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Has anyone ever had to deal with drain flies? At least I think thatโs what they are. Couple of months ago I had my sewer drain unblocked from a tree root growing in it. Ever since then Iโve had issues. First, my bathroom stunk on sewerage for weeks. It was quite unpleasant but dealt with it. Now every time I go in the bathroom Iโm seeing a couple of these moths or flies in there and I swear they are coming in from the plumbing. Thereโs no other way so many of these bugs could be getting in. I keep killing but more keep appearing. I wondered if itโs my plants but these look very different to gnats.
Get some cloudy ammonia from the supermarket, pour some down your drains, block with plugs. It stinks but will get rid of smells and bugs.
Or you can use bleach but NEVER TOGETHER.
have you tried bleach?
From my experience, it didn't taste so nice. And the flies were still there afterwards.
Clearly you read unclear instructions. You are supposed to blow into the drain with a straw when the chlorine gas bubbles up
I use a Tim Tam
The things I learn on here.
From my experience, it didn't taste so nice. And the flies were still there afterwards.
Yeah fruit flies breed in the drain and are attracted to moisture/rotting stuff. I've noticed a few lately.
I used to deal with it by shaking dry baking soda into the drains, leaving it overnight to eat away at any smells/goop/small blockages, then carefully pouring a kettle of boiling water down after it.
Also you can make a homemade trap. Put some diluted apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish soap in an empty plastic water bottle. They fly in attracted by the fermented apple smell of the apple cider vinegar and can't quite find their way out of the bottleneck, then when they fall down into the liquid the lack of surface tension from dish soap causes them to drown.