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Egyptian mains water is hard and often high in dissolved solids. That single fact kills more steam generators here than anything else, and it is designed around rather than discovered.
Indicative band: 235 – 760 thousand EGP, supplied and installed in Egypt.
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Water treatment is part of the room
A steam generator boils your mains water and leaves everything that was dissolved in it behind. On Egyptian water that means scale, and scale means a dead generator inside two years.
So a softener or a documented descaling regime is part of the specification, not an accessory. We put the interval in the handover notes and we size the generator knowing what it will actually be fed.
The tank under the finish
Liquid membrane over slab and walls past the ceiling junction, taped at every corner, screed falling at least 1:50 to the drain, then tile or stone. The ceiling is pitched 3 to 5 degrees, or domed, so condensate runs to the walls instead of onto the person below.
In a resort this is doubly important, because a commercial steam room that leaks takes rooms out of service, not just a bathroom.
Limestone, alabaster and what they cost you
Egyptian limestone and alabaster are beautiful and thermally heavy: they absorb the first ten minutes of every session. That is a generator sizing question, and we price both the stone version and the porcelain version rather than quietly choosing the cheaper one.
Backlit alabaster in a steam room is one of the best things we build here. It is also the most expensive way to light a wall, and it should be a decision made with the number in front of you.
In short
- Softener or documented descaling regime — Egyptian water scales generators fast
- Membrane over slab, walls and ceiling junction, taped at every corner
- Floor falls 1:50, ceiling pitched 3–5° or domed
- Stone finishes are thermally heavy — the generator is sized for them
Questions
Steam rooms in Egypt
How often does a generator need descaling?
Every three to six months on untreated Egyptian mains, annually with a softener. It is the single most common failure we are called to.
Can you convert a bathroom?
It needs a drain, a serviceable plant position and a ceiling we can pitch, and it almost always means stripping to the slab.
Limestone or porcelain?
Limestone looks and feels better and costs you generator capacity. We price both so it is your choice, not ours.
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