Burt flakes outside

So, went out today to remove tarps from wood because we have full day of sun. As I'm doing so I see black flakes everywhere which clearly have come from my chimney. This is a brand new install and I hadn't seen it before. I used a lot of paper recently to get fire going and wonder if it is just that (embers going up with flue open and falling to ground) or if I should be concerned that it is something more serious? I have another stove on other side of the house and I could shut this one down and just use the other one, but this one heats house better. It is purring along perfectly right now and I don't see anything coming from chimney. Any thoughts?

Thanks-Dave

I have an update. Just reloaded. Open flue as I always do on reload. Went outside while flue was open and more flakes coming out even though I didn't add paper or anything on reload. Close flue and it stops. Is it likely that there is still paper flakes in there. Should I just leave flue open for awhile and let everything out? Or, shut her down?

it is like slivers that when i touch them instantly just become a black smudge on my fingers. there's no real substance to them. they disintegrate basically when touched and just leave a smudge.

haha. oops. not Burt. thanks for the responses. i doubt it is paint as i've fired this thing at full steam for many months now. i did use quite a bit of paper this am because after i did my usual morning start up routine i realized that i had grabbed my kindling from the wrong bin so it was not firing up so kept adding paper. any thoughts on if i should open up flue and clean out the pipes? got a nice fire going and i'm certainly not worried about a runaway this early.

Brother Bart - sorry if my terminology is off. This is a stand alone wood stove. Lopi Liberty. It has a damper (i think it's called) that controls flow through the piping running up side of house. open fully on reload. close for burning (per manual). when i opened it last time on reloud, the flakes started coming out again. close it and they stop. hope this helps.

I mean i'm not worried about leaving things fully open. probably good for the pipes to do so once a day anyway. at least my installer and sweeper have both suggested as much to me

i'm lost on the terminology so forgive me. my liberty has two controls. one that controls the air flow going into the box and one that controls the draft. i'm talking about the one that opens and closes the draft.

let's pretend i never used the word runaway because my question is: stove is up to temp already. any thoughts on if i should leave draft fully open to clear out any paper particles in there, or just operate as normal and let them come out little by little on my reloads?

i do open it on reload. thought i said that, but sorry if i didn't. i wait for it to get up to temp. i close it. while open flakes come out. after closed they don't. thanks again for the help. much appreciated!

will do. thanks again and welcome to the board