Kua wehea te kōpae parai kōpae (kōpae) ki te kōpae totoka (kōpae kotahi) me te kōpae paipa hau (kōpae takirua). He māmā noa iho te mārama ki te kōpae totoka, ki te kī tika, he totoka. Ko te Kōpae Pupuhi, e ai ki te ingoa, he pānga whakapūhaumātao. Mai i te āhua, he maha ngā kōhao i te porowhita e anga atu ana ki waenganui o te porowhita, e kiia nei ko ngā awa hau. Ka tutuki i te motuka te kaupapa o te whakamarara wera mā te kawe hau i roto i te paipa hau, ā, he pai ake te pānga whakamarara wera i tērā o te momo totoka. Ko te nuinga o ngā motuka he puku o mua, he nui te mau o te pereti o mua e whakamahi ana i te mita auau, nō reira ko te whakamahinga o te pereti paipa o mua, i muri i te pereti totoka (pereti kotahi). He pono, kei reira ngā pereti paipa i mua me muri, engari kāore e tino kino te utu hanga.
Ko te pikitia tuatahi o tēnei tuhinga ko te kōpae whakairo kua pokaia, kua pai ake te mahi aukati me te whakamarara wera, engari he nui ake te pakaru o te papa aukati. He kōpae aukati kua whakarerekētia e koe, he tohutohu hoa: 1. Me pai te rauemi o te kōpae, kaua e nui rawa ngā hapa e pā ana ki te kaha, pērā i ngā pore nui, ngā trams, me te whakaiti. 2. Ko te tawhiti me te tohatoha rahi o ngā kōhao, me ētahi atu, nā te mea he nui atu i te kotahi te kōhao kua keria, ka ngoikore te kaha o te rohe. Ki te pakaru te kōpae, kāore e taea te whakaaro i ngā hua. 3. Tohatoha ōrite. Ki te tino pakaru te toenga o te kōpae, ka pāngia koe e te taraiwa i runga i te porowhita. 3. He mahi uaua, nō reira kia tupato. Kaua e mahi me te kore he aratohu ngaio.
Ko te kōpae parai kua pokaia, kua tohua hoki, e mōhiotia ana ko te "kōpae tere" me te "kōpae whakawhiti", he mea whakauru ki ngā waka mahi teitei, pērā i ngā motuka reihi, ngā motuka hākinakina, ngā motuka hākinakina rānei. Nā te pikinga ake o te hau whakarerekētanga o te umanga motuka ā-rohe i ngā tau tata nei, he maha ngā hoa motuka DIY, mai i ngā momo huarahi ki te wero me te whakawhiti i te kōpae parai, kātahi ka whakawhiti i ā rātou ake. He hoari mata rua te wero me te whakawhiti i te kōpae parai, kei te noho tahi hoki ōna painga me ōna ngoikoretanga, engari ka piki ake te kakahu o te papa parai i te kōpae parai, he teitei te rauemi kōpae parai me ngā whakaritenga tukatuka. He maha ngā kamupene iti e whakaatu ana i a Ūropi, Taiwana, Hapani me ētahi atu kaihanga i roto i te hanga kōpae parai tino tauira, he maha ngā kaitākaro e pai ana ki te aro DIY.
He wāhanga tino nui te kōpae pēki o te pūnaha pēki, he pai te pumau o te kōpae pēki, kāore he haruru, kāore he wiri. He maha ngā kaihanga mahi-ā-ringa kāore i te mōhio ki ngā mahi ngaio, kāore e whakakapi noa i te kōpae pēki, nā te mea kua whakamatautauria te kōpae pēki taketake e te tini o ngā miihini ngaio, ā, ka taea te tu atu ki te kaha pēki o ā rātou waka. I ētahi wā, i muri i te whakakapinga o te kōpae pēki kua werohia, kua whiti, kāore pea te pānga pēki i te pai ake i te pānga kōpae taketake noa. Nō reira, ina tae mai ki te haumaru, me tūpato hoki koe i te wā e tāuta ana i ngā wāhanga katoa.
