Painting a fireplace inset (where the wordburner sits)

[Mr P]

I have just fitted a wood burning stove into an inset fireplace (and signed off by building control before you ask!) The stove is 6" from the back wall and 12" from the sides walls. When it is on max heat it smells. I think that the stove is burning the paint on the walls, which is standard masonry paint.

Has anyone else experienced this? Will the fumes stop after a while or should I overpaint it with a fireplace paint? I've searched on google but can only find stove paint, not paint for the walls around the stove.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks

 

[DanRo]

Hi,
just to let you know what we used to do. we would regularly render the chamber ready to receive a stove. we would spray the chamber with stove paint. This is normally black but I seem to remember one of our guys getting hold of some white once. make sure the place is well ventilated because it is evil stuff. mask off areas nearby as well that you dont want painted.