Kunezindlela eziningana ezahlukene ezingasetshenziswa uma kukhulunywa ngokufakwa kotshani bokwenziwa.
Indlela efanele yokusebenzisa izoncika endaweni lapho utshani bufakwa khona.
Isibonelo, izindlela ezisetshenziswa lapho kufakwa utshani bokwenziwa kukhonkrithi zizohluka kulezo ezikhethwa lapho kufakwa utshani bokwenziwa esikhundleni sotshani obukhona.
Njengoba ukulungiswa komhlabathi kuncike ekufakweni, ngokuvamile izindlela ezisetshenziswayo zokubeka utshani bokwenziwa zifana kakhulu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lusetshenziswa kanjani.
Kulo mhlahlandlela, sizokunikeza izinto ezi-5 ezibalulekileukufakwa kotshani bokwenziwaamathiphu okubeka utshani bokwenziwa.
Umfaki ochwepheshe ngokuvamile uzokwazi kahle inqubo futhi ujwayelene kakhulu nalawa macebiso, kodwa uma ufuna ukuzama ukufaka i-DIY, noma uma ungathanda ulwazi oluyisisekelo, uzoqiniseka ukuthi lesi sihloko siwusizo kakhulu.
Ngakho-ke, ake siqale ngeseluleko sethu sokuqala.
1. Ungasebenzisi Isihlabathi Esibukhali Njengendlela Yakho Yokubeka
Ekufakweni kwengadi okuvamile, isigaba sokuqala ukususa ingadi ekhona.
Ukusuka lapho, kufakwa izendlalelo zama-aggregate ukuze kuhlinzekwe isisekelo sotshani bakho ukuze kulungiselelwe ukubeka utshani.
Lezi zendlalelo zizoba nesisekelo esingaphansi kanye nendlela yokubeka.
Ngesisekelo esingaphansi, sincoma ukusebenzisa i-50-75mm ye-MOT Type 1 noma – uma ingadi yakho ekhona inenkinga yokugeleza kwamanzi okungekuhle, noma uma unezinja – sincoma ukusebenzisa i-granite noma i-limestone chippings engu-10-12mm, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isisekelo esingaphansi sikhipha amanzi mahhala.
Kodwa-ke, endleleni yokubeka – ungqimba lwe-aggregate olulele ngqo ngaphansi kotshani bakho bokwenziwa – sincoma kakhulu ukuthi usebenzise uthuli lwe-granite noma lwe-limestone, oluphakathi kuka-0-6mm ububanzi ngokujula okungu-25mm.
Ekuqaleni, lapho kufakwa utshani bokwenziwa endaweni yokuhlala, isihlabathi esibukhali sasisetshenziswa njengendlela yokubeka.
Ngeshwa, abanye abafaki basasebenzisa isihlabathi esibukhali nanamuhla, futhi kukhona ngisho nabakhiqizi abasasincoma.
Isizathu kuphela sokuncoma isihlabathi esibukhali ngaphezu kothuli lwe-granite noma lwe-limestone kungenxa yezindleko kuphela.
Ngethani, isihlabathi esibukhali sishibhile kancane kunothuli lwe-limestone noma lwe-granite.
Kodwa-ke, kunezinkinga ngokusebenzisa isihlabathi esibukhali.
Okokuqala, utshani bokwenziwa bunezimbobo ngemuva kwe-latex okuvumela amanzi ukuthi aphume otshanini bokwenziwa.
Kufika kumalitha angu-50 amanzi ngemitha yesikwele, ngomzuzu, angaphuma otshanini bokwenziwa.
Njengoba la manzi amaningi kangaka ekwazi ukuthulula otshanini bakho bokwenziwa, okwenzekayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukuthi isihlabathi esibukhali sizokhukhuleka, ikakhulukazi uma kukhona ukuwa kotshani bakho bokwenziwa.
Lezi yizindaba ezimbi ngotshani bakho bokwenziwa, njengoba utshani buzoba bungafani futhi uzobona imiphetho nokucwila okubonakalayo etshanini lakho.
Isizathu sesibili ukuthi isihlabathi esibukhali sihamba ngaphansi kwezinyawo.
Uma utshani lwakho luzohamba kakhulu, okuhlanganisa nezilwane ezifuywayo, lokhu kuzophinde kuholele ekucwileni nasezindleleni etshanini lakho lapho kusetshenziswe khona isihlabathi esibukhali.
Enye inkinga ngesihlabathi esibukhali ukuthi sikhuthaza izintuthwane.
Izintuthwane, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, zizoqala ukumba esihlabathini esibukhali futhi zingase zakhe izidleke. Lokhu kuphazamiseka kwendlela yokubeka cishe kuzobangela utshani obungalingani bokwenziwa.
Abantu abaningi bacabanga ngephutha ukuthi isihlabathi esibukhali sizohlala siqinile ngendlela efanayo naleyo esima ngayo ekugandayweni kwamabhulokhi, kodwa ngeshwa akunjalo.
Ngenxa yokuthi uthuli lwe-granite noma lwe-limestone luqinile kakhulu kunesihlabathi esibukhali, luyahlangana futhi lunikeze indlela engcono kakhulu yokubeka.
Amakhilogremu ambalwa engeziwe ngethani ngalinye ngokuqinisekile ayakufanelekela ukusetshenziswa njengoba azoqinisekisa ukuthi utshani bakho bomgunyathi buqedwa kangcono futhi bunikeze ukufakwa okuhlala isikhathi eside.
Ukuthi usebenzisa i-limestone noma i-granite kuncike ngokuphelele kulokho okutholakalayo endaweni yakho, njengoba cishe uzothola ukuthi uhlobo olulodwa kulula ukuluthola kunolunye.
Sincoma ukuthi uzame ukuxhumana nabathengisi basendaweni yakho kanye nabaphakeli abahlanganisiwe ukuze uthole ukutholakala kanye nezindleko.
2. Sebenzisa ungqimba oluphindwe kabili lwe-Weed Membrane
Leli cebiso lizosiza ekuvimbeleni ukhula ukuthi lungakhuli otshanini bakho bokwenziwa.
Ngemva kokufunda icebiso elidlule, manje uzokwazi ukuthi ingxenye yokufakwa kotshani bokwenziwa ihilela ukususa utshani obukhona.
Njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi ubuqagele, kunconywa ukuthi ufake ulwelwesi lokhula ukuze uvimbele ukukhula kokhula.
Kodwa-ke, sincoma ukuthi usebenzise izendlalelo ezimbili ze-membrane yokhula.
Ingqimba yokuqala yolwelwesi kufanele ifakwe ku-sub-grade ekhona. I-sub-grade umhlabathi osala ngemva kokumba utshani bakho obukhona.
Lolu hlobo lokuqala lokhula luzovimbela ukukhula kokhula olujulile enhlabathini.
Ngaphandle kwalolu ngqimba lokuqala lweulwelwesi lokhula, kunethuba lokuthi ezinye izinhlobo zokhula zizokhula ngezigaba zezitshalo futhi ziphazamise ubuso botshani bakho bokwenziwa.
3. Vumela Utshani Obungenziwe Bujwayeleke
Ngaphambi kokusika noma ukuhlanganisa utshani bakho bokwenziwa, sincoma kakhulu ukuthi uluvumele lujwayele ikhaya lalo elisha.
Lokhu kuzokwenza inqubo yokufaka ibe lula kakhulu ukuyiqeda.
Kodwa uvumela kanjani ngempela utshani bokwenziwa ukuthi bujwayele?
Ngenhlanhla, inqubo ilula kakhulu njengoba idinga ukuthi ungenzi lutho!
Empeleni, okuzodingeka ukwenze nje ukuvula utshani bakho, ububeke endaweni ethile lapho buzofakwa khona, bese ubuvumela ukuthi buhlale phansi.
Kungani kubalulekile ukwenza lokhu?
Efektri, ekupheleni kwenqubo yokukhiqiza utshani bokwenziwa, umshini ugoqa utshani bokwenziwa uzungeze amapayipi epulasitiki noma amakhadibhodi ukuze kube lula ukuthuthwa.
Yile ndlela futhi utshani bakho bokwenziwa obuzofika ngayo uma bulethwa ekhaya lakho.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi, kuze kube manje, utshani bakho bokwenziwa bucindezelwe kahle ngenkathi busefomini yokugoqa, kuzodinga isikhathi ukuze buhlale buthe tyaba ngokuphelele.
Kungcono lokhu kwenziwe ngelanga elifudumele elidlala otshanini, njengoba lokhu kuvumela i-latex backback ukuthi ifudumale, okuzovumela noma yiziphi izingqimba noma ama-ripple ukuthi awe otshanini bokwenziwa.
Uzothola nokuthi kulula kakhulu ukulibeka nokulisika uma selijwayele ngokuphelele.
Manje, ezweni elihle futhi uma isikhathi singeyona inkinga, ubungashiya utshani bakho bokwenziwa amahora angama-24 ukuze ujwayelane.
Siyaqonda ukuthi lokhu akunakwenzeka ngaso sonke isikhathi, ikakhulukazi kosonkontileka, okungenzeka ukuthi banesikhathi esinqunyiwe okufanele basihlangabezane naso.
Uma kunjalo, kusazokwenzeka ukufaka utshani bakho bokwenziwa, kodwa kungathatha isikhathi esithe xaxa ukubeka utshani nokuqinisekisa ukuthi bulingana kahle.
Ukuze kusizwe ngale nqubo, i-Knee Kicker yekhaphethi ingasetshenziswa ukwelula utshani bokwenziwa.
4. Ukugcwalisa Isihlabathi
Cishe uke wezwa imibono ehlukene ngotshani bokwenziwa kanye nokufakwa kwesihlabathi.
Kodwa-ke, sincoma kakhulu ukuthi usebenzise isihlabathi se-silica esifakwe etshanini lakho lokwenziwa.
Kunezizathu eziningana zalokhu:
Ingeza i-ballast otshanini bokwenziwa. Le-ballast izobamba utshani endaweni yalo futhi ivimbele noma yikuphi ukugoba noma imiphetho ukuthi ingabonakali etshanini lakho lokwenziwa.
Kuzothuthukisa ubuhle betshani lakho ngokwenza imicu ihlale iqonde phezulu.
Kuthuthukisa ukuphuma kwamanzi.
Kwandisa ukumelana nomlilo.
Ivikela imicu yokwenziwa kanye nesisekelo se-latex.
Abantu abaningi bakhathazekile ngokuthi isihlabathi se-silica sizonamathela ezinyaweni zabantu, nasezinyaweni zezinja nezinye izilwane ezifuywayo.
Kodwa-ke, akunjalo, njengoba ungqimba oluncane lwesihlabathi luzobe luhlezi phansi kwemicu, okuzovimbela noma yikuphi ukuxhumana okuqondile nesihlabathi.
5. Sebenzisa i-Foam Underlay ukuze uthole utshani bokwenziwa kukhonkolo kanye ne-decking
Nakuba utshani bokwenziwa kungafanele bubekwe ngqo phezu kotshani noma inhlabathi ekhona, ngaphandle kwesisekelo esingaphansi, kungenzeka ukufaka utshani bokwenziwa ezindaweni eziqinile ezikhona njengokhonkolo, ukugandaya kanye nophahla.
Lokhu kufakwa kuvame ukushesha kakhulu futhi kulula ukukuqeda.
Kusobala ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ukulungiswa komhlabathi sekuqediwe kakade.
Kulezi zinsuku, kubonakala sengathi kuya ngokuya kuvama ukufaka utshani bokwenziwa phezu kwedekhi njengoba abantu abaningi bethola ukuthi idekhi iyashelela futhi ngezinye izikhathi iyingozi kakhulu ukuhamba kuyo.
Ngenhlanhla lokhu kungalungiswa kalula ngotshani bokwenziwa.
Uma indawo yakho ekhona isesimweni esihle ngokwesakhiwo, akufanele kube khona isizathu sokuthi kungani ungenakufaka utshani bokwenziwa phezu kwayo.
Kodwa-ke, umthetho owodwa wegolide lapho ufaka utshani bokwenziwa kukhonkrithi, ukugandaya noma uphahla lwendlu ukusebenzisa i-underlay ye-foam yotshani yokwenziwa.
Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi noma yikuphi ukugoba ebusweni obungezansi kuzovela otshanini bokwenziwa.
Isibonelo, uma ubekwe edekini, ubungabona ibhodi ngalinye lokufaka idekini ngotshani bakho bokwenziwa.
Ukuze uvimbele lokhu kungenzeki, faka i-shockpad edekini noma kukhonkolo kuqala bese ulungisa utshani ku-foam.
Igwebu lizofihla noma yikuphi ukungalingani ebusweni obungezansi.
I-foam ingaxhunywa edekhini kusetshenziswa izikulufo zedekhini noma, ukuze kwenziwe ukhonkolo kanye nokugandaya, kungasetshenziswa inhlaka yotshani yokwenziwa.
Igwebu ngeke livimbele amaqhubu namagquma abonakalayo kuphela, kodwa lizokwenza notshani bokwenziwa obuthambile kakhulu obuzozizwa buhle ngaphansi kwezinyawo, ngenkathi futhi buhlinzeka ngesivikelo uma kwenzeka ukuwa.
Isiphetho
Ukufakwa kotshani bokwenziwa kuyinqubo elula kakhulu - uma wazi ukuthi wenzani.
Njenganoma yini, kunezindlela ezithile ezisebenza kahle kakhulu, futhi ngethemba ukuthi lesi sihloko sikusizile ukuthi uthole ukuqonda kwamanye amathiphu namaqhinga ahilelekile.
Ngokuvamile sincoma ukuthi usebenzise izinsizakalo zochwepheshe ukufaka utshani bakho bokwenziwa, njengoba kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi uthole ukufakwa okungcono nokuhlala isikhathi eside.
Ukufaka utshani bokwenziwa nakho kungaba nzima kakhulu ngokomzimba futhi lokhu kufanele kucatshangelwe ngaphambi kokuzama ukufaka ngokwakho.
Kodwa-ke, siyaqonda ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi izindleko ezengeziwe ezihilelekile zingakuvimbela ukusebenzisa umfakisi ochwepheshe.
Ngosizo oluthile, amathuluzi afanele, amakhono amahle ayisisekelo e-DIY kanye nezinsuku ezimbalwa zomsebenzi onzima, kungenzeka ukufaka utshani bakho bokwenziwa.
Sithemba ukuthi uthole lesi sihloko siwusizo – uma unezinye izeluleko noma amaqhinga okufaka ongathanda ukuwabelana nathi, sicela ushiye amazwana ngezansi.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Julayi-02-2025
