How To Get Rid Of Flies!

[san070160]

Can anyone tell me how to keep flies out of the bedroom? They wake me up every morning way before my alarm goes off for work, and it's driving me insane. Any ideas?

[Tilly2]

Close the windows a bit.

[sunny-dave]

I was tempted to say - "leave your trousers on the landing" ... but that would have been silly.

Try putting a piece of net curtain over any open windows and/or ventilators. Hang a fly screen (or another piece of net curtain) over the open door.

[MTbowels]

Put a bucket of manure in the kitchen.

[jomifl]

Obviously keeping them out as has been suggested would be a start, but flies need moisture otherwise they dehydrate and die. That is why in the dry parts of Africa small children seem to be covered in them. So what worked for me when I lived in a caravan ,don't leave any water available for them to drink. No dripping taps, no puddles in sinks,keep lids on loos, in fact no water anywhere. They come into the house and they die !

[woofgang]

lavender is supposed to be a repellant.

[Lie-in King]

Swat the little sods

[Canary42]

I find flypapers most effective

[boxtops]

How are they getting in? Is there something attracting them?

[DaisyNonna]

Got inundated with flies last week. Opened all the widows and flapped a tea towel frantically. To the hardware store where I was recommended Vapona window stickers (look like small sunflowers, about 3" diameter, stick them towards top of a preferably sunny window. Supposed to last 4 months. Will let you know). Also bought fly papers and fly spray. Home to find only 2 flies in entire flat! Still, prepared for the next invasion.

[silliemillie]

It amazes me how they always find a way in through the tiniest open window but cannot find their way out through 8 feet wide open doors!

[TheWinner]

We have also bought those sunflower stickers, and trust me with this one, they will not go anywhere near them.

[ivor4781]

probably a dead rat under the floorboards

[DaisyNonna]

Dead rat? My problem or the downstairs flat's or landlady's problem?

[jno]

maybe a dead landlady, Daisy?

[DaisyNonna]

Last heard of in Dubai

[Mags22]

I swear by Red Top fly traps, bit difficult if you are in a flat though, hang mine outside the kitchen door, they are attracted by the stink of the mixture ,fly in through a mesh funnel and can't escape.....at around £10 they are a bit pricey,but they DO work. Check them out on Amazon.

[scooping]

Close your windows to a centimetre open