Apartment management won’t fix drain flies after complaints

Cover your drain [re: Drain flies(?) are from Hell - Help Needed!!!]

“Desperate for some help to deal with what we’re told are drain flies from our kitchen sink. Quick backstory: starting seeing gnat like flies in our bathrooms here and there near end of August or so. Had an Orkin guy out who told us to first try an indoor/outdoor spray for a week or so, which we did and they seemed to go away. Fast forward to last weekend when they came back and now have made their way into bedrooms and kitchen (house is one floor on a concrete slab built in the 1940’s). Left Sun”

“So I live in a pretty small building. 3 floors and 12 total units. We had been dealing with a terrible smell by the sink and also tons of tiny flies was absolutely driving us nuts. I had maintenance come several times and exterminators. They cleaned pipes, put out traps, checked our walls. None of it was making a difference to the smell/flies. Maybe I should have realized sooner but eventually maintenance had the idea of seeing if they could check if there was something going on in the apartment”

“Hello ! I’ve been in this apartment for 9 months now and this my first apartment on my own ( with my boyfriend). Ok so two weeks about my downstairs neighbor moved out and the maintenance team began work to renovate immediately. I found this out because I was woken up at 8am on my day off to extremely loud drilling and banging directly under my head. But for two weeks I don’t say anything because I know this just has to get done they have a job to do. My problem started middle of last week. I sh”

“So many gross things happened in that house. OMG the places I've lived in! I hope you are able to get rid of them, I can only imagine what you are going through.”

“I live in an apartment building. a few weeks ago I noticed a fly flying around. killed it and it was a big fat shiny green fly. figured it got in somehow and didn't think much of it. then it became a daily occurrence for the next week or so. most days it would be only 1 or 2. on the worst day there were 6 I killed over the course of a day. I also noticed some on the outside of my window sill and a few in the building hallway. slowly they went away. I haven't see any for the last week and”

“I put a red cup with oil over my suspected drain producing drain flies and this morning I woke up to what looked like both drain flies and worms or something. Wtf nightmare fuel. How tf do I kill this shit. submitted by /u/cloudnoob99 [link] [comments]”

“I moved into this apartment from another one and the same building about a month ago and ever since then I’ve been battling phorid flies and now fruit flies at the same time. My other apartment didn’t have these issues. I don’t have plants or fruit in my apartment. I keep a tiny bag of trash and throw them out daily. No idea what these things are even eating. I have three apple cider vinegar traps out and they’re full of flies but they just keep coming. They’ve sprayed the dishwasher and sink wi”

“I rent a basement in a townhouse. About 2 months ago, we got a massive drain fly infestation out of nowhere in the basement bathroom. It has gotten progressively worse to the point where there are LITERALLY hundreds stuck to the various fly traps we have set up. It's a combination of adults as well as small ones that look to have recently emerged. For a moment we thought it was due to standing water near the sump pump and sewage pump because they both went out at the same time. A mo”

“Can anybody tell me what these are and how to get rid of them? Are these drain flies or fruit flies? They are driving me insane, and all over my building and come into my apartment. My property manager won’t do anything to help submitted by /u/Salt-Cranberry-7915 [link] [comments]”

“Hi everyone. I have had a fly problem in my current unit for over a year that has driven me INSANE. I genuinely hate being home because I’m always on the lookout for flies, and I have to keep every drain covered constantly, always do treatments, etc. It’s been an absolute nightmare. The complex gives you the option to transfer units without a fee upon renewing the lease, and I decided to transfer to a unit in a different building and on the top floor (my current one is on the bottom floor). I we”

“Location: Charlotte, NC My husband and I have been dealing with a pretty bad phorid fly infestation in our apartment for at least 2 months now. We have done everything in our power to keep them at bay (keeping place clean and tidy, taking trash out reguarly, no food out and food scraps are kept in a little trash bag sealed in the fridge till disposed of, drains cleaned, cleaning cats litter at least 2x a day and replacing of litter weekly, ext...you name it we've done it) BUT THEY WILL NOT E”

“Curious if this is something others experience or if I’m just unnecessarily annoyed by it lol So starting in June we’ve hired cleaners to come 1x a month and do a maintenance clean of our apartment. I totally get that they have to move things in order to clean around and under them and I’m glad that they do but they neeever put things back where they were after. I’m not saying my skincare products need to be in the exact order I had them but if you move things off of my vanity to clean it, put t”

“My girlfriend and I moved into an apartment in southern usa in May. We are on the first floor. The place came with these little flies. The zevo on the left is from the bathroom, the right is from the kitchen. We had these zevos for 2 weeks. they respond well to these light traps but very few go into vinegar traps. We do the dishes, put food away, and clean up regularly. i promise im trying my best to make sure its not a hygiene issue. Treatments we have tried are peppermint oil spray, fly killer”

“I need help getting rid of drain flies and getting rid of them right away. For weeks I’ve been struggling to get rid of them. Every single day multiple times a day I’m putting boiling and bleach down my drains. I’m also getting any that I can sneak up on. I made traps out of vinegar, sugar, and dish soap. I got a blue light with a sticky trap in hopes of attracting the adults, which did not work. All my food is covered up and hidden, I wipe down the counters constantly, but they are just everywh”

“I just moved into my apartment a couple months ago, and from day 1 I've had flies(there were only a couple when I came in and none anytime I checked the place out prior.) The problem worsened over time - the air conditioning was running when I came in and had been running for a few weeks while I got the credentials I needed to be able to shut it off. When I shut it off the flies disappeared within a couple of days, and when I turned it on again during a heat spike a couple days later they ca”

“They make a specific drain fly solution, i used it in a restaurant I worked in. I don't remember which brand but you can order it online. These home remedies don't work.”

“I’ve been dealing with drain flies for quite a while now. I’ve tried the whole boiling water and vinegar/baking soda thing, and if I keep doing it for a while, they seem to go away, but eventually they always come back. Maybe I’m just not doing it for long enough. Today I woke up to a few of them in the sink, so I went back to the classics: boiling water, vinegar, and baking soda. However, I read somewhere on here that Mr Muscle can help, so I tried that this time too. I also put some tape over”

“I’ve been dealing with drain flies for quite a while now. I’ve tried the whole boiling water and vinegar/baking soda thing, and if I keep doing it for a while, they seem to go away, but eventually they always come back. Maybe I’m just not doing it for long enough. Today I woke up to a few of them in the sink, so I went back to the classics: boiling water, vinegar, and baking soda. However, I read somewhere on here that Mr Muscle can help, so I tried that this time too. I also put some tape over”

“So there’s been a leak under my neighbor’s apartment in their crawl space, it was benign for a while but now it’s lead to a full on drain fly swarm in the basement. I’ve been sending my apartment dated emails explaining the situation at hand, going into far more detail than I’m going to go into here. They said first they were sending in an exterminator, I however noticed no difference the day they came in other than instead of a swarm of flies, now there was a swarm of flies next to a group of d”

“I’ve had bugs in my bathroom and apartment (studio, so small) for 3 months now. Some of the bugs bite, some don’t. My drains have been covered for months, so they aren’t coming from my drains (I’ve poured stuff down my drain as well). I don’t have any holes in my walls, I’ve checked around my entire apartment. I’ve checked behind the toilet, under the sink, bathtub, etc. I’m honestly just stuck, I can’t find a way to get rid of them. I replaced the zevo two days ago :) Any advice or help?”

“The problem is that the urine and feces is baked into the absorbent insulation. You can't clean a porous surface in this context. If I could clean it off myself I would and then I would just move on.”

“So the last department I rented not here the landlord on day.One just refused to deal with maintenance issues ... The odor in the bedroom was my problem.I should get the carpets recleaned, The back up kitchen sink Filling up with slimy, Brown water was something to do with the Advertised garburater according to them and I shouldn't use it. The spicy Anonymous notes left by neighbors On my door were apparently directed at the last tenant.Not me , and I should just ignore them. After a really”

“I know it's a pain to get the deposit back but there are a handful of honest landlords, some people get lucky. Not trying to burn the chance of getting my 6 mil back . There is definitely odor coming from the shower also. Nowhere near as strong. But I know the smell of sewage is just expected in here. I just don't need it to fill the room to the point where I have a headache. I'm slow traveling and only plan to stay in this unit for 2 months but if the tips I have been given work or”

“I have tried pouring boiling water & bleach down my drains, all the DIY traps, a bug zapper lamp, and getting pest control.. NOTHING IS WORKING. I keep my place clean, no pets.. please Reddit, help me! submitted by /u/hanamphetamine [link] [comments]”

“I’ve been fighting these flies since May and have tried putting baking soda/bleach/boiling water in the drain but still see them throughout the apartment. Would really like to have a fly free apartment otherwise my parents are gonna advise me to move back in. submitted by /u/Hifumidere [link] [comments]”