u/DUNGAROO

Phorid flies keep laying eggs in my AC condensate P trap.

Why are they even interested in it? There shouldn’t be any organic matter in it at all.I’ve cleaned out every sink drain, sink overflow, P trap. We never let garbage sit. Our dog food is stored in a sealed plastic container. Just can’t get rid of these guys. Have deployed those UV sticky traps to almost every room in the house and for the most part they’re no longer catching anything- except the one in my utility room. (Where the AC coil and drain is)

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u/DUNGAROO — 1 day ago

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Crushed stone as backfill

The gas company is replacing our 62 year old copper service line with polyethylene. Fine. But instead of replacing the disturbed earth with the dirt that they removed, they’re backfilling it the entire trench and several large access holes entirely with crushed stone. Is this a standard practice? And if so, will it have any negative implications to the trees and grass in the area? Drainage? They claim that another crew will be by in a week or two to skim off the top layer of gravel and replace it with topsoil before reseeding, but I feel like backfilling with that much inorganic material can’t be good for our grass or the 50 ft willow oak tree that they’re digging at the perimeter of the drip line of.

u/DUNGAROO — 4 days ago