Q: Ucabangani nge-Cobblestone Shower Floor? Ngikubonile iminyaka eminingi futhi ngizibuze uma ngithanda ukuyisebenzisa egumbini lami elisha lokugeza. Ngabe bahlala isikhathi eside? Izinyawo zami ziyazwela lapho zihamba ngamatshe, futhi ngifuna ukwazi ukuthi kubuhlungu lapho ngigeza. Ngabe lezi zitezi zinzima ukuzifaka? Ngikhathazekile nokuthi yonke igrout idinga ukuhlanzwa. Uke wakubona lokhu? Yini ongayenza ukuze wenze ubucwebe bubukeke buntsha?
A: Ngiyakwazi ukukhuluma ngezinkinga ezibucayi. Lapho ngihamba phezu kwamatshe, kwaba sengathi amakhulu ezinaliti anamathela ezinyaweni zami. Kepha amatshe amatshe engikhuluma ngawo anokhahlo futhi imiphetho ibukhali. IGobblestone Shower Floor yanginikeza umuzwa ophambene ngokuphelele. Lapho ngimi phezu kwayo, ngazizwa ngiyinto ethambile ezinyaweni zezinyawo zami.
Ezinye izitezi zokugezela zenziwa ngamatshe amatshe angempela noma amatshe amancane ayindilinga, kanti amanye angenziwa. Amadwala amaningi ahlala isikhathi eside kakhulu kanti amanye angamelana nokuguguleka kwezigidi zeminyaka. Cabanga ngeGrand Canyon!
Abakhiqizi be-Tile basebenzisa ubumba olufanayo ne-matte glaze esetshenziselwe ukwenza amathayili aqinile ukwenza ama-pebbles anezinkinga zokugeza amathayili. Uma ukhetha ukusebenzisa ama-porcelain pobbles, uzoba nesitezi esihlala isikhathi eside kakhulu esingasetshenziselwa izizukulwane eziningana.
Izitezi zeCobblestone azinzima kakhulu ukuzifaka. Ezimweni eziningi, amatshe ayigugu anamaphethini ahlanganisiwe, adala ukubukeka okungahleliwe. Sika amatshe amatshe ane-sabona esomile noma emanzi. Ungasebenzisa ipensela ukumaka nokusebenzisa i-4-intshi grinder nge-blade elomile yedayimane.
Le kungaba yindlela elula yokusika; Kodwa-ke, kungahle kungcolile kakhulu. Gqoka imaski ukuvikela inhalation yothuli, futhi usebenzise umlandeli wakudala ukushaya uthuli kude ne-grinder lapho usika. Lokhu kuvimbela uthuli ekungeneni izingxenye ezihambayo ze-grinder motor.
Ngincoma ukubeka amatshe amatshe athambekele emsindweni omncane esikhundleni sokunamathela okufana okubukeka njengomargarine. Qiniseka ukuthi ufunda yonke imiyalo yokufaka enikezwe ngumenzi weCobblestone. Zivame ukuncoma ukunamathela okukhethwayo.
Isikhala phakathi kwamatshe amatshe sikhulu kakhulu, udinga ukusebenzisa udaka. Udaka cishe njalo kuyingxube yomunyu wezwe onemibala kanye nesihlabathi esihle se-silica. Isihlabathi saseSilica silukhuni kakhulu futhi sihlala isikhathi eside. Lona umbala ofana kakhulu, uvame ukuguquguquka kuphela. Isihlabathi senza i-grout iqine kakhulu. Kulingisa amatshe amakhulu esiwafake kukhonkolo wendlela, amathala, nemigwaqo. Itshe linikeza amandla ekhonkolo.
Lapho uxubha i-grout bese uyibeka esitezi sokugeza esicwazimulayo, qaphela ukusebenzisa njengamanzi amancane ngangokunokwenzeka. Amanzi amaningi azodala ukuthi i-grout ibe shrink futhi iqhekeke lapho iyoma.
URuth akadingi ukukhathazeka kakhulu ngomswakama, ngoba uhlala enyakatho-mpumalanga. Uma ugcula phansi ezindaweni ezisentshonalanga noma eningizimu-ntshonalanga nomswakama ophansi, kungadingeka ukuthi ufafaze inkungu kumatshe amatshe kanye nongqimba omncane ngaphansi kwawo ukuze wengeze umswakama omncane ukuze wenze umswakama omncane. Uma ufaka phansi lapho umswakama uphansi, sicela uhlanganise phansi ngokushesha ngemuva kwamahora angama-48 okulahla ngeplastiki ukuze wehlise umoya wamanzi. Lokhu kuzosiza ukukwenza kube namandla kakhulu.
Ukugcina indawo yokugezela yeCobblestone kuhlanzekile kube lula, kepha abantu abaningi abafuni ukuchitha isikhathi ukukwenza. Udinga ukubhuka phansi okungenani kanye ngesonto ukususa izinsalela zomzimba, izinsalela zensipho kanye ne-shampoo, kanye nokungcola okudala okujwayelekile. Lezi zinto zingubumba nokudla okungu-ntu.
Ngemuva kokugeza, qiniseka ukuthi phansi okugeza kusomile ngokushesha okukhulu. Amanzi akhuthaza ukukhula kwesikhunta nasensimini. Uma unomnyango wokugezela, sicela uvule ngemuva kokushiya indlu yokugezela. Kunjalo nangokwekhethini lokugeza. Shake uvule amakhethini ukuze ususe amanzi amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka futhi uwagcine unesivumelwano ukuze umoya ungene eshawini.
Ungadinga ukulwa namabala anamandla amanzi. Lokhu kulula ukukwenza ngeviniga emhlophe. Uma ubona amabala amhlophe aqala ukwakha, udinga ukuwasusa ngokushesha okukhulu ukugwema ukwakheka kwezingqimba zamadiphozithi amanzi anzima. Uma uyivumela isebenze imizuzu engaba ngu-30, bese iklebhula futhi ihlanze, uviniga omhlophe ofafazwe kuma-tile uzokwenza umsebenzi omuhle. Yebo, kungahle kube nephunga elincane, kepha indawo yakho yokugezela ye-cobblestone ingahlala iminyaka eminingi.
Isikhathi sePosi: Aug-30-2021