Deal with the drain flies in bathroom

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1. Unload a mother ton of kabi killer down that fucker.

2. Buy several things of drain cleaner – put it in the drains. Let it sit and wash everything down. Repeat multiple times.

   Then get a large pot of water, bring it to a boil, pour it down the drains. Again repeat multiple times this is an easy but time consuming process.

   There is a buildup of organic sludge on the walls of your pipes and the flies are eating it and have laid eggs in there. As they hatch they are crawling out of the drains and into your apartment. You need to kill the eggs, kill the larva, kill the flies, and remove the food source.

3. You’ve got to clean the drains, not the side of the toilet, and you’ve got to do it every day until they are gone, not every other week. The eggs are in the drains. You should also clean the water tank on the back of the toilet if it has one. The eggs are laid in water, so anywhere with stagnant water could have eggs.

4. Honestly nothing really worked for me when I had that issue except that actual drain fly spray cleaner. I poured boiling water, bleach, etc multiple times and those didn’t work for me personally

5. Depends on the unit, some of them have p traps that can be taken apart quite easily. Clean it if u can.

6. Have you really identified where do they come out?

   Maybe put some plastic wrap on all drains including toilet overnight or weekend (if you will be out), once figured that out you can dig into the problem.

7. Get used to this every summer…

8. I recently tried putting plastic wrap over the drain when I’m done bathing. Try that, see if it stops the flies for a bit. Then clean that area a lot.

9. Hydrogen Peroxide is your friend for that.

10. Bucket flush. Pour bleach down the sink, flush it with 3 large buckets of water. Then do it again for a few days and they will disappear. Once you’re successful you should do this once every few weeks to keep them at bay.

11. you can ask your landlord for a plumber to ‘unclog’ it. or you can do it yourself, its not too hard if you have a wrench or claw. (wrench is messier but quicker, claw is makes less mess but can take a while) for now try the cleaning suggestions here but it is hard to thoroughly clean plumbing just by dumping fluids into it. they will probably come back sooner rather than later.

12. Remove the side of your bath tub and clean underneath it.

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14. They sell tablets specifically for this. Drop in the drain, kills the flies.

15. I’ve had success with regular drain cleaner.

16. I’m having a similar issue and I’ve no idea where these flies come from. I cleaned the drains, and the plumber came over and cleaned it more. I poured bleach down the drains overnight and that helped a tad bit, but when the weather warmed up the flies were back.

    I then took off the bath tub’s side panel and sprayed all over with “kabi” spray, which helped quite more, but I just can’t get rid of them.

17. Baking soda and the cheapest vinegar u can find. Pour the baking soda and then vinegar, let it bubble for about 5 minutes then pour hot water to drain it down.

18. Free snacks man. Eat ze bugz.

19. I saw that you already discovered the origin of the flies. Just one more note; you said you turn on the ventilation and close the door. But the ventilation must draw in air – you should always leave the door or the ventilation slot on the door open a little.

20. I got ride of mine by emptying a can of room insecticide under the bathtub.

21. If you have had lots of flies, you might want to get コバエホイホイ traps as well. They are gel filled vinegar traps that you can place near bins or sinks to attract flies.

22. On Amazon search for バポナうじ殺しスティック. After drain cleaner use this, it kills maggots. Repeat as nessecary.