How do I get rid of flies?

I ask them to leave. Mad, I know, but it seems to work somehow. I also had fruit flies and bought an electric swatter bat thing but by the time I had got it, they had gone. Another one for fruit flies is vinegar in a small pot, it attracts them.

I like the sound of the chain male curtain! auntieflo
Only most males I know are pretty useless at swatting flies.
Chain MAIL might work however ?

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How horrible. We used to have alot when we had sheep in the field at the back, not so much now. At peak times I had two fly papers( Yes I know they are disgusting, but the do work...it wasn't much fun though when I was taking one down and it dropped onto our LONG HAIRED cat...what a job we had, and she hated me after that for about two weeks poor thing.

Other than that just keep on top of them so to speak, Tansy is said to help deter them not sure if it works though, and be very vigilant in keeping everything edible covered, and wipe tops more often than usual. You should have rid of them soon, good luck

Thank you John for that very useful information.
However, I think it's a bit late, the cold weather has killed them off.

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I quite like the sound of the chain male curtain. I've only got a silky string one at our back door. Note to self- upgrade

Killing flies with those tennis racquet things is a great after-school activity for the grandchildren.

I've never yet killed a fly with the tennis racket thing; mosquito's are born with the ability to avoid them.

I bought a pack of those sticky things to put on a couple of windows, but have yet to see a satisfactory number of bodies on them.

We've noticed many flies also this year.
DH has invested in a tennis racket thingummy - suppose it keeps him fit.

Early on in the thread, I mentioned I had a wasp nest in the cavity above my bedroom. I wasn't going to bother to deal with it, being up high and away from where my granddaughters play. However, had window cleaner coming so thought it could be dangerous being up there on a ladder. The wasp man came out and I said 'I don't suppose they would've come through the ceiling would they?' and he said 'Oh yes, they sometimes do. I've had them come through a wall, fall through a ceiling. Half a wasps nest lying on a sofa. They can come through'. So that told me! I won't be leaving any in the future, window cleaner or not!

My mother had this problem last year and she was scraping up 80 at one point from her living room, she is always cleaning and at her wits end,, the council told her that it would be 75 quid to come out. She eventually bought a plug in gadget that works for spiders and fries etc, so up to now she's not had any

Im going to get the chain male type of door curtains for the 2 conservatory doors now.
I use room sprays...either Lavender or any Citrus scent....they dont like those smells.
And those Lavender scented glass thingies
around the house too. Hot weather coming for a while. A fly zapper sounds like a good idea too. Thanks.

You can get fly shrivellers from most camping shops. Ours is about five years old and you have to plug it in but I've just checked and you can now get rechargeable and solar powered ones.

During the very hot summer of 2013 each day we came home to dozens of dead flies on kitchen and dinning room sills and surfaces. We searched high and low for cause
But could not find anything. I mentioned it to a fellow worker and she gave me her solution......go to hardware shop and buy rentokill or aexron stickers.....they come in butterfly ladybird and sunshiny patterns.......stick a couple on Windows and doors.
I have not seen a fly since change every six months!

What kind of place sells them VQ ? That sound useful. As Nellie says they move so fast that I can't catch them.

They shrivel up very small and collect in the bottom tray which you simply empty every so often.

Just swat them? The flies we get move a darn sight faster than I do. I think they can see me coming a mile off.
libbysmum can I borrow your dog?

So what happens to the dead bodies once they shrivel ?

Hoover them up and get a camping bug zapper.....it's like the blue light things you see in food shops but stands on any flat surface. They're attracted to it and crackle and shrivel when they hit it so you don't end up with lots of dead bodies to get rid of.

I have horrific memories of fly papers.When I was about two years old my Dad was carrying me on his shoulders round the kitchen and I got my hair stuck on the fly paper. I remember being cut off it with all the dead flies next to my fine blond hair.Yuk!!

Sew them up??

This morning I rescued the second bumblebee to have come down the chimney into our mutli-fuel stove in the last week or so. Fortunately the fire has not been lit for a while though, actually, they'd probably avoid the chimney if it smelled smoky.

As we have shutters on the windows (that open inwards here)- we decided to spend a bit more money on having proper screen that go up and down on runners. It was one of the best investments we made.