Hicks WaterStoves
Established in 1981, family owned and operated.

We believe that burning wood reduces our dependence on foreign oil supplies. Wood is a renewable fuel source and is environmentally friendly and quite abundant in most areas. My family and friends have used wood to heat for centuries here in North Carolina (the Tarheel State).
The Hicks Waterstove is very versatile in that it:

     *Burns Wood/Coal and adapts to Solar Collectors
     *Can Be Located Outside
     *Clean, No Smoke, Ashes, Termites, Dirt, or Bugs in Your Home
     *Water Absorbs & Stores Heat: Even After the Fire is Out You’ll Get Heat For Many Hours. Use it Only a Few Hours Every Other Day in the Spring and Summer to Provide Your Domestic Hot Water.
     *A Self Contained Heating System That Can Provide You With 100% of Your Space Heat and Domestic Hot Water
     *10 Gauge Steel Construction with 3/16” Fire Box, with firebrick along the ¼” Thick Front
     *2” Poly Board Insulation
     *We Can Custom Build a Stove to Suit Most Any Situation
     *The new and improved design features horizontal tubes that heat the water much quicker with less wood than with the flue
       going straight up from the fire box.
     *Cast Iron Door or Custom Built 22”x24” Steel Door with Damper for Fan
     *Automatic Oil Back-up Available
     *Automatic Forced Air Draft Standard on #1 Stove, Available on #2 Stove, for quick firing & automatic re-kindling
     *Customer Approved Since 1981: Thousands built, hundreds installed by HWS

A central heating system that is totally thermostat controlled. A system that is designed to work well with your existing hot air or Hydronic heating system, for complete comfort. A system for both homes and businesses, including garages, laundromats, shops, car washes, dairies, greenhouses, etc.
The Hicks Waterstove is designed to save the most energy and provide the most comfortable heating available. It heats your home by heating a steel tank filled with water, which surrounds the firebox. This hot water is then circulated through insulated underground hot water pipes to a water coil inside your existing central duct system, The blower on your central unit is turned on by the thermostat control and forces the air across the hot coil sending hot air through your central duct system.

The Hicks Waterstove can also be connected to any existing hot water baseboard heating system.

The only visible addition to the heating system inside your home is the thermostat which is located near the existing thermostat. A thermostat is installed so that if the outside waterstove is not in operation, your existing unit will automatically take over to maintain your household temperature.

A cold water supply line goes to the outside waterstove. The pressure on the supply water lines forces water through the domestic hot water coil when you open a hot water faucet inside your home.
As this water passes through the domestic hot water coil, it picks up the heat from the hot water which surrounds it.
Your use requirements will determine the water temperature you’ll want to maintain in the waterstove, usually between 160 and 200 degrees Fahrenheit. You don’t ever need to boil the water inside the holding tank in order to get maximum heat benefits.
But if by accident you burn a fire too hot in the box and the water boils (212 degrees Fahrenheit), an open vent lets the water evaporate slowly. . .safely.
Hicks Waterstoves eliminate expensive heating bills and also eliminate the hot water portion of your electric bill.
Hicks Waterstoves offers the safest and most efficient way to heat anything from homes to hot tubs. All fire is taken completely out of your home or building and only hot water is pumped into your home or building. With Hicks Waterstoves you eliminate messy wood, smoke, and trash inside your home.