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Originally Posted by Tyson
Every year we go back to Pa. for 5 months, shut off the water and come home to dead water bugs all over the place. This year we covered every drain and toilet to see if we could keep them out. Ill tell ya in may if that worked out.
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We bought in March but were only there for 10 days to set up the house, and then returning in mid-May for a couple months (with the water off and all sinks covered except the master shower stall -- didn't think about it). Our first night back we had a Palmetto bug on the wall near the entrance to the bathroom, and I found a cool in-drain shower "plug" that lets water drain out but seals up immediately when water stops running -- no more bugs from that source.
What we did discover was that Palmettos were coming in via the drain in the dishwasher, and had a couple of visitors our first few days back until that discovery (our bug guy -- Massey -- confirmed they can get in that way). After closing it when not in use, no more bugs.