He mea ngahau, he mea whai hua hoki te hanga i tō ake pouaka whakapaipai. Mā tēnei aratohu ka māmā ake te hoahoa i tētahi pouaka rokiroki e rite ana ki tō momo kāhua. Ka whakaaturia e mātou ki a koe me pēhea te whakakotahi i te mahi me te ataahua. Kei roto i tēnei aratohu ngā mea katoa e hiahiatia ana e koe: ngā pūkenga, ngā rauemi, me ngā mahi mō tētahi kaupapa DIY. He tino pai mō te karetao...
I PAUL VALENTINE, ka tukuna e mātou ngā otinga rokiroki whakapaipai e whakakotahi ana i te ataahua me te whai hua. Kei te rapu koe i tētahi Pouaka Whakapaipai hei tiaki i ō taonga? He pouaka whakapaipai rānei hei whakaatu i tō kohinga? Kei a mātou te mea e hiahiatia ana e koe. Kei a mātou ngā Pouaka Whakapaipai mō ngā reka me ngā matea katoa. Kōwhiria mai i ngā kōwhiringa me...
He mahi toi nui te tuku koha. Mā tēnei ka pai ake te wheako koha. Tata ki te 70% o ngā kaihoko e whakaaro ana ko te āhua o te takai i tētahi koha ka pā nui ki tā rātou whakaaro mōna. I te mea ko ngā whakapaipai te 25% o ngā koha hararei katoa, ko te hanga i te koha kia ātaahua te āhua te mea nui. Inaa, 82% o ngā kaihoko...
Kia tū motuhake tō koha me ā mātou pouaka koha whakapaipai kounga teitei. Kei te wātea inaianei, he kounga teitei, he roa hoki te ora. He mea hanga ia pouaka hei whakapai ake i te āhua o ō whakapaipai. Nā tēnei ka tino pai mō ngā koha, mō ngā mahi pakihi rānei, kia tiaho ai ia wahi. Ngā Kaupapa Matua o ā mātou pouaka koha whakapaipai kounga teitei...
Ko te mea nui ko te pupuri i tō pouaka whakapaipai weriweri kia tino pai te āhua. Koinei te wāhi tino pai mō ō whakapaipai, nā tōna kakano ngawari. Heoi, me ata tiaki te weriweri kia kore ai e puta he karawarawa, he puehu rānei. Mā te horoi auau ka āwhina i te karo i ngā kino pēnei i ngā paru, i te miro rānei. Ngā Whakaaro Matua l Whakamahia he miro ...
He koha whakapaipai? Me waiho hei mea motuhake mā ā mātou pouaka koha whakapaipai huatau. Ehara i te mea ko ō taonga anake te mahi a ēnei pouaka. Ka whakanui ake i te ataahua me te uara o ō whakapaipai, ka whakarato i tētahi whakaaturanga papai e kore e warewaretia. Kei a mātou ngā pouaka koha whakapaipai tino pai i hangaia ki ngā rauemi pai rawa atu....
Kei roto i ā mātou whiringa ngā pouaka whakapaipai rakau tawhito. Ka whakaranua e rātou te ataahua o mua me te momo mahi. Ka tiakina e ēnei pouaka ō whakapaipai kia haumaru, ā, ka ātaahua ake te āhua o tētahi rūma. Ki te hiahia koe ki tētahi wāhi rokiroki whakapaipai tawhito motuhake, tirohia ā mātou whiringa. He mea kei konei mō te katoa. Ko ia pouaka tawhito...
I roto i tā mātou Toa, kei a mātou ngā wāhi rokiroki whakapaipai papai me te huatau me te whai hua. He mea hanga ā mātou putea huatau hei pupuri haumaru i ō taputapu utu nui. He mea pai mō te whakarite i te kāinga, mō te pupuri rānei i ngā mea kia haumaru i a koe e haereere ana. He mea hanga ā mātou putea mō ngā momo whakapaipai rerekē, hei tiaki i ia mea...
Ina haere koe, he mea nui te tiaki i ō whakapaipai kia haumaru. He mea nui te whakarite whakapaipai haere pai. Mā ēnei putea ka ārai i te whiri o ngā kaki me te rakuraku o ngā wati. Mā ngā waitohu pēnei i a Calpak me Mark & Graham ka whakarite kia haumaru ō taonga. He kōwhiringa mohio te putea whakapaipai kawe mō te haere...
He uaua te haere me ō whakapaipai e arohaina ana. He maha ngā wā ka puta ngā whakakai taia, ngā wati kua rakuraku, me ngā whakakai taringa kua ngaro. He mea mohio te tiki i tētahi putea haere whakapaipai pai, i tētahi kaiwhakahaere whakapaipai, i tētahi wāhi rokiroki whakapaipai kawe rānei. Ka tiakina ō whakapaipai e ēnei mea, ā, ka māmā ake te haere. Ka tiakina e ngā putea haere whakapaipai...
He huarahi huatau ā mātou pouaka whakapaipai rakau papai hei pupuri i ō whakapaipai kia haumaru. He mea hanga ēnei mai i te rakau kounga teitei. E whakaatu ana tēnei i tō mātou whakapau kaha ki te tiaki i te taiao me te ataahua. He whakaata kei roto i ēnei pouaka, e whakakotahi ana i te whai huatanga me te ataahua. He maha ā mātou whakaotinga hei whiriwhiri māu. Ko ā mātou ringaringa...