I don't know where they're coming from, but there are hundreds of the
little buggers crawling around my dishwasher. Any idea how I find the
nest, and how to get rid of 'em?

I've checked outside, and there doesn't seem to be any ant activity
where the dishwasher empties into the drain. They do seem to return
remarkably speedily even after I've zapped them with a rinse cycle. Is
it possible they've built a nest somewhere inside the machine?

Would really appreciate any help as they're driving me mad.

TIA

Rich

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I don't know where they're coming from, but there are hundreds of the
little buggers crawling around my dishwasher. Any idea how I find the
nest, and how to get rid of 'em?

I've checked outside, and there doesn't seem to be any ant activity
where the dishwasher empties into the drain. They do seem to return
remarkably speedily even after I've zapped them with a rinse cycle. Is
it possible they've built a nest somewhere inside the machine?

Would really appreciate any help as they're driving me mad.

TIA

Rich


A quick Google and this seems to be a common problem.

http://www.unexco.com/carpants.html#dishwasher

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf532945.tip.html (Good tips here maybe from
people who have had the same problem?)

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...nts+dishwasher
(Lots of Google links)

John.

Rich wrote:
I don't know where they're coming from, but there are hundreds of the
little buggers crawling around my dishwasher. Any idea how I find the
nest, and how to get rid of 'em?

I've checked outside, and there doesn't seem to be any ant activity
where the dishwasher empties into the drain. They do seem to return
remarkably speedily even after I've zapped them with a rinse cycle. Is
it possible they've built a nest somewhere inside the machine?

Would really appreciate any help as they're driving me mad.

TIA

Rich

firstly disconnect your washing machine water pipes the red and blue
ones and the grey waste pipe , then disconnect ur dishwasher pipes and
connect the washing machine pipes to the dishwasher and vice versa,
this will remove the ants from ur dishwasher

On 17 Jun 2006 04:45:54 -0700, "Rich" wrote:

I don't know where they're coming from, but there are hundreds of the
little buggers crawling around my dishwasher. Any idea how I find the
nest, and how to get rid of 'em?

Go down to B&Q. Buy a red squeeze bottle of ant remover. Spray them
and then leave them alone to wander back to the nest with the spray on
them. Next day, no nest, no ants.

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:08:31 GMT, EricP wrote:

On 17 Jun 2006 04:45:54 -0700, "Rich" wrote:

I don't know where they're coming from, but there are hundreds of the
little buggers crawling around my dishwasher. Any idea how I find the
nest, and how to get rid of 'em?

Go down to B&Q. Buy a red squeeze bottle of ant remover. Spray them
and then leave them alone to wander back to the nest with the spray on
them. Next day, no nest, no ants.

And,presumably,clean out the dishwasher afterwards .....

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:57:38 +0100, Stuart
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:08:31 GMT, EricP wrote:

On 17 Jun 2006 04:45:54 -0700, "Rich" wrote:

I don't know where they're coming from, but there are hundreds of the
little buggers crawling around my dishwasher. Any idea how I find the
nest, and how to get rid of 'em?

Go down to B&Q. Buy a red squeeze bottle of ant remover. Spray them
and then leave them alone to wander back to the nest with the spray on
them. Next day, no nest, no ants.

And,presumably,clean out the dishwasher afterwards .....

One has to assume some common-sense in giving these highly technical
and involved answers to others.