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gnats
Posted by: “Kris”

Don’t confuse gnats with drain flies. Drain flies are a little larger than gnats and smaller than a regular house fly. They can transmit disease and cause severe allergy problems in some individuals.

It may also mean you have a broken pipe somewhere in your home. I never knew they were that dangerous until I was at an Infection Control meeting at a hospital in Atlanta. The Head of the Environmental Control Dept of the Atlanta Fulton County Health Dept, stopped the meeting when he found them in one of the bathrooms in a non-patient care portion of the hospital. The CEO of the hospital was notified immediately and an all out investigation ensued and a complete sanitation and disinfection of the hospital plumbing all occured immediatelty.

I was flabbergasted. I had seen one in my shower the previous week. So when I got home I called a plumber who had those camera things come in, they found a break in my pipes. Luckily we caught it early. So watch out for
those little boogers lol. ~~kris

Here is an exerpt from a manual about flies. Yuck lol

Drain Flies also known as moth flies and sewer flies are occasional problems in homes, emerging from sink drains, especially in the springtime. These small mothlike flies look similar to fruit flies, but they do not have red eyes. Drain flies develop by feeding on bacteria and organic materials that can colonize the gelatinous material that lines drains. Large numbers of these flies can also be produced where there is a problem with broken or leaking pipes. Infestations may also be coming from overflow in a kitchen or bathroom drain or from a garbage disposal.

Control: Drain flies, which develop on the gelatin-like coating that forms in drains and pipes, are best eliminated by removing the gelatinous slime on the inside of the pipes. Because drain cleaners may give variable results, manual cleaning may be required. Pouring boiling water down the drain to loosen the gelatinous slime may be useful. In addition, leaks in pipes that allow seepage and breeding sources should be fixed.

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