Hello,
I finished up my hearth about a month ago and now I have some concerns that I used the wrong type of mortar. The mortar, now dried. smells like chemicals. It gets worse and smells like burnt plastic or something else pretty harsh once the stove has been burning for a while. The smell is pretty strong upstairs as the heat rises. It's not the furnace cement I applied to the inside of my pot-belly stove.
I just used a 50 lb bag of gray Type S or Type N mortar, I believe it is called, from Lowe's. It seemed to have some additives in it that dried my hands out really badly when i worked without gloves. I'm at work so I don't have the exact type handy. I broke off a piece of the mortar and put it to my nose. It's definitely seems to be the culprit.
Any ideas what is causing the smell? Is there a specific mortar I am to be using for the hearth?
I finished up my hearth about a month ago and now I have some concerns that I used the wrong type of mortar. The mortar, now dried. smells like chemicals. It gets worse and smells like burnt plastic or something else pretty harsh once the stove has been burning for a while. The smell is pretty strong upstairs as the heat rises. It's not the furnace cement I applied to the inside of my pot-belly stove.
I just used a 50 lb bag of gray Type S or Type N mortar, I believe it is called, from Lowe's. It seemed to have some additives in it that dried my hands out really badly when i worked without gloves. I'm at work so I don't have the exact type handy. I broke off a piece of the mortar and put it to my nose. It's definitely seems to be the culprit.
Any ideas what is causing the smell? Is there a specific mortar I am to be using for the hearth?