The pools Katameya has
Katameya is mostly golf estates and gated compounds, with large villa plots between the fairways. Katameya Heights opened in 1997 around its golf course. Katameya Dunes, on the Gamal Abdel Nasser Axis, has 27 holes laid out as three courses. The Egyptian Shooting Club has its Katameya branch here too. So most private pools here are in villa gardens, and plenty of them face a fairway or an open view. Apartment compounds such as Katameya Residence share their pools between residents. The largest pools belong to the clubhouses and hotels on the golf courses. All of Katameya is inside the area we cover from our Nasr City office, off the Ring Road and Katameya Road.
Villa pools on the golf estates
The first villas at Katameya Heights were built after the resort opened in 1997, so some pools on the estates are now more than twenty years old. At that age the waterproofing, the tile bed and the plant room tend to fail within a few seasons of each other. The first visit checks all three, and you get a written list: sound, needs work now, or can wait. When several parts are going at once, we plan a single renovation contract with one drain-down and one handover date.
These gardens are mature, with lawns, palms and planting the owner wants kept. The route in for machinery and the way the lawn gets protected are agreed at the survey and written into the quote, before you sign.
Infinity edges on the escarpment plots
Elevated plots on the escarpment have a real view to pour toward, so they suit infinity and panoramic edges. An edge like that depends on what sits behind it. A balance tank sized for the number of swimmers. A weir laid dead level along its full length. A second pump for the spill. Waterproofing on the outer face of the wall as well as the inner one. Our structural and hydraulic engineers calculate all four before the drawing reaches you, and our page on how we build infinity and overflow edges sets out the detail.
Where an older skimmer pool already faces the view, the cheapest time to change its edge is during a renovation, with the water out and the coping lifted. The survey shows whether the shell and the ground beneath it will carry the new edge.
Shared pools in the apartment compounds
A compound pool carries far more swimmers than a villa pool, and its pumps and filters run long hours to keep up. We size the filtration and circulation to the real number of people using it. Worn pumps and filters come out for Hayward, Pentair or AstralPool equipment, run from a Schneider Electric panel, all with spares sold in Cairo. That is our work on pumps, filters and control panels. Readings go to one named contact at the compound management after every visit, and anything outside the contract gets quoted in writing first.
Clubhouse and hotel pools beside the golf courses
If you run a clubhouse or hotel pool here, every closed day lands on your desk as a complaint. When water goes missing, we find where it is leaving before anything is broken open, then rebuild the waterproofing with Sika or BASF Master Builders Solutions systems. See our leak tracing and waterproofing work. Each fault gets traced to its cause and fixed once, so the same part stops coming back on the invoice. Every visit ends with the readings written into your inspection file. Work that shuts the pool goes into your quietest weeks. Clubs and hotels can contract us directly, on commercial terms.
Why Katameya owners choose us
- In business since 2001, so twenty five years of pools in Egypt behind every quote.
- Structural, hydraulic and MEP engineering done in house, by engineers on our staff.
- Our own site teams build every pool, with no day labour brought in.
- One team on your pool for every visit, on the day agreed.
- Faults reported to you in writing before they turn into a bill.
- 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.
- Equipment from Hayward, Pentair, AstralPool and Aqua Water Systems, controlled by Schneider Electric panels.
Call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and we will fix the survey date.
Katameya pools another contractor built
Plenty of the older pools on the Katameya estates came from other builders, and the drawings have often gone with them. We take them on in whatever state they are in. The first visit covers the water, the shell, the tiling, the pipework and the plant room, and each part gets a written verdict. Then we quote the repair, the renovation or a maintenance contract, whichever that pool needs. A repair to a pool another company built carries a warranty term agreed for that job and written on the quote.
How a Katameya pool gets priced
A skimmer pool in a flat compound garden and an infinity pool on a sloping escarpment plot are different jobs. The fall of the land, the edge you want, the access through the estate gate, the equipment you keep and the finish you pick all move the figure. Those only show up on site, so we quote after the visit. The visit is free, the quote is free, and it arrives in writing, line by line, with dates.
Owners who should call someone else
If your pool is under five years old and holding its water, leave it as it is for now. If the lowest monthly figure in Katameya is what decides it, a cheaper company will win on price. And if you want an infinity edge drawn before anyone has checked the slope and the shell, we will turn the job down, because we put our warranty only on work our engineers have calculated.
Reaching our office from Katameya
Every survey and every visit takes place at your pool. The office is open by appointment if you want to see tiles, coping and equipment before you choose.
We are at 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, in Nasr City, just off Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Katameya Heights, Katameya Road or the Ring Road: come across to Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Katameya Dunes or the Gamal Abdel Nasser Axis: come across to Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Katameya Residence or the Saad Zaghloul Axis: come across to Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From the Egyptian Shooting Club, Katameya: come across to 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.
The same office also covers villa and garden pools in Maadi, on the same terms.
Frequently asked questions in Katameya
Do you cover villas on Katameya Heights and Katameya Dunes? Yes. Katameya Heights, Katameya Dunes, Katameya Residence and the villas off the Gamal Abdel Nasser Axis are all inside the area we cover.
Will my plot take an infinity edge? It depends on the view and the fall of the ground. On the higher plots of the escarpment the answer is often yes. The survey checks where the balance tank and the catch basin would go before anything is drawn.
Can you change my old skimmer pool to an infinity or overflow edge? Often, if the shell is sound. It is structural work, so it gets priced after the survey, and it costs least when it is done during a renovation.
My pool on the golf estate is over twenty years old. Renovate or rebuild? Usually renovate, because a sound concrete shell outlasts everything fitted to it. We test the shell, the waterproofing and the pipes on the survey, then send you the verdict in writing.
Will the work damage my garden? The access route and the protection for the lawn and planting are agreed on the first visit and written into the quote.
Our compound shares one pool. Who do you report to? One named contact, usually the compound management. Readings and findings go to that person after every visit.
Do you look after clubhouse and hotel pools near the golf courses? Yes, on commercial terms. Readings are logged for your inspection file and any closure goes into your quietest weeks.
Do you also go out to Fifth Settlement? Yes. It borders Katameya and sits inside the same area we cover. See our page on villa pool renovation in Fifth Settlement.
How much will it cost? That depends on the plot, the edge 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.
Call us about your Katameya pool
If you want a swimming pool company Cairo golf estate owners can hold to a written programme, call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and tell us where the plot is and what the pool needs. You can also email info@arcgroup-eg.com 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.