A pest control technician checking a bin area and an outside floor drain

Fly control in Al Faisaliyah Jeddah

Al Faisaliyah is an older central district in north Jeddah with dense apartment buildings and scattered villas served by Sari Street as its commercial spine, cut through by King Fahd Road. The neighbourhood is old, buildings were erected decades ago, and the water and drainage networks beneath them are very aged indeed. Restaurants and shops line the ground floors of the residential blocks, operating at high volume. Flies breed here in the old pipes and dark gaps that surface treatment cannot reach.

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Targeted, not broadcast

Product goes into cracks and runways, never sprayed across open surfaces.
Told before we start

What we will use, where it goes, and what to cover or move before we arrive.
A follow-up visit

We return after the first treatment, because what survives it does not show on the day.
Homes and businesses

Apartments and villas, and kitchens and stores that need a record of each visit.

Why they keep coming back in Al Faisaliyah

Flies appear in high numbers in both flats and shops, and pressure peaks in summer when deliveries and waste volumes rise. The method is set out in full on Fly control in detail.

The first reason

Underground networks are aged and leak black water

Water and drainage pipes installed decades ago run beneath Sari Street and nearby roads. Leaks from the old pipework create a permanent damp environment below the foundations, providing constant food for breeding flies.

The second reason

Restaurants and shops below flats are a permanent source

Sari Street holds restaurants, sweet shops and fish restaurants, with flats stacked directly above them. Flies breed daily in restaurants from accumulating waste and fat, then climb into the flats above through pipes and crevices.

The third reason

Dense buildings and shared entrances spread flies easily

Buildings stand very close together with shared entrances serving dozens of flats. Flies move between flats through common entrances, stairwells and dark gaps beneath the floor slabs.

Al Faisaliyah on the map

Al Faisaliyah sits about 3 km from Al Rabwah and about 3 km from Al Bawadi.

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Before treatment

Where the flies are actually coming from

An old residential district among Jeddah's earliest established areas, tightly packed apartment buildings with many food shops and restaurants, very aged water and sewer networks running underground.

House fly

House flies breed rapidly in the old pipes beneath flats and restaurants, where black liquid provides ideal growth habitat.

A metallic green fly on a wooden surface

Blow fly

Blow flies concentrate on restaurants and food shops along Sari Street where open display and daily waste accumulate.

Fermenting residue

Fermenting residue in old pipes and gaps below foundations provides constant nutrition for larvae and pupae.

The bin base

The bin base below restaurants stays wet and liquid seeps underground into neighbouring gaps.

The film inside a drain

The film inside old drainage is very thick from accumulated fat and organics, a prime fly breeding site.

A metal service door on a building exterior

The service door and its mesh

The flat door and shared entrance are old with noticeable gaps, and dark stairwells provide shelter for flies.

How we work

1
Inspect and trace the source

We trace the flies back to their medium: waste and the bin area, floor traps, drain runs and any standing organic wetness, and we identify the species from its size, its flight and where it settles.
2
Treat the breeding medium

Washing and scouring bin bases and floor traps, and a foam that treats the film inside the pipe, because removing the medium is the only thing that stops production.
3
Treat the resting surfaces

A fly spends most of its time settled on ceilings, cables, the tops of walls and the sunlit wall outside the door, and that is where the residual and the bait go, not into the air.
4
Proofing and the follow-up

We close the ways in and sort out the screens and the doors, then come back on a date matching the emergence of the pupae that were already in the medium on the first visit.

What fly control includes

A source tracing inspection

The species, the breeding medium and the route in, established before anything is applied.
Drains and floor traps

Scouring the film stuck inside the pipe and treating it with foam, which is where drain flies come from and almost nowhere else.
Residual on the resting surfaces

Ceilings, cables, the tops of walls and the sunlit wall outside the door, kept off food preparation surfaces.
Fly bait in protected positions

An attractant bait set at bin areas and service entrances, out of reach of children and pets and away from food.
Aftercare instructions

Ventilation, what to cover, and what needs a screen, an air curtain or a different waste routine.
A scheduled follow-up

A set date matching the emergence of the pupae, and re-treatment of any source still producing.

What is different about Airport Sub-Municipality

The Airport sub-municipality covers some of the oldest established districts of northern Jeddah, gathered around King Abdulaziz International Airport between Madinah Road, King Fahd Road and Prince Majid Road. The stock is villas, single family houses and apartment blocks built decades ago, many served by ageing water and sewer lines. Commercial streets such as Quraish, Sari and Sultan bin Salman are lined with restaurants, furnished flats and popular markets. Dense commercial kitchens, worn pipework and the gaps in older buildings give cockroaches and rodents steady food and shelter, and the high resident population keeps that pressure constant through the year.

Questions about this district

My flat is in an old Al Faisaliyah building. Where exactly are the flies getting in?

Through gaps around pipes and beneath the floor slab, and through the shared entrance from neighbouring flats and the food shops below the building.

The food shop below our building was never treated. Does that affect our flat?

Yes, very much. The shop provides daily fly food, and flies climb into your flat through shared pipes and gaps.

Is treating only our flat enough or must neighbours and the shop be treated too?

Treating your flat is essential but not sufficient. Neighbours and the shop below will reinfect you. Coordinated treatment of the building or a major section is necessary.

Sari Street has many restaurants. Does closing them reduce flies?

Restaurants cannot close. But coordinated treatment of shops and restaurants together with flat treatment greatly reduces pressure.

The pipes are old and leaking. Is that a breeding environment?

Yes. Leaking pipes are ideal. The black water and organic liquid feed flies and larvae continuously.

Is Al Faisaliyah worse for flies than newer districts in the south?

Yes. Al Faisaliyah is old, networks are failing and shops and restaurants are very dense. Newer districts have better drainage and lower commercial density.

How much does fly control in Al Faisaliyah cost?

It is set after the inspection, because the price follows the type of infestation, the size of the space, how far it has spread and the number of visits it needs. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Faisaliyah.