Where the pools sit in Heliopolis
Heliopolis was laid out in the early 1900s, and most of it today is apartment blocks with older villa streets running between them. That decides where the pools are. The private ones are mostly in villa gardens. A smaller number sit on roofs or are shared by a building. The biggest pools belong to the clubs and hotels. Heliopolis borders Nasr City, where our office is, so it is one of the quickest parts of Cairo for us to reach.
Villa pools in Korba, Merryland and Sheraton
The villa streets around El-Korba Square, Merryland Park and Sheraton hold some of the oldest private pools in the city. Gardens here are mature, with big trees, garden walls and one narrow side gate. We measure that gate and the route to the water on the first visit. Where a digger cannot get through, we work with smaller equipment or dig by hand, and the method goes into the quote before you sign anything.
Pools on Heliopolis apartment buildings
A pool on an apartment roof puts water above somebody's ceiling. Every survey of one covers the slab, the waterproofing and the roof drainage together, before any quote is written. Where the whole building shares the pool, we report to one named person, usually the building manager or the owners' union, with readings written down after each visit.
Club and hotel pools around Heliopolis
Heliopolis has some of Cairo's best known clubs, the Heliopolis Sporting Club among them, plus the hotels out towards Sheraton. A club or hotel pool that shuts costs money and complaints every day, so any work that closes it is booked around your quiet periods. We look for the root cause of a fault and fix it once, instead of selling you the same pump twice a year. Readings get logged on every visit and filed for inspections. Clubs and hotels contract with us directly, on commercial terms.
The work these pools need
Old Heliopolis pools come to us needing one of three jobs, and sometimes all three.
The waterproofing is at the end of its life, and usually the tiles, the pipework and the plant room are worn out with it. Then we scope one renovation of the whole pool, with a single drain-down, a single programme and a single contractor answering for it. The waterproofing gets rebuilt with Sika or BASF Master Builders Solutions systems.
The plant room is running equipment nobody makes parts for any more. We strip it out and fit a set sized to your pool, from Hayward, Pentair or AstralPool, with Schneider Electric automation on the panel. That is our work on pumps, filters and pool automation, and the next spare you need will be in stock in Cairo.
The mosaic is lifting, the grout has washed out and the coping stones rock underfoot. We cut back to a sound surface before a single new tile goes down, then lay the finish you picked. See our retiling and pool finishes for the materials we use.
Why Heliopolis owners hire us
- Our office sits in Nasr City, next door to Heliopolis, and has been in the district since 2001.
- Twenty five years of pools in Egypt, many of them older than the owners who now hold them.
- Structural, hydraulic and MEP engineers in house, so the shell, the pipes and the panel get answered by one company.
- Our own site teams, on our payroll, on every job.
- One team on your pool for every visit, on the day you booked.
- Faults reported to you before they cost money, and nothing billed that was not done.
- A written warranty on every pool we build: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works.
- A 90-day programme for a standard residential build, written into the quotation.
- Milestone payments, or a deposit and six monthly instalments.
Old pools from contractors who have long gone
A lot of Heliopolis pools were built by firms that stopped trading years ago, and nobody kept the drawings. We take those pools on as they stand. The first visit covers the water, the shell, the tiling, the pipework and the plant room. You then get a written verdict on each part: sound, needs work now, or can wait. Repairs to a pool another company built carry a warranty term agreed for that job and written on the quote.
To book that first visit, call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818.
How an old Heliopolis pool gets priced
Two pools of the same size in Heliopolis can need very different work. One gate takes a machine and another takes a wheelbarrow. One shell is sound and another has moved. One plant room can stay and another has to come out whole. All of that shows up only at the pool, so we quote after a site visit. The visit is free, the quote is free, and it comes in writing with dates on it. If you want a starting figure first, the online configurator gives one from our own rate book.
Owners we are the wrong company for
If your pool is young and holding its water, you can leave us out for now. If the lowest monthly figure in Heliopolis is what decides it, another company will win that on price. And if you want tiles laid over a crack this week, we will turn the job down, because we will not put a warranty on work we have not opened up and checked.
Getting to our office from Heliopolis
We come to your pool, so you never need to visit us. If you want to see tiles, finishes and equipment before you choose, the office is open by appointment.
We are at 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, in Nasr City, just off Abbas El-Akkad. We have no address in Heliopolis.
- From Korba, Baghdad Street or the Basilica on Al-Ahram Square: head into Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From the Baron Palace and Al-Orouba Street: head into Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Roxy Square, Merryland Park or the Heliopolis Sporting Club: head into Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
Ring +20 102 626 1818 when you are close and we will guide you in. Office hours are Saturday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm. Closed Friday.
Frequently asked questions in Heliopolis
Do you work on villa pools near the Baron Palace and Al-Orouba Street? Yes. Al-Orouba, Korba, Merryland, Roxy and Sheraton are all inside the area our Nasr City office covers.
My villa pool in Korba is over thirty years old. Is it worth saving? Often the concrete shell is, and the shell is the costly part to replace. We survey the shell, waterproofing and pipework, then tell you in writing whether to renovate or rebuild.
Our garden near Merryland Park has one narrow gate. Can you still work on the pool? Yes. We use smaller equipment or dig by hand where a machine will not fit, and the access gets measured on the first visit.
Can you replace an old plant room without rebuilding the pool? Yes. We fit new Hayward, Pentair or AstralPool equipment with Schneider Electric automation, sized to the pool you already have.
Do you work on rooftop pools on Heliopolis apartment buildings? Yes. The slab, the waterproofing and the drainage are checked together, because a roof leak lands in the flat below.
Do you look after club pools such as those at the Heliopolis Sporting Club? We work on club and hotel pools on commercial terms, with readings logged for inspections and closures planned around your quiet periods.
Do you have an office in Heliopolis? No. Our only office is in Nasr City, which borders Heliopolis, and our teams travel to your pool.
Do you take on pools another company built? Yes. Most older pools in Heliopolis came from other contractors. The first visit is a full survey, with the findings written down.
How much will it cost? That depends on the pool and the access, so we price after a free site visit. The quote is free, written, and dated.
What warranty do you give? On pools we build: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works, in writing. On a repair to another company's pool, the term is agreed per job and written on the quote.
Nearby areas we also cover
Heliopolis is one of several districts our teams reach from the office. We also look after pools across Nasr City, villa and compound pools in El Shorouk and pools in New Cairo and its settlements, on the same terms.
Book the visit
If you are looking for a swimming pool company Cairo owners trust with old pools, call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and tell us what your pool is doing. You can also email info@arcgroup-eg.com, or send us the details through our contact page and we will book the free site visit.
Al Rowad Constructions & Pool Services, 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, Nasr City, Cairo Governorate 10506, Egypt.