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Worms in toilet - disgusting!

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Musings225 · 08/05/2024 20:53

Last night noticed lots of tiny brown and black worms in toilet, after nearly vomming I googled and I think these are drain fly larvae??! I tried bicarb of soda, vinegar, bleach, hot water and they are still there. Its so disgusting. What do I do??? Is this a plumber job??

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Musings225 · 10/05/2024 18:03

I've just got home and there are none today so I'm praying that's the end of it! I've never had anything like this before!

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FofB · 09/05/2024 12:47

We had this. Water supplier checked the water (tested it) and said it was fine. Turned out is was a worm from the earth/drain (as opposed to one someone had pooped out) and it's usually if there is an old or cracked pipe supplying or removing water.

Friend has this and she said it means her septic tank needs emptying. (I don't have a septic tank so I've no idea how this works)

Avatartar · 09/05/2024 10:11

Be careful with caustic soda it can melt plastic pipes- horrific story about flats, man above put it down his loo, it melted pipe and dripped into flat below - through plasterboard ceiling and onto tiny baby in a cot and caused horrific injuries

flatwhiteinabucket · 09/05/2024 10:05

Do you have a picture of them? I can only think they are coming from under the rim and dropping down, as boiling water and bleach would kill most things.

EBearhug · 09/05/2024 10:01

Be very careful if you go the caustic soda route it is definitely effective, but my mother burnt the bathroom floor because the caustic soda spat out a lot...

HarrietJonesFlydaleNorth · 09/05/2024 09:46

Have you checked up under the rim? Put some rubber gloves on and have a good feel round up under the rim with a brush and also your (gloved) hand. It's surprising how large an area this can be. If they're not there then I guess they must be coming up the u bend somehow 🤷🏻‍♀️

DeliciousDahl · 09/05/2024 01:09

Musings225 · 08/05/2024 21:01

Been away for a week. Left the bicarb and vinegar mixture all night last night and then flushed through with boiling water. Then today did rounds of bleach then hot water then flush repeated three times

Poor you, that sounds really hard! Just to say do be careful when mixing cleaning products - bicarb and vinegar are great individually but cancel out when mixed. One is acid and the other is a base, so they react with each other rather than dealing with any dirt.

EnglishBluebell · 08/05/2024 22:46

Do not get the type of caustic soda that says it contains drain cleaner - that's not as strong. Also, do not get confused with soda crystals! Not the same thing! Must be 'Caustic Soda'

EnglishBluebell · 08/05/2024 22:45

Caustic soda. Open bathroom windows and put rubber gloves on.
Cold water in a bucket, pour entire bottle of caustic soda in and stir with a stick then pour down toilet and leave for an hour then flush.
Try your best not to breathe it in and do NOT get it on your skin. Keep bathroom door closed and any kids or pets downstairs/upstairs

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 08/05/2024 22:40

Can you bail the loo out to catch them?that way you'll know you've taken them away, then flush again and see if they come back (in which case it's new ones each time coming from somewhere!) or if the loo stays clear you know it was the same ones not flushing away.

Lokshen · 08/05/2024 22:38

Theunamedcat · 08/05/2024 21:03

Have you taken the back off to see if it's in the cistern?

I would really not be drinking my water till its been tested

Definitely this. Fill that cistern up with all the poison!!

tridento · 08/05/2024 22:34

Looking online there are many comments about the rim. Can you put some solution into the cistern so when you flush the solution slushes out the rim? Like the vinegar bicarbonate thing

I'm not sure if boiling water would damage the cistern. I doubt it would

Didimum · 08/05/2024 22:34

The advice is to repeat this twice a day for a week. Keep at it.

tridento · 08/05/2024 22:30

Musings225 · 08/05/2024 22:27

They go when I flush briefly then come back!!

If they aren't in the cistern then they must be somewhere in the toilet. Either under the rim or coming up from the U bend

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Musings225 · 08/05/2024 22:27

They go when I flush briefly then come back!!

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ilikeeggs · 08/05/2024 22:20

So when you flush do they just stay there?

JanglingJack · 08/05/2024 22:18

Plunge so most of water is gone. Spray a shed load of fly spray down. Ensure all dead. Flush again.

CavalierApproach · 08/05/2024 22:17

😕 How can they not have flushed or died with what you’ve done so far?!

Danioyellow · 08/05/2024 22:15

I’d also assume fly larvae but I don’t know how they’re not going

Danioyellow · 08/05/2024 22:14

How are they not going when you’re flushing? Can you post a pic?

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Musings225 · 08/05/2024 22:13

Upstairs toilet

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Musings225 · 08/05/2024 22:12

I have a combi boiler

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BorgQueen · 08/05/2024 21:50

If you have a combi boiler, your cold feed will be fresh from the mains.
If you have a system boiler/ hw cylinder, your upstairs cold feed is from a water tank.

JobMatch3000 · 08/05/2024 21:47

Is it an upstairs or a downstairs loo?

dementedpixie · 08/05/2024 21:41

We have water tanks in the loft and a hot water cylinder in an upstairs cupboard. Do you not know what type of heating system you have?