Washington County · service area

Custom pool builder
in Brenham, Texas.

Brenham is rolling Washington County country, and it has the clearest published pool rules of anywhere Reef builds — which makes the design constraints knowable from the first conversation.

What matters for properties in Brenham

  • Design to the published setbacks and building-line rule before committing to a footprint

  • Build the six-foot barrier and self-latching gate into the plan rather than adding them later

  • Use the natural fall of rolling ground for elevation changes instead of flattening the site

Post Oak Savannah at its most characteristic: rolling terrain, acidic sandy loam on the uplands giving way to clay in the bottoms. Grade is a real asset here — properties often have enough fall to make elevation changes, spill edges, and terraced decking feel natural rather than imposed. That same grade makes drainage planning consequential.

The City of Brenham requires a building permit to construct, install, enlarge, or alter a private swimming pool, and the city code sets specific standards: a six-foot fence with a self-latching gate, and setbacks that keep a pool behind the established building line — twenty-five feet from the front, fifteen feet on the side of a corner lot. Those setbacks are design constraints worth knowing before a layout is drawn, not after it is submitted.

Services available in Brenham

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Building in Brenham?
Start with the property.

Send photos and priorities for your Brenham yard — Robert will bring the construction questions worth asking before anything is drawn.

Based in
Montgomery, TX
Serving within about 100 miles
Hours
Monday: 9am – 5pm
Tuesday – Friday: 8am – 5pm
Saturday: 9am – 4pm
Sunday: Closed
Direct
936-676-6732
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