plastic smell

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    New 316 Liner Issues in old clay liner.

    Hi, we've been in our house just over 18 months, its a early 1970's build (Clay lined chimney) that had a wood burner fitted when we moved in. The previous install was a bit of a botch job which consisted of the wood burner stove pipe going into a register plate then a coupling fitted to around...
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    Wood stove plastic smell and glowing chimney cap

    Hi, I run a wood stove, burning clean logs as far as I know, and this year the stove has started to give off a plastic-type smell when it runs super hot. I was a bit concerned about this but thought maybe it was just paint overheating. Then tonight, after running the stove hot for a few...