A handful of salt thrown onto the flames in your fireplace will not only produce pretty, vivid yellow flames, it will help loosen soot in the chimney, preventing chimney fires and improving air flow.

把一小撮的盐投入壁炉中燃烧的火苗上，不仅能制造出相当可爱的黄色火焰，也可使烟囱里的灰轻易掉下来，预防烟囱着火并改善气体流通。

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Is a "smoke sauna" (where the logs are burnt in a chimney-less hut, giving plenty of atmosphere but also rather a lot of soot) the ultimate experience or a primitive aberration?

烟熏桑拿浴(在没烟囱的木棚里烧原木，制造大量气体但也有许多烟灰)是顶级享受还是原始做派？

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The inside of a chimney soon get covered in soot.

烟囱里面很快就会被煤烟覆盖。

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