How do I rid my home of drain flies or fungus gnats?

Cheryl
by Cheryl
  4 answers
  • Pg Pg on Jan 10, 2019

    Put a dish of sugar water on a counter. They should congregate in it and drown. This works for fruit flies and should work for your critters too. You will need to do this a few times, especially after any eggs that may be there, hatch.

  • Everything Pretty Everything Pretty on Jan 10, 2019

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    If they are in your drain, you'll need to clean that. I put ice cubs down the sink and squirted some dish soap in. Cover one drain and run water in the other one to run the garbage disposal. The suds fill up the drain to get all of the bugs.

  • Carol Tresenriter Carol Tresenriter on Jan 11, 2019

    Ahhh I had this problem and bought a product that is supposed to get rid of them. I narrowed it down to my bathtub drain..(they feed on the sludge in drain ughh!! )So I was reading reviews on the product I bought and one person said that they thought it (the product) actually clogged the drain. My thoughts were to run a drain cleaner down first so I did. I believe it was a DRANO product, gel, made for tough clogs. I poured 1/2 a large bottle down the drain, let it sit a couple of hours and then flushed it with boiling water...no more drain flies! I have the product in my closet (just in case) but it has been a couple of months and no drain flies/moths.

  • Chloe Crabtree Chloe Crabtree on Apr 17, 2023

    Mix together 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar. Pour the mixture down the drain. Let sit overnight, then flush the drain with hot water in the morning. This should kill all flies and the organic material they've been feeding on.