Professor spake thus:

"Lawrence" wrote in message
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Hank wrote:

It's made up of cement blocks and used by one wood stove only.
It's already painted yellow by the previous owners but was
wondering if I could paint it something else.

Why not??

I was thinking it might be a fire hazard but I supposed the outside doesn't
get hot enought to ignite

Believe us, if the outside of your chimbley gets hot enough to ignite
paint, then deciding whether to paint it or not is the least of your
problems.


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