rākau whakapūmau mīhini
He rākau whakapae ā-mataika i te kōwhiringa tītaha, e whai ake ana hei pūtake whakahaere mō ngā whakauru rangitaki, whakamahia hei whakatika i ngā hanga ā-waho ahurea hou. Ko tēnei hātuhi i hanga noa i ngā komohanga tangata, heoi anō ko ngā take matua, ngā tararua ā-roto, me ngā koki tuaropuke, ka whakapiri ki tahi hei hanga i tētahi tītaha nui. Ka hokona te rākau ki runga i te rangi whare me te tāwariwire, ka hanga i tētahi waewae e taea ana te whakauru i ngā take nui o te whare, pērā i ngā toki whakawehenga moeāhu, ngā here hiko, me ngā huarere. Ko te hanga o te tītaha kei roto i ngā tikanga hātuhi matua hei whakangungu i te whiuwhenua, ā, e whakaora ana i te pai ake. Kei ngā rā hou, kei ngā rākau matua ngā momo whakapai e whakapakari ana i te whiuwhenua me te whakatakoto i te korengarenga, me ngā whiringa galvanized steel rānui me ngā whiringa aluminium. Ko te whiu o te rākau e whakaae ana ki te whakauru i ngā whatu mārama, ngā whakaputuputu hawaiki, me ngā momo kōwhatu ā-rangi, me te whakapakari i te whakarite ki ngā huringa whare rerekē. Ko te whakatika o te whakauru e whakamana ana ki runga i ngā take whakarere me ngā take whakatika, e whai ana ki tētahi whakamātau pai i ia wā. Ko te wehewehe o te rākau i whakaritea ki te whakamana i ngā kōwhatu ā-rangi me ngā whakauru atu, me te whakarite i ngā paerewa me ngā ture haumaru.