Commission 16 · Light, water & the decorative
Fountains, water walls & basins
نافورات حجرية
The stone is the easy part. What makes or ruins a stone water feature is what the water does to it over time: scale on a hard supply, algae where the sun hits standing water, and staining where a bronze fitting sits against a pale marble.
How it is built
Running water on stone, done so it still looks right in year five.
- Carved bowls and mitred troughs, with the weir edge machined dead level — water shows a millimetre of error across a metre.
- Reservoir, pump and overflow designed in, with a service access you can actually reach.
- Fixings and fittings in stainless, not brass or bronze, against pale stone.
| Weir | Machined level — a millimetre shows across a metre |
|---|---|
| Plant | Reservoir, pump and overflow with real service access |
| Fittings | Stainless against pale stone, never brass |
Worth knowing before you order
Egyptian mains water is hard. On a dark stone the scale line is the first thing you will see, so we design the weir to be cleanable.
Stone
What it is cut from.
Granite for anything with permanently running water. Marble will lose its polish at the waterline within a couple of seasons.
Black Aswan
Dense black with a subtle grey crystal.
Ghazal Dark
The near-black end of the Ghazal green.
White Safaga
Light grey-white with an even, fine crystal.
Karnak Grey
Medium-grain ash grey out of the Aswan beds.
Rosa El Nasr
Soft pink feldspar with grey and black speckle.
These are stones we hold. See all 94
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For a courtyard that has to look the same in ten years.
Lettering, plaques & house numbers
Incised, raised, gilded or inlaid in a contrasting stone.