He hana paʻakikī ka lawe ʻana a me ke kau ʻana i kahi loko ʻauʻau nui e pono ai ka hoʻolālā akahele, nā lako kūikawā, a me nā loea akamai. Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka loko (e like me ka sima, fiberglass, a i ʻole ka vinyl liner), e ʻokoʻa nā ʻano no ka lawe ʻana a me ke kau ʻana. Ma lalo nei, e kālele mākou i ke kaʻina hana maʻamau no ka lawe ʻana a me ke kau ʻana i nā loko nui, ʻo ia hoʻi nā loko fiberglass a me nā loko sima, ʻo ia nā ʻano maʻamau.
1. ʻAno Wai ʻauʻau a me ka Hoʻomākaukau Hoʻokomo Mua
Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau ʻana o ka loko wai, he mea nui e hoʻoholo i ke ʻano o ka loko wai āu e makemake ai—fiberglass a i ʻole ka sima, no ka mea, he ʻokoʻa nā koi o kēlā me kēia no ka lawe ʻana a me ke kau ʻana. ʻO nā loko wai Fiberglass, no ka laʻana, ua hana mua ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia i hoʻokahi ʻāpana, ʻoiai ua kūkulu ʻia nā loko wai sima ma kahi.
No nā loko wai fiberglass, ʻo ka hana mua e hōʻoia i ka mākaukau o ke kahua no ke kau ʻana. ʻO ke kaʻina hana ʻeli e pili ana i ka ʻeli ʻana i kahi lua e kūlike loa me ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka pūpū fiberglass i hana mua ʻia. Pono kēia i ka pololei, no ka mea, pono ka loko wai e kūpono i loko o kahi i hoʻomākaukau ʻia.
No nā loko wai sima, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana. Kūkulu ʻia ka loko wai mai ka lepo a i luna, e hoʻomaka ana me ka ʻeli ʻana, a ukali ʻia e ke kau ʻana o ka hoʻoikaika kila, ka plumbing, a me nā ʻōnaehana uila ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana o ka gunite a i ʻole ka shotcrete.
2. Ke lawe ʻana i ka loko wai
Ke hoʻoholo ʻia ke ʻano o ka loko wai, ʻo ka halihali ka pilikia aʻe. Hāʻawi ʻia nā loko wai Fiberglass ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana hoʻokahi, i hana mua ʻia, hiki ke kaupaona i kekahi mau tona. Hoʻouna pinepine ʻia lākou ma luna o nā kalaka pālahalaha nui a i ʻole nā kaʻa kauō kūikawā, e koi pinepine ana i kahi palapala ʻae no nā ukana nui loa, ʻoiai inā nui loa ka loko wai a inā he mau kapu ke ala lawe (e like me nā alanui haiki a i ʻole nā alahaka).
ʻO nā loko sima, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole pono ka lawe ʻana i hoʻokahi hale, no ka mea, ua kūkulu ʻia lākou ma kahi. Eia nō naʻe, pono e lawe ʻia nā mea e like me ke kila rebar, ka sima, a me nā lako kūkulu ʻē aʻe i kahi, e koi pinepine ana i nā kalaka kaumaha a me nā crane e lawelawe i nā nui o nā mea.
3. Ke kau ʻana
No nā loko wai fiberglass, ke hāʻawi ʻia ka loko wai, hiki ke hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo. Hoʻokomo pono ʻia ka pūpū loko wai i loko o ka lua i ʻeli ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi crane a i ʻole nā mīkini kaumaha. Ke kau ʻia, hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka loko wai, a hana ʻia ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana a puni ka loko wai me ke one a i ʻole ka ʻiliʻili. A laila hana ʻia nā pilina plumbing a me nā uila e hōʻoia i ka hana ʻana o nā ʻōnaehana kānana a me ka hoʻomehana o ka loko wai. ʻO ka hope, hoʻohui ʻia ka papahele a me ka hoʻolālā ʻāina e hoʻopau i ka wahi o ka loko wai.
I ke ʻano o nā loko wai sima, ʻo ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo e pili ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka loko wai ma nā pae. Ma hope o ka ʻeli ʻana, ua hoʻākoakoa ʻia kahi kiʻi kila a hoʻoikaika ʻia me ka rebar. A laila, ua pīpī ʻia ka loko wai me ka shotcrete a i ʻole gunite, e hana ana i ke kahua o ka loko wai. Ke hoʻōla ʻia ka sima, hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻili me ka plaster, nā tile, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe, a hana ʻia nā pilina plumbing a me nā uila. Hiki i kēia kaʻina hana ke hala i kekahi mau mahina e hoʻopau ai ma muli o ka pono o ka manawa hoʻōla a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe.
4. Nānā hope loa a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana
Ma hope o ke kau ʻia ʻana o ka loko wai, hana ʻia kahi nānā hope loa e hōʻoia i nā mea āpau e like me ke code. Hoʻokomo pū kēia i ka nānā ʻana i nā leaka, ka hōʻoia ʻana e hana ana ka ʻōnaehana kānana, a me ka hōʻoia ʻana ua hoʻokō ʻia nā hana palekana, e like me nā uhi loko wai a i ʻole nā pā.
Ke hōʻoia ʻia nā mea āpau e hana pono ana, ua piha ka loko wai i ka wai, a ua mākaukau ʻoe e hauʻoli i kāu oasis waho hou.
ʻO ka lawe ʻana a me ke kau ʻana i kahi loko ʻauʻau nui e pono ai ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, nā lako hana kūikawā, a me ka ʻike loea. Inā ʻoe e koho i kahi loko fiberglass a i ʻole ka loko sima, pili ke kaʻina hana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, ka lawe ʻana, a me ke kau ʻana me ke akahele. Ma ka hahai ʻana i nā kaʻina hana kūpono a me ka hana pū ʻana me nā poʻe loea akamai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoia i kahi kau ʻana o ka loko ʻauʻau maʻalahi a holomua, e ʻae ana iā ʻoe e hauʻoli i kāu loko hou no nā makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana.