drain flies? How to get rid of them?

[Anonymous]

Getting some random flies - I think they're drain flies. How do I get rid of them for good?!

[Anonymous]

Flush the drains with water and scrub them where you can reach in and keep vinegar in them. Cover up drain with mesh. I use a sticking. Do it regularly.

[Anonymous]

Use the drains regularly.
Run a brush through it to clean out the gunk and hair (assuming it's a shower you are talking about.)

[Anonymous]

We had these in our sink drains a couple months after we moved in. My husband tried boiling water as well as baking soda/vinegar. That worked for a little while but they came back eventually. What seems to have finally ended them was my husband took the P trap off and there was a hole bunch of nasty crap in there- flushed it out and reconnected. Have not reappeared since.

[Anonymous]

You def have to clean and flush the drain completely out. They live and lay eggs in hair and other gross gunk caught in the P trap. 🪰

[Anonymous]

Baking soda and vinegar then a little dawn let sit rinse with hot water

[Anonymous]

Pour boiling water down the drain.

[Anonymous]

Once you clean out the drain it sometimes helps if can avoid using it for a week— they need dampness for their lifecycle.

[Anonymous]

Bleach down the drain with hot water after helps too

[Anonymous]

I have these right now. I trapped a ton today with a mix of sugar, water, vinegar and dish soap. I need to clean the drains too.

[Anonymous]

The only time we ever had drain flies in 25 years of home ownership, we had a leak in our sewer pipe.

[Anonymous]

Run water in them. A plumber told us it's from not using the drain and the pipe dries out.
Need water in the trap to prevent to flies from coming up the drain.