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Roach Control
Pest control is the process of eliminating live bugs and animals that cause humans disgust and fear. Elimination of animals/bugs results in a more hygienic place to live or do business.
There are lots of ways to eliminate unwanted critters. Many of the most popular pest elimination strategies are not the best. Effective strategies should get the job done quickly and permanently.
Roach Control Strategies
Mechanical Roach Controls
Mechanical controls are your first line of defense. Mechanical is another way of saying physical barrier. For example, to keep insects out of the house, keep all the outside areas caulked. As the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.”
Eliminate Roach Attractants
Pesky creatures come to your home for survival. The two most sought after items are food and shelter (just like humans). Use mechanical controls to keep creatures out.
Food is the most popular attractant that we have control over. Rotting food can attract animals from miles away. Mice in a nearby field can smell rotting garbage and come running. Put food you are throwing away in sealed plastic garbage bags or containers. Don’t make the mistake of leaving food garbage in the garage. Outdoor animals will smell the food and wait to get access. Put food in large plastic garbage containers and leave them outdoors. Some people will even lock their garbage cans to keep raccoons and possums out.
Roach Control Strategies
Mechanical Roach Controls
Mechanical controls are not very effective against roaches. Most roaches come into the home from a previous move (your luggage) or they come in a grocery bag from a food store.
When shopping at a food store always choose plastic bags. Roaches are attracted to the paper bags.
Also, it is worth noting that used appliances are another roach source. Don’t purchase used appliances from old apartment buildings. The probability of roach contamination is high.
The best control is not to bring them into your home. If you are moving from a roach infested place, be very careful what you bring into your new home.
Move Wood Piles Away From Home. Cockroaches love wood and could migrate to your home.
Seal all the cracks with caulk; inside and out. Limit roach movement inside and outside the home.
Food Roach Controls
Roaches can get into your refrigerator. To prevent roach access to food, is nearly impossible. Keep all food in tightly fit plastic containers and throw out garbage immediately.
Don’t leave water in sinks or bathtubs. I know of one case where a leaking hot water heater attracted thousands of roaches and infected an entire apartment building. As for the toilet, I would rather have them in the toilet than the kitchen sink.
If you live in an apartment building, you don’t want their home base in your house. Dwellers who supply a constant and easy supply of water are unknowingly setting themselves up to be the roach baby factory.
Home Brew Food Roach Control:
We don’t think this method is very effective, but here it is; just for fun.
Put away all food and attractants. Then, take out a bowl and put some wine in it just before bedtime. When you wake up in the morning, you will find some roaches drowned in the wine.
The wine method may actually be better used as a test to see if you have roaches. If you see a bug and think it may be a roach, you could try this to see if you really are infested with them.
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