Aosite, kusukela 1993
Njengoba abantu abaningi bamukela umkhuba we-DIY (Do-It-Yourself), abaningi bathatha inselele yokwakha nokuvuselela amakhabethe abo. Nokho, ngaphambi kokuthi uqale ukuthenga amahinge ekhabetheni lakho, kubalulekile ukuqonda izinhlobo ezahlukene ezitholakalayo nokuthi zihluka kanjani ngokusekelwe endaweni yomnyango namaphaneli aseceleni.
Amahinge angahlukaniswa ngezinhlobo ezintathu: ikhava egcwele, ikhava enguhhafu, kanye nokugoba okukhulu. Ake sihlolisise uhlobo ngalunye nokuthi unganquma kanjani ukuthi iyiphi efanelekile kukhabhinethi yakho.
Ihinji yekhava egcwele, eyaziwa nangokuthi ihinge yengalo eqondile, yakhelwe iphaneli yomnyango elivala ngokugcwele uhlangothi olume mpo lwekhabhinethi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ihinge yekhava enguhhafu yenzelwe iphaneli yomnyango evala ingxenye yohlangothi lwekhabhinethi kuphela. Okokugcina, i-hinge enkulu yokugoba isetshenziswa lapho iphaneli yomnyango ingafaki uhlangothi lwekhabhinethi nhlobo.
Ukukhetha phakathi kwekhava egcwele, ikhava enguhhafu, namahinge amakhulu okugoba kuncike kuphaneli eseceleni yekhabhinethi yakho. Ngokujwayelekile, ubukhulu bephaneli eseceleni busukela ku-16-18mm. Iphaneli eseceleni yekhava iwugqinsi ngo-6-9mm, kuyilapho uhlobo lwe-inlay lusho ukuthi iphaneli yomnyango nephaneli eseceleni kusendizeni efanayo.
Empeleni, uma ikhabethe lakho lakhiwe umhlobisi ochwepheshe, cishe lizoba namahinge ekhava ayingxenye. Kodwa-ke, uma ukhetha ikhabethe elenziwe ngokwezifiso embonini yobungcweti, cishe izofika namahinge ekhava agcwele.
Kafushane, nanka amaphuzu abalulekile mayelana namahinge:
1. Amahinge ayi-hardware ebalulekile yamakhabethe nefenisha, okwenza kube enye yezingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu okufanele zicatshangelwe.
2. Ibanga lentengo lamahinge liyahluka kakhulu, ukusuka kumasenti ambalwa ukuya kumashumi ama-yuan, kuye ngekhwalithi nezici. Ngakho-ke, ukuthuthukisa ifenisha namakhabethe kuvame ukubandakanya ukutshala imali kumahinge wekhwalithi engcono.
3. Amahinge angahlukaniswa njengamahinge ajwayelekile namahinge amanzi. Amahinge okudambisa angaphinde ahlukaniswe abe izinhlobo ezakhelwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Amahinge ahlukene anezinketho ezihlukene zempahla, ubuciko, namanani.
4. Lapho ukhetha amahinge, qaphela kakhulu izinto kanye nekhwalithi. Uma ibhajethi yakho ivuma, khetha amahinge wokudambisa amanzi, njengalawo anikezwa u-Hettich no-Aosite. Kuyatuseka ukuthi ugweme amahinge akhipha amanzi angaphandle njengoba evamise ukulahlekelwa umthelela wokudambisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
5. Ngaphezu kwezinhlobo zamahinge, kubalulekile ukucabangela izikhundla zamaphaneli eminyango namaphaneli aseceleni. Kunezinketho ezintathu: ikhava egcwele, ikhava eyingxenye, kanye nokugoba okukhulu. Abahlobisi ngokuvamile basebenzisa ihinge yekhava enguhhafu, kuyilapho amafekthri ekhabhinethi evame ukukhetha amahinji ekhava egcwele.
Khumbula, ukukhethwa kwamahinge kudlala indima ebalulekile ekusebenzeni nasebuhleni bamakhabethe akho. Ngakho-ke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uqala iphrojekthi ye-DIY noma ufuna usizo lochwepheshe, ukuqonda amahinge kuyisihluthulelo sokuzuza imiphumela oyifunayo.
Kunezinhlobo eziningi zamahinge, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi uqaphele ukucaciswa nezilinganiso ngaphambi kokuthenga. Izinhlobo ezihlukene zamahinge zenzelwe izinhlelo zokusebenza ezahlukene, ngakho qiniseka ukuthi wenza ucwaningo lwakho ngaphambi kokuthenga.