Fly removal from Hot water System !

Get a proper modern tank with a tight fitting lid and a filter on the overflow pipe.

It is most unusual to say this but, I agree with Drivel.

If you're up for a bit of pipework and have a few tools, a new bylaw 30 compliant tank is the only way to go.

The flies plus any dust, dirt, leaves will be contaminating the water system and acting as nutrients for any bugs that have colonized the hot water system, legionella being the best known. Besides which, you will inadvertently ingest some water in washing and you risk food poisoning.

What is attracting the flies, anyway? There's no flies in most lofts, nothing that would attract flies. Adjacent soil & vent pipe end? Dead rat/squirrel/body/bird concealed under the insulation? Disgruntled plumber had a dump?

Please do not agree with me. Put me on your killfile.

I think it is unlikely to ever happen again.

Oh, I couldn't do that. I look forward to reading your posts for their amusement value.

The Jockos are still bitter and twisted over the world cup eh. Sad isn't it.

You need a close fitting lightproof lid, which should have a screened air inlet fitted, to allow air in and out as the water level changes. The warning pipe / overflow should also have an insect screen fitted. Finally, the expansion pipe, which is the one coming in through the top, needs a close fitting adaptor where it passes through the lid. The whole lot is usually sold as a water byelaw kit, although the water byelaws were actually repealed and replaced by The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, which also requires water storage tanks to be light and insect proof.

Colin Bignell

On 19 Jun 2006 02:28:17 -0700 someone who may be " snipped-for-privacy@pensbyboys.wirral.sch.uk" wrote this:-

Replace the whole thing with a modern one that will keep the things out.

You should probably then add something reasonably mild to sterilise the pipes, drain it out and then raise the cylinder temperature temporarily and draw water through all outlets in order to kill off excessive concentrations of nasties. Obviously this needs to be done with suitable safety precautions.

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:07:04 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote (in article ):

Which world cup is that?

Matt, it said "world" before the the word cup. So do you think it is the Moon Cup? Let's see if you can figure it out.