[daca55]

Been a snowbird for 13 years and I have never plugged any sink drain holes. When I return in the fall I seldom find any bugs. If you have your house treated for bugs routinely you should have no problem. Plugging any drains is taking a chance because if your isolation valve starts to leak you could end up with a major water problem. A bug person once told me that bugs don’t come from drains they just go into them looking for water.

[Federspiel]

Masking tape

[jimmy o]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Never thought of that, but we typically never leave our home for more than a couple months at any time. Also, we have snowflake friends and we check each others homes whenever one of us gets to the Villages and always run water in each sink and tub/shower. That being said, I winterize our family lake house each year and put RV antifreeze in all the traps. RV antifreeze is inexpensive and is designed to evaporate very slowly.

You are poisoning the water supply. Antifreeze should NEVER be put in a drain, it’s highly poisonous.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by jimmy o

You are poisoning the water supply. Antifreeze should NEVER be put in a drain, it’s highly poisonous.

So are a lot of things that go down the sanitary sewer drain. What about bleach, drain cleaners, and human waste? That is why it goes to a treatment plant to be treated.

[Joe Folker]

Originally Posted by Tustin714

The other threads on this topic in the forum appear to be closed, so here's a quick question about the small overflow holes in bathroom sinks, since water seemingly could evaporate through these, even with the plug closed, and allow bugs in. So do people plug the hole with tissue or something as simple as that, or another way?

Thanks.

I've seen people put a piece of tape or a band-aide over the whole.

[sallyg]

We used to put tape over ours and left roach traps all around the house - esp by doors, under sinks etc. never had a problem.

[stevecmo]

Why not just hire a Home Watch service for $60 a month and not have to worry about it? They will run water down the drains, check for leaks, take your golf cart for a short ride to charge the battery, check your mail, etc., etc.,

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by jimmy o

You are poisoning the water supply. Antifreeze should NEVER be put in a drain, it’s highly poisonous.

Don’t confuse RV antifreeze with antifreeze that goes into an engines cooling system. RV antifreeze is non toxic and is designed to winterize plumbing.

[ckcapaul]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Don’t confuse RV antifreeze with antifreeze that goes into an engines cooling system. RV antifreeze is non toxic and is designed to winterize plumbing.

Rv antifreeze is what we use.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by daniel200

First check to see if your sink overflow is even functional. None of the sink overflows are functional (they do not drain) in my 2005 built house. I had a plumber look at it and it seems none of the drain holes have any possibility to be plumbed or drain. I discovered this when I purchased the home in 2018.

What it means is it was not done properly. Assuming the sink has a built in stopper. Normal for a bathroom sink. Perhaps old style when people used a pitcher and a bowl. You would fill the sink to wash and shave. If, you forgot and left the water running it would overflow the sink. You could have a kid over or?????

[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.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by stevecmo

Why not just hire a Home Watch service for $60 a month and not have to worry about it? They will run water down the drains, check for leaks, take your golf cart for a short ride to charge the battery, check your mail, etc., etc.,

We bought before moving in. A long time ago. The service was well worth it. It was a new home. Pants were not rooted in. Lawn was just laid down sod. Home was empty so no theft concern. We didn't have a golf cart at the time. Interesting that they would do that as well.

[Phil D]

Originally Posted by Tustin714

The other threads on this topic in the forum appear to be closed, so here's a quick question about the small overflow holes in bathroom sinks, since water seemingly could evaporate through these, even with the plug closed, and allow bugs in. So do people plug the hole with tissue or something as simple as that, or another way?

Thanks.

. Don’t buy a House,if you do GET ALL THE FLOOD INS.FIRE INS EVERYTHING GOODLUCK YOU DEFINITELY WILL NEED IT.

[Mrs. Heck]

Our “bug guy” told us to cover the sink holes with blue tape, and to fill a ziplocwith water to place on top of the shower floor drain. These keep bugs out. But we still have a neighbor come to run the water every 2 weeks in all the sinks and tub.

[DAVES]

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.

Teasing a little. Water bugs are called cockier roaches in Pa. If they were dead your home is being sprayed. They are actually amazing. They are prehistoric and man has been trying to kill them off for the past million years or so.