Q: Ucinga ntoni ngomgangatho we-cobblevertone? Ndizibonile ezi minyaka kwaye ndizibuza ukuba ndiyathanda ukuyisebenzisa kwigumbi lam elitsha. Ngaba bayahlala? Iinyawo zam zinovelwano xa uhamba kwi-Gravel, kwaye ndifuna ukwazi ukuba kubuhlungu xa ndihlamba. Ngaba le migangatho kunzima ukuyifaka? Ndikhathazekile ukuba yonke i-grout kufuneka icocwe. Ngaba ukhe wazibona oku? Unokwenza ntoni ukwenza i-grout ikhange intsha?
A: Ndingathetha ngemicimbi enobuthathaka. Xa ndandihamba phezu kwegrabile, kwaziva ngathi amakhulu ezinaliti ezinamathele ezinyaweni zam. Kodwa igravel ndithetha malunga nokuba rhabaxa kwaye imiphetho ibukhali. Umgangatho we-cobblevertone yomgangatho wandinika imvakalelo echaseneyo ngokupheleleyo. Xa ndandimi phezu kwayo, ndaziva ndisondela kakhulu kwizibonda zeenyawo zam.
Eminye imigangatho yokuhlamba yenziwa ngamatye okwenyani okanye amatye amancinci ajikelezileyo, kunye nezinye zenziwe. Uninzi lwamatye aqinile kwaye abanye banokumelana ukhukuliseko lwezigidi zeminyaka. Cinga nge-Grand Canyon!
Abavelisi be-tile basebenzisa i-clay efanayo kunye ne-Matte esetyenziselwa ukwenza iithayile ezihlala ziqinile ukwenza iithayile ze-bible ze-bibles. Ukuba ukhetha ukusebenzisa i-Porcelain Pebles, uya kuba nomgangatho weshawa ohlala ninzi kakhulu onokusetyenziselwa izizukulwana ezininzi.
I-Cobblene Pleboars ayinzima kakhulu ukuyifaka. Kwiimeko ezininzi, amatye e-gemstones ziipateni ezidityanisiweyo, ukudala imbonakalo engaqhelekanga. Sika iipibhathi kunye nedayimani eyomileyo okanye emanzi. Ungasebenzisa ipensile ukumakisha kwaye usebenzise i-4-inch grinder enebala elomileyo ledayimane.
Le inokuba yeyona ndlela ilula yokusika; Nangona kunjalo, inokuba imdaka kakhulu. Nxiba imaski ukuthintela ukuphefumla kothuli, kwaye usebenzise i-fan endala ukuba kutsho kwi-grinder kude kwi-grinder xa usike. Oku kuthintela uthuli ukuba lungenise iindawo ezihambayo zemoto ye-grinder.
Ndicebisa ukubeka i-pebble kwi-qubhes ecekeceke endaweni ye-ordenic adhees ebonakala ngathi margarine. Qiniseka ukuba ufunda yonke imiyalelo yokufaka enikezwe ngumenzi we-cobblevertone. Bahlala becebisa ukubamba okhethiweyo.
Isithuba esiphakathi kwe-pebvers sikhulu kakhulu, kufuneka usebenzise udaka. Udaka luphantse luhlala lungumxube we-cemerland enemibala kunye ne-silica isanti entle. I-Silica Sand inzima kakhulu kwaye iqine. Olu lumbala ofanayo kakhulu, ihlala iguqukile kuphela. Isanti yenza ukuba i-grout yomelele kakhulu. Ilinganisa amatye amakhulu esifaka kwikhonkrithi yendlela, iitayile kunye neendlela zokuqhuba. Ilitye linika amandla ekhonkrithi.
Xa uxuba i-grout kwaye uyibeka kwi-cobble yentsimbi yomgangatho, lumka usebenzise amanzi amancinci kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Amanzi amaninzi aya kubangela ukuba i-grout inciphe kwaye iqhekeke xa iyomisa.
URute akanaxhala kakhulu malunga nokufuma, kuba uhlala kumantla mpuma. Ukuba ungumgangatho wendawo yokuhlala okanye kumazantsi-ntshona-ntshona ophantsi komswakama ophantsi, kuya kufuneka ukutshiza i-subble kunye nentambo encinci phantsi kwazo ukongeza inkqubo yokuphumelela kube lula. Ukuba ufaka umgangatho apho umswakama uphantsi, nceda ugubungele umgangatho emva kweeyure ezingama-48 zokukhulisa ngeplastiki ukuba inciphise ikhukuthezi lokuphuma kwamanzi. Oku kuya kunceda ekwenzeni womelele kakhulu.
Ukugcina umgangatho wokuhlamba i-cobblevertone yomgangatho ococekileyo kulula, kodwa abantu abaninzi abafuni kuchitha ixesha ukuyenza. Kuya kufuneka uhlise umgangatho ubuncinci kanye ngeveki ukususa ioyile yomzimba, isepha kunye nentsalela ye-shampoo, kunye nobumdaka obuqhelekileyo. Ezi zinto zibumba ukutya kunye nokutya okuncinci.
Emva kokuhlamba, qinisekisa ukuba umgangatho wokuhlamba upome ngokukhawuleza. Amanzi akhuthaza ukukhula kombungu kunye ne-daildew. Ukuba unomnyango wokuhlamba, nceda uyivule emva kokuya kwigumbi lokuhlambela. Kukwanjalo nangeeshawa. Shake i-creany ukuba isuse amanzi amaninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka kwaye igcinwe inesivumelwano ukuze umoya ungenise ishawa.
Kuya kufuneka ulwe namabala amanzima amanzi. Oku kulula ukwenza ngeviniga emhlophe. Ukuba ubona amabala amhlophe aqala ukwenza, kufuneka ubasuse ngokukhawuleza ukuphepha ukwakhiwa kweendawo ezinamanzi anzima. Ukuba uyivumela ukuba isebenze malunga nemizuzu engama-30, emva koko iqhekeze kwaye ihlambe, iviniga emhlophe isuswe kwiithayile ziya kwenza umsebenzi olungileyo. Ewe, kunokubakho ivumba elincinci, kodwa kumgangatho wakho wokuhlamba umzimba wakho uhlala iminyaka emininzi.
I-Post Time: Aug-30 ukuya kwi-2021