Where Maadi's pools sit, and why the trees decide the work
Maadi was planned in 1905, and its old streets are still lined with mature trees, some of them around a hundred years old on Street 250. Those trees drop leaves, blossom and seed into the pools below them all year, which loads the filter and uses up chlorine. Every pool on this page is planned around that load. Sarayat is mostly villas and low-rise buildings. Degla mixes three-storey buildings with gardens and some high-rises. Towers line the Corniche, and Zahraa El Maadi is the newer, open part to the east. All of it is inside the area we cover from our Nasr City office.
Villa pools under the old trees of Sarayat
These are the pools with the heaviest canopy over them. Visit frequency is set by how much falls into the water, so a pool under a row of old trees gets more visits than one in an open lawn. Skimmer and pump baskets get emptied on every visit, and the filter gets cleaned when its pressure says so. Many of these villa pools are decades old as well, with original tiling and plant rooms, so the first visit checks the shell and the equipment along with the water.
Garden and shared pools in Degla's low-rise buildings
Degla's three-storey buildings often share one garden, and sometimes one pool, between several flats. A shared pool gets one named contact, a fixed visit day and readings written down after each visit. Any job outside the contract is quoted in writing first and starts only when the owners agree to it.
Pools on the towers along the Corniche
A pool on a high-rise roof has less leaf litter and more wind-blown dust, and it carries water over the flats below. The survey covers the slab, the waterproofing and the roof drainage together before a price is written. Readings go to the building manager or the owners' union after every visit.
Compound pools in Zahraa El Maadi
The compounds out towards the Ring Road have younger trees and more swimmers per pool. Filtration and circulation get sized to the real number of residents using the water, and compound management gets one contact and one written report per visit.
Club and hotel pools in and around Maadi
Maadi has sports clubs from the Nile side out towards Wadi Degla, and hotels along the Corniche. If you run one of those pools, a closed day means complaints, and somebody in management answers for anything that goes wrong. We trace a fault to its cause and fix it once, so the same part stops coming back on the invoice. Readings are logged on every visit for your inspection file, and any work that shuts the pool goes into your quietest weeks. Clubs and hotels contract with us directly, on commercial terms.
The work these pools need
A Maadi pool needs one of four things, set by the trees above it and by its age.
Most need steady care and nothing else. That means a pool maintenance contract with a fixed visit day, baskets emptied, floor and walls brushed and vacuumed, the filter cleaned on pressure, the water tested and corrected, and the readings left with you. Under a heavy canopy the visits are closer together, and we tell you the frequency once we have seen the garden.
Some have a pump or filter giving out early under the load, a heater that stopped, or water going somewhere. Then we find the fault first and quote the repair to the pump, filter or pipework on its own. Replacement equipment comes from Hayward, Pentair or AstralPool, with Schneider Electric automation, and the spares are sold in Cairo.
Leaves that sink and sit on the floor stain the finish, and old mosaic lets go at the grout. We cut back to a sound surface before any new tile goes down, then lay the finish you chose. See our pool retiling and new finishes for the materials.
Older villa pools often need the shell, the waterproofing, the tiling and the plant room done together. That becomes one full pool renovation in one programme, with one drain-down and one contractor answering for all of it. Maadi streets are narrow and the gardens are established, so the gate, the route to the water and the protection for trees and planting are measured on the first visit and written into the quote. Where a machine cannot get through, we use smaller equipment or dig by hand.
Why Maadi owners choose us
- A visit frequency set for the trees over your pool, written into the contract.
- The same team on every visit, on the day agreed.
- Readings, chemicals added and filter pressure written down after every visit.
- Faults reported in writing before they cost money, and nothing billed that was not done.
- Founded in 2001, so twenty five years of pools in Egypt.
- Structural, hydraulic and MEP engineers on our own staff, and site teams on our own payroll.
- A written warranty on every pool we build: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works.
- Milestone payments, or a deposit and six monthly instalments.
Call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and we will set the visit day.
Owners abroad, rented villas and written records
Maadi has a large expatriate community and many embassies, so plenty of its pools belong to owners who live elsewhere or to villas let to families on a posting. The written record is what makes that work. Every visit ends with the readings, what went into the water and the state of the filter on paper, passed to whoever you name: the owner, the tenant or a managing office. Anything beyond the contract gets quoted to that same person before it starts.
Maadi pools another contractor built
Most older pools in Maadi came from other builders, and the drawings are often long gone. 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: sound, needs work now, or can wait. Repairs on those pools carry a warranty term set per job and written on the quote.
How a Maadi pool gets priced
The canopy over the pool sets how often a maintenance team has to come. The gate and the garden set how a renovation gets done. The age of the plant room and the finish you pick move the figure as well. All of that shows only at the pool, so we price after a site visit. The visit is free, the quote is free, and it arrives in writing with dates on it.
Owners who should call someone else
If your pool sits in open sun and you are happy cleaning it yourself, you can leave us out. If the lowest monthly figure in Maadi is what decides it, a cheaper company will win on price, usually with fewer visits than a pool under trees needs. And if you want new tiles laid over a crack before anyone has opened it up, we will turn the job down, because we warranty only work we have checked.
Reaching our office from Maadi
We come to the pool, so there is no need to visit us. The office is open by appointment if you would like to look at tiles, finishes and equipment first.
We are at 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, in Nasr City, just off Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Road 9, Midan Suares or the Corniche: make your way to Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Degla, Midan Digla or the Autostrad: make your way to Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Zahraa El Maadi or the Ring Road: make your way 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.
Frequently asked questions in Maadi
Do you cover Sarayat, Degla and Zahraa El Maadi? Yes. Sarayat, Degla, Zahraa El Maadi, the streets off Road 9 and the buildings along the Corniche are all inside the area we cover.
My pool sits under big trees. How often should it be serviced? More often than a pool in open sun, and without gaps between visits. We set the frequency after seeing how much falls into the water, and it goes into the contract.
Why does my chlorine drop when nobody has been swimming? Leaves and blossom breaking down in the water use it up. Taking the debris out sooner and keeping the filter clean brings the readings back to steady, and usually cuts the chemical bill.
Is a pool cover worth it under trees? Only if someone clears the cover before it comes off. It catches what the pool used to catch, and pulled back carelessly it tips the whole load into the water.
I live abroad and the villa is rented out. Who gets the readings? Whoever you name: you, the tenant or a managing office. The record of every visit goes to that person in writing.
Our street is narrow and the garden is old. Can you still renovate the pool? Yes. The gate and the route to the water are measured on the first visit, and where a machine will not fit we use smaller equipment or dig by hand.
Leaves have stained the floor of the pool. Does it need a full renovation? Not always. If the shell and the waterproofing are sound, retiling or refinishing the stained areas can be enough. The survey tells you which.
Do you work on pools another company built? Yes. Most older Maadi pools came from other builders. The first visit surveys the whole pool and you get the findings in writing.
How much will it cost? That depends on the pool, the trees and the access, so we price after a free site visit. The quote is free, written, and dated.
Do you give a warranty? On pools we build, yes, in writing: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works; on a repair to another company's pool, the term is agreed for that job and written on the quote.
Nearby areas we also cover
The same office covers the districts around Maadi on the same terms. We look after golf estate and villa pools in Katameya and rooftop and villa pools in Mokattam and Uptown Cairo too.
Book the free visit
If you want a swimming pool company Cairo owners can hold to a fixed day and a written record, call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and tell us where the pool is and what the trees around it are like. You can also email info@arcgroup-eg.com, or get a starting figure from our free online pool quote first, and we will book the site visit.
Al Rowad Constructions & Pool Services, 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, Nasr City, Cairo Governorate 10506, Egypt.