936-676-6732Montgomery, The Woodlands, Conroe, Lake Conroe, Magnolia, Tomball & Spring, TX
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Designed for the whole property

Luxury Custom Pool Design & Build

Site-specific pool environments where water, structure, materials, and outdoor living are resolved as one enduring composition.

Freeform pool at dusk with violet underwater lighting, stone-clad raised walls, fire bowls, and a lighted pavilion beyond

A custom pool should look intentional from every window and feel natural every time you step outside. Reef Pools and Spas develops the pool, spa, decking, lighting, and surrounding spaces as one connected design—not a collection of unrelated upgrades.

Robert Welty brings more than 35 years of hands-on construction experience to the decisions that matter: proportion, circulation, elevations, equipment placement, finish transitions, and buildability. That practical perspective helps turn a strong concept into a backyard that works in real life.

  • A site-specific layout instead of a recycled package
  • Pool, spa, deck, and outdoor-living elements planned together
  • Material selections aligned with the home and landscape
  • Practical guidance informed by decades of construction experience

What is included

What this service can cover.

  1. Property-led concept

    A layout shaped by the home, grade, access, views, sun, and how the yard will be used.

  2. Integrated pool and spa

    Geometric, freeform, or hybrid water shapes with elevations and transitions designed as one composition.

  3. Finish and feature direction

    Coordinated interior finish, tile, coping, decking, lighting, and water-feature recommendations.

  4. Construction-minded planning

    Early attention to equipment, drainage, access, utilities, and other details that support a cleaner build.

Before you decide

What this actually turns on.

The parts of the job that are decided by the ground, the weather and the way things fail here — rather than by taste.

The soil decides the shell before the style does

Montgomery County sits on the seam between the Piney Woods sands and the heavier Gulf Coast clays, and a pool reads that seam whether or not the design acknowledges it. Sandy loam digs easily and then asks hard questions about compaction; the denser clay south of town swells and shrinks with every wet-then-dry cycle Texas runs through in a year. That movement is the case for an engineered gunite shell rather than one sized by rule of thumb, and it is worth knowing which ground a lot actually has before the shape of the pool is settled, because the answer can change the structure underneath a shape you have already fallen for.

Where the water goes when it rains here

This part of Texas takes roughly fifty inches of rain a year, and it does not arrive politely. A pool and its deck replace absorbent ground with a surface that sheds, so every project changes how a backyard drains whether or not anyone planned for it. Newer master-planned communities sit inside subdivision-wide detention systems that already account for a certain amount of runoff, and a deck has to respect that plan rather than quietly overload a neighbour's side yard. On older and rural lots there is no such plan, which makes grade, deck slope, and where the overflow actually ends up part of the design rather than a detail for later.

The equipment pad is a design decision, not a leftover

Where the pump, filter, and heater end up settles three things at once: how much of the pool you hear from the patio, how far the water has to travel and therefore how hard the pump works, and how exposed the plumbing is on the handful of nights a year this region drops below freezing. A pad tucked behind the garage is quieter and better sheltered; a pad at the far corner of the lot means longer runs and more friction for the life of the pool. It is easier to argue about the location on a drawing than after the trenches are backfilled and the deck is poured.

Trees are fixed points, and leaf load is a running cost

Most lots here are wooded, and a mature pine or oak is not a constraint that can be designed away without changing what the yard is. Root zones reach to the canopy line and past it, which matters for excavation and for what a deck sits on. Canopy also decides where water stays comfortable to swim in and where it stays cold into May. And the leaves come down every year for as long as you own the pool, which is a real argument about skimmer placement, basket access, and where the returns push floating debris. None of that shows up in a rendering; all of it shows up in October.

Written from how Robert Welty builds here — more than 35 years of hands-on pool construction, and the person who walks the property before anything is drawn.

About Robert

Our process

How the project moves forward.

  1. 1Discovery and property review
  2. 2Concept design and scope alignment
  3. 3Materials, features, and equipment selections
  4. 4Pre-construction coordination
  5. 5Construction, startup, and owner handoff
A curtain of water cascades from a white pavilion roof into a freeform pool screening a lounge seating area beside an outdoor kitchenAerial view of a geometric pool and flush spa beside a modern farmhouse with a black-and-white paletteFlush spa with white cap and glass-tile band sitting inside the pool's edge

What a customer said

Not our words.

5.0 from 8 Google reviews. One of them is below; the rest are on the profile. Transcribed from the profile on August 20, 2026. Read them on Google

We had an amazing experience with Robert from Reef Pools! From the very beginning, he was professional, knowledgeable, and truly cared about making sure everything was done right. He took the time to answer all of our questions, kept us informed throughout the process, and went above and beyond to make sure we were happy.

Building a pool can be stressful, but Robert made the entire experience so much easier. His attention to detail, honesty, and commitment to quality really stood out. You can tell he takes pride in his work, and it shows in the finished product.

If you're looking for someone who is dependable, hardworking, and genuinely cares about his customers, I can't recommend Robert with Reef Pools enough. We are beyond happy with our pool and are so thankful we had him leading our project. Thank you, Robert, for doing such an incredible job!

Jody DeanLocal GuideGreat price

Questions

Helpful answers before you begin.

What styles of custom pools do you build?

Reef Pools and Spas designs geometric, freeform, and blended pool environments. The right direction depends on the architecture, available yard, grade, and how you want to use the space.

Can the spa and outdoor kitchen be planned with the pool?

Yes. Planning the pool, spa, kitchen, shade, fire, and gathering areas together usually creates better circulation and a more cohesive finished backyard.

Where do you build custom pools?

The company is based in Montgomery and serves homeowners across Montgomery County and selected communities within roughly 100 miles, depending on project scope.

How much of the year is a pool actually usable here?

Longer than most of the country and shorter than the brochures suggest. In Southeast Texas an unheated pool is generally comfortable from around April into October, with the shoulder weeks depending far more on sun exposure than on the calendar — a pool under heavy pine canopy warms weeks later than the same pool in an open yard. Heating extends both ends of that, and the choice between a gas heater and a heat pump is a real one in this climate. It is worth deciding early whether you are building a summer pool or a nine-month one, because it changes equipment, and equipment is easier to size now than to add later.

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Where Reef builds this

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Ground conditions, permitting, and approvals change from town to town. Each page below covers what that means for a property in that market.

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Reef Pools and Spas designs and builds luxury custom pools, spas, and connected outdoor living environments across Montgomery, Lake Conroe, and Texas communities.

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Sunday: Closed
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