Slight Chemical Smell?

[emsflyer84]

Hey all; I’ve been successfully running my Osburn wood insert for the past few seasons. I started it up for the season and burned a small fire a few days ago and all was well. Tonight I started a fire and all is still well, but tonight it seems there is a slight chemical smell around the stove.

It was burning very hot for a while, but not hotter then it’s burned before. Maybe it’s my imagination but it seems to have gone away when I shut the damper down and slowed down the burn.

My wife noticed it as well, asked what the weird smell was.

Nothing is different, nothing is close to the stove that could be burning, etc. then she tells me that she noticed the shingles on the roof around the chimney seem to be a different color then the rest of the roof, like they are more worn or something.

Now she’s paranoid that the roof or the siding is melting or something.

Just wondering if this a normal occurrence, or if we really should be worried about something. It’s a 3 year old install with full stainless chimney liner, etc. Regular cleaning done.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Interesting. Some pics of stove and chimney setup would help with getting best input here. Also pics of the shingles in question would help
This would be way too easy, but do you have access to any older pics of the shingles in question to compare with?

 

[emsflyer84]

Interesting. Some pics of stove and chimney setup would help with getting best input here. Also pics of the shingles in question would help
This would be way too easy, but do you have access to any older pics of the shingles in question to compare with?

Will try to get some pictures tomorrow but I don’t think I have any “before” pictures.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

is the stainless liner insulated? Not this is the reason for the chemical smell but would give us an idea of the heat coming off the liner.
You mentioned burning the stove pretty hot at this very early stage of the burning season. I’m wondering if dust build up that can occur during the off season is burning off at that temp.
I think the pics of the shingles will help to look at. There are chimney pros and people knowledgeable about roofing on here and they can give you a better idea if it looks like heat damage.

 

[EbS-P]

First hot fire of the season always has an odor for me. It doesn’t matter how well I think I’ve cleaned.

 

[kborndale]

I always expect a slight smell first time I get the stove fully heated up in the fall.

 

[begreen]

The first burn of the season smell is often from dust burning off.

 

[EbS-P]

The first burn of the season smell is often from dust burning off.

Or cleaners that were unknowingly used.