Paint for fireplace with wood burner in

[Will Heal]

I've now fitted my woodburner and it all seems fine except it smells burning paint, chemically like when stripping paint with heat or burning old timber with paint on. Now, I asked in wickes about paint but they didn't know their ass from their elbow so I painted inside the fireplace with first exterior masonry paint to seal the rough brick work then emulsion. Both water based. Now it stinks the whole house out when I light it. I think I need to repaint it but which paint? Do I need to strip off all the old paint first? Or should I line it with something?

Thanks will

[Will Heal]

Sorry forgot to add the picture

[aitch]

I think I just used emulsion on top of liner render and hav not had any issues with smell.

[se7enthdevil]

i would have thought the close proximity of the wall and the metal will always give you a smell of burning paint.

 

get it back to brick...

[Stubby]

I just used emulsion also . The stove will smell for a couple of burns until the stove paint has hardened off .

[dirtybiker]

A new stove always smells for about 3 burns then stops but you are tight on you proximity to the walls, your a bit close!

[biggarlogs]

I tiled my surrounds with ceramic tiles.no probs now

[slim reaper]

The way your stove is set back like it is, you may benefit from using an ecofan to get more heat out into the room

[Will Heal]

The way your stove is set back like it is, you may benefit from using an ecofan to get more heat out into the room

 

 

Couple people said I should have stood it out into the room to get more heat but it is plenty warm enough!

May get an eco fan in the winter tho

[Will Heal]

This is the paint I used