He mea nui ngā ngongo me ngā rawhi ngongo i roto i te whānuitanga o ngā mahi, mai i te motuka ki te ahumahi. He mea nui te mārama ki ō rāua hononga me ā rāua mahi mō te hunga katoa e uru ana ki te tiaki, te whakatika, te tāuta rānei.

He ngongo ngāwari ngā ngongo e whakamahia ana hei kawe i ngā wai, i ngā hau, i ētahi atu rauemi rānei. He rerekē ngā rahi, ngā rauemi, me ngā hoahoa hei whakatutuki i ngā whakaritenga motuhake pēnei i te pēhanga, te pāmahana, me te hototahi matū. Ko ngā momo ngongo noa ko ngā ngongo rapa, ngā ngongo PVC, me ngā ngongo silicone, he rerekē te mahi a ia ngongo i roto i ngā taiao rerekē.

Heoi, ki te kore he rawhi ngongo, kāore e taea e te ngongo tonu te mahi tika. Ko te rawhi ngongo he taputapu miihini e whakamahia ana hei whakau i te ngongo ki te hononga, ki te paipa rānei, kia mau ai te hononga piri, ā, kia kore ai e turuturu. He maha ngā momo rawhi ngongo, tae atu ki ngā rawhi taputapu noke, ngā rawhi puna, me ngā rawhi whitiki, he rerekē ngā taumata o te kume me te ngāwari o te whakamahi. Ko te whiriwhiri i te rawhi ngongo e whakawhirinaki ana ki te momo ngongo, te whakamahinga, me te pēhanga e hiahiatia ana.

He mea nui te mahi tahi i waenga i ngā ngongo me ngā rawhi ngongo mō tētahi pūnaha e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kawe wai. Hei tauira, i roto i ngā mahi motuka, me herea pai ngā ngongo e kawe ana i te wai whakamatao kia kore ai e turuturu ka wera rawa te miihini. Waihoki, i roto i ngā taiao ahumahi, me herea pai ngā ngongo e kawe ana i ngā matū kia kore ai e turuturu ka tūpono he mōrearea haumaru.

Hei whakarāpopototanga, mā te whakamahi ngātahi i ngā ngongo me ngā rawhi ngongo ka taea te hanga i ngā pūnaha tuku wai me te hau haumaru, whai hua, me te pono. He mea nui te whiriwhiri me te tāuta tika i ēnei wāhanga e rua hei whakarite i te mahi tino pai me te haumaru i roto i tētahi tono. Ahakoa i roto i ngā kaupapa DIY, i ngā wāhi ngaio rānei, mā te mārama ki te hiranga o tēnei whakakotahitanga ka hua ake he hua pai ake, ā, ka whakapiki ake i te roa o te pūnaha e whakamahia ana.