile sima fa'afefiloi ma fa'aputuga. O lenei mea e mafai ona fetuutuunai e mafai ona gaosia piliki i le tele o lanu ma sitaili.   

Sitaili Paver 101 

Let’s lay the foundations to help you understand and choose the best pavers. While they come in a dizzying array of styles, the key to distinguishing them is to look closely at their surface and edge. Each style usually has one of the three surface styles and one of three edges:   

Fa'ai'u Laufanua 

Mafolafola: O se fa'ai'uga lamolemole e foliga fa'aiila ma aulelei. 

fa'agogo: Ose la'asaga le tutusa e maua ai se va'aiga fa'anatura ma tau. 

Mottled: E sili atu le tau, Old-World look, tutusa ma auala i aai anamua. 

Fa'ai'u pito

Fa'ailoga: O pito pito sili ona mama, o lenei sitaili pito e ta'e i le eleele i le va o ta'eta'ei.  

lapotopoto: O pito lapotopoto e fa'atusaina le lagona o ma'a ua tau. 

pito ua masaesae: E sili atu le matua ma le mata'utia foliga, pei o le ma'a la'au ua uma. 

Keeping these six features in mind, you can begin to see the main differences between each style. A “Holland” style, for example, is usually a rectangular brick with a dimpled surface and beveled edge, while a “Roman” brick has a mottled finish with worn edges. 

O foliga ma lapopoa o isi vaega o sitaili taitasi. O foliga sili ona taatele o faatafafā ma sikuea. Another shape you’ll often see is the zig-zagging sides of feso'ota'i piliki, ua fuafuaina e loka faʻatasi mo se mea e sili atu le umi. Hexagonal foliga, po o se tuufaatasiga o sikuea ma hexagons, e lauiloa foi. O isi filifiliga fa'apitoa e aofia ai le tafatolu piliki ma le Ou-foliga. O sitaili taʻitasi e ofoina atu faʻalelei eseese ma le malosi faʻatau mamafa.     

Fa'asologa masani 

O le mamanu e te tuʻuina ai lau piliki e faʻaalia ai foi le matagofie ma le malosi o luga taʻitasi. O fa'ata'ita'iga masani ia o fa'ata'i fa'afa'afa'afa:  

Stack Bond: O piliki taʻitasi e tuʻu faʻatasi i le itu lava e tasi ma le faʻasologa, e tuʻuina atu ai se foliga faigofie, saʻo.  

Fa'atasiga tamo'e: E pei o le fa'aputuga fa'apipi'i, se'i vagana ai laina lona lua uma e fa'afeagai ma le afa piliki, o lea o le ogatotonu o piliki ta'itasi e fetaui lelei ma pito o piliki i lalo ma luga atu. E sili atu le malosi o lenei mea nai lo le Stack Bond ma e aoga tele mo auala pi'o, patios, ma nisi auala. 

Lalaga ato: O lenei sitaili o loʻo faʻamatalaina ai se faʻataʻitaʻiga o piliki faʻataʻatia e lua ona sosoo ai lea ma piliki e lua faʻataʻatia. E ta'uta'ua i lotoā, fa'ato'aga po'o patio, ae e leai se malosi e pei o le Running Bond.   

Herringbone: E laina piliki i tulimanu sa'o o le tasi i le isi i se faiga L-foliga faifaipea. O lenei mamanu fesoʻotaʻi e faʻaopoopoina le tele o le malosi, e faʻapitoa ai mo auala taʻavale. 

3-Maa Mamanu: E tolu ma'a faatafafa po'o ma'a fa'afa'afafa'a e eseese lapo'a e fausia ai se fa'ata'ita'iga e talafeagai mo ta'avale po'o feoaiga a tagata savavali. 

5-Maa Mamanu: O se mamanu o maa eseese e lima e fetaui lelei mo ala savali, ae le o auala, aua o maa lapopoa e le mafai ona tumau i lalo o le mamafa. 

Ulu po'o Tuaoi: O lenei sitaili e aofia ai se laina o piliki tuʻu saʻo i fafo o lau mamanu e fai ai se tuaoi. E fetaui lelei ma le Basketweave. 

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Fa'atasi ai ma lenei fa'ato'aga uma o le fa'apalapala ma'a lingo, o lea ua ia te oe poloka faufale e talanoa ai e uiga i pavers ma lau mamanu. E mafai ona e talanoa i meafaitino, fa'ai'uga, lapo'a, foliga, ma mamanu e te mana'o ai ma le malosi mana'omia e tauave ai le mamafa mo filifiliga ta'itasi. Ona, ioe, ei ai le filifiliga o lanu, o se autu atoa na o ia lava!