Never been an issue before lived here 10 years.
Just had a new kitchen installed -along with an extension across the back of the house placing the kitchen right in the middle of the house.
The extension has a 200mm concrete slab pour and block built with kingspan and wood cladding upvc windows and doors with zero gaps and is firmly between kitchen and outside -hard to see that we created an entry point.
Every day for last week has been a single slug in kitchen sink.
With the torch there is no trail leading to the sink ....there are trails all round the inside of the sink suggesting it came in one of the drains.
How the hell do you stop that...... Have to be careful with chemicals as I'm on a septic tank/soakaway.
Any other ideas ?
Salt doon the sink before bed for a few weeks?
Deeper trap?
Salt doon the sink before bed for a few weeks?
That doesn't sound septic tank friendly.
Yeah salt in the septic tank is a no go. Very much buggers it
I only mean a teaspoon!
Get a hedgehog?
Pet hedgehog, obvs.
Wash a duck down the plughole.
Leave the plug in overnight
Leave the plug in overnight
How will the duck get out?
Leave the plug in overnight
We do. I think it's the overflow they are coming up.
Pet ducks were discussed ha.
There's usually a pipe between the overflow and the trap. Get a stainless steel pan scrubber and put it in the pipe. That'll mean that only tiny slugs and water can get through the pipe.
There’s usually a pipe between the overflow and the trap. Get a stainless steel pan scrubber and put it in the pipe. That’ll mean that only tiny slugs and water can get through the pipe
there we go - i like that kind of left field thinking 😀 - as you say nothing else goes down the overflow and if nothing else it will prove its not the sink......
It's a sad indictment of our modern society that so many snails find themselves homeless.
It’s a sad indictment of our modern society that so many snails find themselves homeless.
Bravo!
Frozen sausages in the plug hole of course.
Bum the slug and then bum the dug, if you have one, if you haven’t, get a dug and then bum it.
Edit: I just liked the rhyming of slug n' dug. 😂
Could try putting a slug trap or load of slug pellets near the drain or maybe some of that copper slug tape for plant pots round the end of the outlet pipe to discourage them from exploring into the pipe. No idea if that tape works, I normally resort to the 'organic' pellets that rot down and kill fewer birds.
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/doff-4m-x-3cm-serrated-copper-tape/p/0344477
Pull up the manhole cover nearest the house - you may well find you have a small colony in there.
We had this when we lived in our last house, I ended up buying lots of salt and using the salt to mark the floor out in sectors so I could see where he was getting in before taking action.
Wash a duck down the plughole
Duck is for toilets isn't it?
Pull up the manhole cover nearest the house – you may well find you have a small colony in there.
We only installed the manhole a 8-10weeks ago. Brand new from ground up sealed sectional with concrete all round. Be very very surprised. Will have a look though.
Drains were all replaced to the sewer hook ups. they run under the big slab as well.
How ever now your mention it -could be going down the bottle gully rainwater trap outside the utility room(opposite side of the extension)....down the to the sewer(foul ,grey and rainwater water go to same place because legacy and lack of infrastructure) through and up -but seems like alot of aquatics for a slug....they are not famed for it + it has to cross about 4ft of gravel to get to that trap.
I for one welcome our new snail overloads.
Not totally relevant, but I keep fishing them out of our pond - still alive after at least being in there overnight - they clearly have a decent ability to hold their breath!
Always had a problem with slugs at the back door of the butchers(fat etc getting trod in when coming or going.
Liberal quantities of salt spread around and that was the end of that prob.
I would have thought that a bunch just moved in during the building works, not that you necessarily have a highway to Slugtown that needs destroying.
Done any night time prowling, when they might be on the move and you might spot them? Just have a quick scan with a torch when you use the wee room in the night?
Else leave beer traps, like you would in the garden, salt or slug pellets?
I would have thought that a bunch just moved in during the building works, not that you necessarily have a highway to Slugtown that needs destroying.
fair point - the back of the house was off /fully open for about 2 weeks - Did i mention i have a suspended concrete floor in the kitchen as well - We were careful to concrete/Wirewool and foam all gaps around pipe up due to previous visits from mice eating our porridge.
But thats not to say they have not been hiding
Have deployed murrays idea and will monitor - if i still get them i know thats not where they came from . - Annoyingly the overflow on this sink is pretty sizable.
Keep a toad in your kitchen sink overnight, just in case of stray slugs - tied to the sink with the ball chain from the plug. Should work a treat!
won't that upset the duck ?
won’t that upset the duck ?
The duck won’t notice.
The plug’s in, remember?
We have loads of the little blighters. I keep putting them outside because I don't like killing them. It's like a horror show some nights. I wish I could offer some practical advice but they just keep on coming.
The plug’s in, remember?
That's good or else there would be a toad in the hole.
Frozen sausages in the plug hole of course.
Really small sausages or really large snails?
The duck won’t notice.
The plug’s in, remember?
I think you've misheard - it's not a "duck-plug" that trailrat's thinking of
We get them near the fireplace in the lounge.
At least I assume we do, one only ever sees the odd trail left behind. Never the slug. Unless they're invisible slugs.
I have on multiple occasions installed copper tape around the inside diameter of the waste just below the sink. Works like a charm.
The smartest thing I did after the tape coming off was to cut it into 10mm sections a with a stanley blade after isntall so when it comes off it washes away rather than block the U bend.
Will copper ruin your septic tank?
Yes, potentially lots of moving parts for it to get into and block up; rotating discs, pumps, valves, possibly airlift pumps, depending on your setup.
We have one. Only rule is, down the pipes thou shalt not put anything but wee, poo, and the paper one cleans ones posterior with.
Yes, potentially lots of moving parts for it to get into and block up; rotating discs, pumps, valves, possibly airlift pumps, depending on your setup.
Its a tank in the ground going to a soakaway offsite
It dates from 1952. Not had to update it yet as it's communal and it's partially council owned..... Funny how that works. I'm willing to bet as soon as the council no longer has an interest in the street we will get a compulsory update notice.
No slugs last night
No slugs last night
Yeah, but does the duck look hungry?
hes peking out the pot as we speak.....
lunch time.
