Question about Roaches in a Brand New House?
I am the first occupant of my home. Five months after moving in, we discovered German roaches. We employed Orkin to come out and treat for the pests. They came out four times over three months, and we hadn’t seen a roach in the five months since. Our exterminator told us that our roaches were coming from the filthy house next door, they were eating, laying eggs, and leaving, going back to what appeared to be a very comfortable nest next door. We keep our house very clean, but I have a toddler and a dog, and it’s impossible to keep all the crumbs and dog food up and away at all times. Last night, we opened the dishwasher to unload our cleaned dishes, and a huge full grown roach scurried out. We killed in and the pulled our stove and refrigerator out. To clean behind them. There were a few dead ones in the monitoring trap behind our fridge, and none behind the stove. We can’t pull the dishwasher out because it’s sealed into our cabinets. We checked the monitoring traps all over the house and there SEEMS to be no other activity. Does this mean my problem is back. I stopped using Orkin because it got too expensive, should I call them back? Should I worry about the food in my fridge and pantry? Should I worry about eating off of my dishes, cooking in my oven and microwave, and cleaning dishes with my dishwasher? I know these things can carry loads of nasty diseases. Is it safe to bug bomb my house with a dog and a toddler? HELP!
April 26th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
You shouldn’t bug bomb your house. Too dangerous for the humans and pets. But you might want to buy roach traps at the grocery. They sell a few sizes. Put them under sinks or near any damp areas where the pipes enter the house, but not where the dog or child could get to them. Inside cabinets is the best.
No matter what you do or how clean you keep your house, roaches are around. The trap attract them and they eat some poison inside and die after a little while. Change the traps about every 6 months. Much cheaper than Orkin and they work.
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April 26th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Before you do anything else, try this: Buy something called roach proof. You can maybe find it in a large grocery store, but if not, look for it in a home improvement store or something. Go around your house, removing all the outlet covers. Dump a couple of tablespoons into the space behind the wall and replace the cover. This should kill the roaches before they get into your living space, and your child and dog can’t get to the poison.
I think that the roaches are supposed to find the poison pretty yummy, and they somehow transport some of it back to their nest, where it kills the rest of them.
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April 26th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Greetings,
There is an affordable solution to your problem that you can do yourself. Simply spray the outside perimeter of the house with a product like Ortho Home Defense Max. You can protect your new home from not only roaches, but spiders, ants, and dozens and dozens of other unwanted “guests”.
It is available at Home Depot and other stores that carry Ortho products.
Congratulations on your new home!
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April 26th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
You could try using boric acid. its a cheap, and safe method to get rid of them. Here is an article that I found to be useful.
http://mistralni.co.uk/articles/?p=334
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April 26th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
their like a dream of new friends to you just let them go
travel in your house oh
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April 26th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
You can apply diatomaceous earth inside and outside your home.
It takes a month or so (eggs need to hatch and the babies need to die), but it works. It’s way safer than any synthetic pesticide; but it IS very dusty. You would have to put up with that for a while, but the pay off is worth it- nothing but the $13 or so to buy it at HD/Lowe’s and your time.
You would need to apply it to where your house meets the soil outside, along every inch of baseboards (including behind all appliances), and dust each swich plate (remove it, apply the dust, reattach). Carpet won’t be as necessary, so it may not be as bad as it would for a flea infestation.
Once applied, vacuum it up after 3 days. You need to keep it around because the more they’re exposed to it, the quicker it kills them.
“Dusts. Insecticide dust sometimes suffices as the only treatment for cockroaches, but is most often a supple-mental treatment. Dusts generally have longer residual action than sprays, but are ineffective if they become damp. Dusts are useful in cockroach control because they can be placed deep in cracks, crevices and wall voids; under refrigerators and furniture; around pipes, tunnels and conduits; on very smooth or very rough surfaces; and in other places not treatable with other formulations. Do not use dusts for treating large surfaces because they leave unsightly deposits. Also, cockroaches avoid heavy deposits and will not walk through thick layers of the material. Use light pressure on the application device to minimize the amount of dust in living areas. Apply dusts as light , even residues that are barely visible.”
http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/b-1458.html
http://www.safesolutionsinc.com/Diatomaceous_Earth.htm
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April 26th, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Not much will kill german roaches.
Combat gel will kill them. This can be found by the bug sprays on the shelfs in the stores and in grocery stores.
The Combat syringe I brought for someone cost around $7 and it shows on the package where the roaches hide. The gel can be put inside the cabinets.
Boric acid powder can be put behind things in the kitchen.
Spraying some Ortho Home Defense spray around the foundation of the home will kill the ones that came in there.
I studied about roaches.
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