Compact HPL Partitions in New Cairo and the Fifth Settlement, Cairo
New Cairo runs on commercial floor space. Cairo Festival City, Point 90 Mall, the AUC campus off the Ring Road, the office blocks along Teseen Street and the clinic clusters in the Fifth Settlement all share one problem: washrooms that take punishment every single day. Cairo House EG supplies and installs compact HPL partitions across New Cairo, from a single restaurant washroom in Downtown Katameya to a full cubicle programme on a mall handover schedule.
What compact HPL partitions are, and why New Cairo projects specify them
Compact HPL is high pressure laminate supplied as a solid board rather than a thin skin. Layers of kraft paper are saturated in phenolic resin and pressed under heat until they fuse into one dense sheet, normally 12mm or 13mm for cubicle work. The board is the structure. There is no chipboard inside, no MDF core, nothing that can drink water and swell at the bottom edge.
That single property decides most washroom specifications in New Cairo. The commercial stock here is young, and the tenants are international retail brands, private universities and licensed medical operators who arrive with their own material standards. Those standards ask for a partition that survives a daily chlorine wash, takes a knock from a cleaning trolley without denting, and never needs refinishing. Melamine faced board fails inside two seasons in a busy Cairo washroom. Compact HPL does not, because the edge is the same material as the face.
Volume is the second reason. A washroom off the food court at Cairo Festival City sees more door movements in one weekend than a home bathroom sees in a year. The load lands on hinges, latches and door edges. Compact panels carry it, and when a hinge does eventually wear, it unbolts and swaps out without disturbing the panel.
Panel and hardware specification
| Specification | What we supply for New Cairo washrooms |
|---|---|
| Panel thickness | 12mm standard cubicles, 13mm for high traffic and public washrooms |
| Core | Solid phenolic kraft core, waterproof through the full thickness |
| Hardware | Stainless steel 304 hinges, indicator locks, brackets, pilaster shoes, coat hooks |
| Door action | Gravity or spring hinges, self closing, adjustable to open or closed rest |
| Head rail | Anodised aluminium, continuous over the cubicle run |
| Floor fixing | Adjustable stainless feet, levels out uneven screed |
| Finish range | Solid colours, wood grains, stone and slate textures |
| Cleaning | Standard commercial disinfectants, no sealing or refinishing cycle |
Where compact HPL earns its cost on New Cairo projects
Malls and retail
Cairo Festival City, Point 90, Downtown Katameya and The Courtyard run public washrooms on continuous cleaning cycles. Compact panels handle the chemicals and the footfall without the swollen door bottoms you get from laminated board.
Campuses
The AUC New Cairo campus, the German University in Cairo and Future University all put hundreds of students through the same washrooms between lectures. Vandal resistance and fast hardware replacement matter more than finish here.
Clinics and labs
Fifth Settlement has a dense cluster of private clinics and diagnostic centres. A non porous surface with no open seams is far easier to sign off on an infection control audit than tiled blockwork.
Gyms and clubs
Changing rooms in Katameya Heights, Mivida and the Fifth Settlement sports clubs deal with standing water daily. Panels and lockers built from the same board simply do not care.
Restaurants and cafes
Tight washroom footprints along Teseen Street and inside Cairo Business Park need cubicles cut to the millimetre and colour matched to the fit out.
Offices
Repeat core washrooms in Sodic Eastown, Concord Plaza and The Waterway are the easiest kind of programme to run, because one approved detail repeats floor by floor.
What we supply and install in New Cairo
Cairo House EG has been supplying construction finishing materials in Cairo since 2015, and we are the exclusive agent in Egypt for UNISCE compact HPL panels. Everything below is supplied and fitted by our own teams, not subcontracted out.
Toilet cubicles and urinal screens
Full cubicle runs in 12mm or 13mm compact HPL, with matching urinal divider screens and anodised aluminium head rails. See compact HPL toilet partitions.
Wet area shower enclosures
Shower cubicles that sit in standing water daily without swelling, because the panel is waterproof through its thickness. See shower enclosures in the same panel.
Changing room lockers
Changing room lockers in matching colours, sized to the bay rather than bought in fixed modules. See HPL locker units.
Washroom counter tops
Counter surfaces in the same colour family as the cubicles, so the washroom reads as one specification. See compact counter tops.
Wall cladding
Full height panel cladding for wet walls and corridors, a practical alternative to tile and grout. See panel cladding systems.
Partition hardware
The full fittings set in stainless 304, because plated steel rusts at the fixing points within a year in a humid washroom. See partition accessory range.
Serving New Cairo and the surrounding areas
Our premises are in El Nozha El Gedida, Heliopolis, which puts New Cairo about 25 to 35 minutes away depending on whether the run goes through Suez Road or the Ring Road. That is close enough for a same day site survey and for our fitting teams to work a normal shift on your site rather than losing half of it in traffic.
From that base we cover the whole eastern side of Greater Cairo. Alongside New Cairo and the Fifth Settlement we regularly work in the First and Third Settlements, Katameya, Rehab City, Madinaty, Shorouk, Obour and the New Administrative Capital. Deliveries into gated compounds such as Mivida, Villette, Hyde Park and Katameya Heights are routine for us, including the gate passes and the timing restrictions that come with them.
If your project sits in a mall or a campus with restricted access hours, tell us at survey stage. We plan panel delivery and cutting around the building rules rather than turning up and finding out on the day. You can also see about Cairo House EG.
What to expect when you work with us
Most washroom jobs go wrong at measurement, not at installation. Our process is built around removing that risk before a single panel is cut.
- Site survey. We measure the actual shell, not the drawing. Wall plumb, floor level, drainage falls and service positions all get recorded, because new build shells in New Cairo are rarely square.
- Layout and panel selection. You get a cubicle layout with door swings and clear widths marked, plus physical panel samples so the colour is approved against your fit out and not against a screen.
- Quotation. Itemised by panel, hardware and installation, so you can see exactly what is being priced and adjust the specification if the budget needs it.
- Fabrication. Panels are cut, edge finished and drilled to the approved layout. Sheets stay under factory film until they reach site.
- Installation. Our own fitters set out, install head rails, pilasters and doors, then adjust every hinge and lock before handover.
- Handover and after sales. We walk the washroom with you, hand over spare hardware, and stay reachable for adjustments once the space is in real use.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you install in Fifth Settlement buildings that are still under construction? Yes, and it is our most common scenario in New Cairo. We prefer to survey once the screed is down and the walls are rendered, then fabricate while the rest of the fit out continues. Panels go in near the end so they are not damaged by other trades.
What panel thickness should we specify for a New Cairo mall washroom? Use 13mm. For office and restaurant washrooms with lower footfall, 12mm is sufficient and costs less. We will tell you honestly which one your traffic actually justifies rather than defaulting to the thicker board.
How long does a typical New Cairo washroom installation take? A single washroom with four to six cubicles is normally fitted in one to two working days once panels are fabricated. Fabrication after approval usually runs five to eight working days depending on the colour and quantity.
Can you match the partition colour to an existing fit out specification? Usually yes. The UNISCE range covers solid colours, wood grains and stone textures, and we bring the swatch fan to site so the choice is made against your actual lighting and finishes. If a specified colour is not in the range we will tell you before you commit.
Do you supply the stainless steel hardware or do we source it separately? We supply it. Hinges, indicator locks, brackets, pilaster shoes and coat hooks are all stainless steel 304, which matters in a humid washroom because plated steel rusts at the fixing points within a year or two.
Is compact HPL suitable for gym and pool changing rooms in Katameya and Mivida? It is one of the few materials that genuinely is. The board is waterproof through its full thickness, so standing water and constant humidity have nothing to attack. We build lockers and benches from the same panel for that reason.
Can you work outside normal hours inside a mall like Cairo Festival City? Yes. Mall fit outs often restrict works to overnight windows, and we schedule teams and deliveries to match. We need the access rules at survey stage so the programme is realistic.
What does a compact HPL partition cost in New Cairo? Pricing depends on panel thickness, colour, cubicle count and the hardware specification, so a genuine number needs your layout. Send drawings or rough dimensions and we will return an itemised quotation rather than a headline rate that changes later.
Get a quote for your New Cairo project
Send us the washroom layout, or just the number of cubicles and the rough dimensions, and we will come back with an itemised quotation. If drawings are not ready yet, we will survey the site and produce the layout for you.
Site visits across New Cairo and the Fifth Settlement are arranged the same week in most cases. To get in touch with our team, call or message us any time.
Phone: +201066672094 or +201223111265
Website: cairohouseeg.com
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