Ko te whiringa mātai—mai i te hēki kākāriki, te āhuru māmā, te rākau parakirihana, ki ngā huinga hou—ka whakatau tika i te tūmau, te roa o te ora, te here against ngā āhuatanga o te taiao, me te āhua whānui o te patio umbrella.

Ko te tūāpapa o te patio umbrella tōna koiora ngaro, e kawe ana i te kaha o te hanganga kia taea ai te tū ki te hau, te tautoko i te para, me te whakapau kia pai te mahi. Ahakoa ko te ērini te whakarato kowhatu, ko ngā mātai o te tūāpapa ngā wāhanga matua e whakarato ana i te roa o te ora, te tūmau, me te haumātanga.
Ko ngā mātai hihiri e whakamahia ana i ngā tūāpapa patio umbrella kei reira:
•Hiri: Mō te kaha tino me te taumaha, ko te hiri he kōpae āhuatanga pai ake mō ngā parapara tuanui rānei, nui rānei. Ko tana pikinga matua ko te tūponotanga ki te pouri mērā ka pakaru te mata whakamarumaru. Ko te nuinga o ngā takotoranga hiri waihanga hou kei te karapoti pūtini, he tikanga e tuku ana i tētahi ara roa atu, kaua hoki te pouri, me te tini o ngā kowhatu tae.
•Parata: Ko te kōpae tuarangi mō ngā parapara tikangia nā te mahinga pai o ana āhuatanga. He māma te parata, he tino manawaroa hoki ki te koroi, ā, he tino kaha muna te taumaha. E kore e pouri, nō reira he pai mō ngā taiao maritime. Ka whakamahia noa i ngā parapara papai, ā, hoki i ngā parapara kantipara. Mō te kaha ake, ka whakamahi mātai parata ngā kaihanga maha, i te wāhi e tika ana rānei ki te takotoranga.
• Rākau: Ngā rāparapa rākau, e hangaia ana i te spruce, bamboo, i te eucalyptus hoki, e tuku ana i te āhua kaha, taiao, me te tikanga matua e kore e taea e ngā matēriri atu te whai. Heoi anō, e hiahiatia ana he toronga nui ake mō te rākau i te metara; me whakaritenga tōna rite, whakaputa rānei hei tiaki i ngā pānga o te waimā, te mātātoko o te rā, me te pakaru. Ko te hāunga ake i te hau kaha he iti ake i ngā kōwhiringa metara.
• Hīrorirokō: Ahakoa kāore e whakamahia ana mō te anga katoa, ko ngā kāpua hīrorirokō he tohu matua. Arataki i te metara, i te rākau rānei, he kōhatu te hīrorirokō ka peharu tino i te hau kaha engari kāore e popo, nō reira he kōwhiringa pai mō te pā ki te hau. Muri i te parea, ka hoki anō ki tana āhua tuatahi.
Ko ngā atamira pai rawa ko te takotoranga o ēnei matēriera, ka whakamahia he pou mātātoko alumini rama kia kore ai e pāhua, i te tāwhai i ngā whatu karawhiri maroke mō te roa. Ina kōwhirihia ana tētahi atamira, ko te matēriera o te anga he tohu matua mō tana kounga, tēnā whakamahinga, me tana roanga oranga, hei whare takea e noho ana tōu noho waho.