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Originally posted by Gunhand:
*just kinds hangs out waiting for a plumbing emergency*

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Not exactly a plumbing emergency, but I've got a bathroom infestation of ants you can help with if you want. I've laid down bug killing traps, but they just keep coming (and more or less ignoring the ant poison). I've taken to shooting individual ants with Windex, which kills them, but new ones just take their places. Any suggestions?

Delia

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Originally posted by Delia:
Any suggestions?

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RUN!!!!!

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Originally posted by Static:
Originally posted by Delia:
Any suggestions?

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RUN!!!!!

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From ants? To where?

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Originally posted by Delia:

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Not exactly a plumbing emergency, but I've got a bathroom infestation of ants you can help with if you want. I've laid down bug killing traps, but they just keep coming (and more or less ignoring the ant poison). I've taken to shooting individual ants with Windex, which kills them, but new ones just take their places. Any suggestions?
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Buy some translucent general purpose silicone sealant. On the inside, seal around the tops and bottoms of the skirting boards, at the points where pipes run into the wall and floor and any other cracks you can see in the walls and floor. Rather than go to the effort of pulling up the carpet/lino do the walls and pipes first, then wait a few days to see whether they are still getting in.

On the outside seal around the points where pipes run into the wall and ground. Check the grouting. If there are large chunks missing then regrout them (if your lazy like me then just fill them with the sealant) and seal any small cracks.

I had ants in my bathroom and this worked for me. The internal ant powders were useless and the outside powders had to be replaced everytime it rained.

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