Customer Feedback & Testimonial Page This page is designed to showcase installations and feeback from our customers across the country. As you look down the page you will see many different installation ideas, along with direct testimonial from each customer about how they like there Extenda Swim Wood Fired Pool Heater. We encourage all of our customers to send in a picture and a brief description of their success and we look forward to adding you to our page. Please enjoy our collection of installation pictures/stories and hopefully this will help you get a vision of how our wood heater will look in your back yard. [ John Donahue - Slinger, WI - July 2006 Pool= 24 foot round ] Dear Jason, Here are the pictures from our pool heater. We are loving it, thank you for the wonderful system. John (He extended the chimney up this high to keep any smoke away from the pool area and from his house & porch which are right behind the pool. He also lives in a very windy area, so the tall chimney needed to be attached to something for suport, as you can see in the picture, this was a great idea! This is the highest chimney we have ever seen on our heaters and it's ok to do this, but usually a chimney half this tall would be perfectly fine.) Take a look at the PERFECT installation of our heater, with the drain plugs, water bypass valves and pete port set for the digital thermometer, you can't do it better then this! (Click on the 3 pictures below to view full size) [ Gary Hurteau - Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada - August 2006 Pool= 18 foot round ] Gary purchased our pool heater from a local dealer in Renfrew Ontario back in 2002 and has been very happy with the performance. You will notice some rust developing on the exterior of the heater, this is normal and can easily be painted with a can of high temperature black BBQ spray paint. This is about the only yearly recommended maintenance for our heaters and in 4 years, he has never done it. This shows how well our heaters hold up, even after 4 Canadian years of weather and no maintenance, our stove is in good shape. The 12 gauge steel used for the heater body is not even close to being worn out on his heater, even in it's current condition, with no up keep, it will last at least another 5-8 years.(much longer if it's painted yearly) You will also notice the design of the front door is different on his heater then todays heaters. The new design allows for better draft control and fire regulation. (Click on the 3 pictures below to view full size) [ Jack Harris - Newton, NJ - August 2006 Pool=16'x35' - 3.5' shallow, 6' deep ] Hi Jason, I purchased your woodburning extenda-swim last July. It's been a much better product this year since I incorporated my solar cover... An occasional burn after a few cool nights or several cloudy days in a row is all it takes to get the water back up to 87 - 92 degrees... [No Picture At This Time] [ Don Ferm - Arkansas - Purchased 1998 Pool= 18x36 In Ground, 23,000 gallons] I had your heater for two full seasons and am very pleased with its performance. Thanks to you, I can now start the swimming season about a month earlier. In just two days time I can increase the temperature of the water to 85 degrees Fahrenheit, and if a cold spell comes during the season I can easily bring the temperature back up. [ Daniel Klump - Ocala, Florida 5-16-2005 Pool=13' x 28' In Ground] We are very pleased with the ExtendaSwim and the whole buying experience with Warm Water Solutions. Specifically, the ExtendaSwim arrived in good condition, was easy to install myself, and brought my 68 degree pool up to 84 degrees within 3 days. Moreover, we even used the ExtendaSwim as a “campfire”. That is, the kids (with help from Dad) enjoyed roasting hotdogs, marshmallows and even made baked beans. In fact, my 9-year old daughter insisted that we cook “hobo” meals for her and her friends on her birthday. A “hobo” meal is some ground beef, vegetables (carrots, potatoes, etc), a bullion cube and a tablespoon of water wrapped in a double-layer foil pouch, which is placed on the hot coals for about 20 minutes. They are very yummy. Finally, what really pleases me with the ExtendaSwim is that wood is cheap (especially after the hurricanes) and you can heat the pool when you want to swim. Unlike solar, gas or electric heaters where the tendency is to keep them running even though you may not be available to swim and running up large gas/electric bills. When it is cold, with a little planning we can fire up the ExtendaSwim, go for a swim and have dinner ready for us when we finish. Kind regards and many thanks, Dan.adklump@earthlink.net (Click on the 3 pictures below to view full size) [ Richard Norton - Rogers, Arkansas - 1997 ] My wife and I have had an 18,000 gallon, 16'x32' in-ground pool for over forty years and never had a heater, it never seems to fail if you plan a pool party the water cools off and spoils your party. In the summer of 1997, this happened to us and I decided to spend the money and get a heater. I live inside the city limits, so natural gas was available and I thought that'd be the way to go, when I checked with the pool company on heaters, the range of prices on heaters was $1,500 up to $2,500, and that was the delivered price only, then they told me a licensed plumber would have to run the gas to it. This cost was approximately $1,000, Then they said I would need a licensed electrician to wire it in. This was another $300 to $500, and then I had to have final inspection on all of it. Bottom line, it was going to cost over $3,000, and then I was faced with the cost of gas, which seems to go up with leaps and bounds. Needless to say, I decided against buying one and thought, "there has to be a better way". I was fortunate that my son and I own a business where we could build and develop our wood fired heater, we experimented with numerous versions until we had one that performed at the level that we wanted. I have had the heater for three years on our pool and am very pleased with its performance. In the spring when we open the pool the water temperature is usually 50-60 degrees and it takes 48 hours to raise the water temperature to 85 degrees. When I run the heater, I keep the solar thermal blanket on the pool. This helps eliminate heat loss, especially during the night time hours. During the day, I add wood every 2 to 3 hours depending on the size of logs used and how seasoned or dry the type of wood. At night around 9 p.m. I fill the heater full of wood and close the draft control way down. The next morning around 7 to 8, there is still a good bed of coals and I start the process all over, most of the heating occurs during the day and nighttime is maintaining the temperature. During the three years I have used my heater, I have not used more than two ricks of wood in one season. Two years ago, a close friend of mine saw my heater and he wanted one for his pool, We built him one and he has experienced the same results. When I first started experimenting with these heaters, my wife thought I had lost my mind and she didn't want one. This spring I removed the heater to bring it to the shop to check it out for wear, etc. She said I better have it back before we open the pool. She wasn't going to swim in cold water. We decided that there had to be other pool owners that felt as I did, especially those living where natural gas was not available and we decided to start producing the Extenda-Swim Wood Fired Pool Heater. Warm Water Solutions, Inc. Copyright © 2004-2007 Warmwatersolutions.com All rights reserved. Warm Water Solutions, Inc. Is owned and operated by Jason Shiffrar. We are the EXCLUSIVE distributor for "Extenda SwimTM" Wood Fired Pool Heaters. Corporate Headquarters: 5348 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas NV 89108. Factory/Distribution Location: 2202 South 8th St., Rogers, AR 72758.