Wasps coming out of outdoor water heater cover

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   considering buying a spray to treat them
2. 2
   willing to pay a professional
3. 3
   Wait until night or cold weather to remove the nest
4. 4
   Use wasp spray from a distance
5. 5
   Install adhesive screen repair mesh to prevent future nests

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.