Roaches still after 2 visits buy apts own pest people what to to legally?

Answer 1

Here is my answer based on my experience of living in an apartment where no amount of chemicals, poison, boric acid, or whatever would get rid of them. Here is how I did it.

The key is using caulk to seal up all the places that roaches like to nest. These places are always near water, like the kitchen or bathroom. The most likely places are the cracks between the floor and the baseboard moulding on the wall, and at the top of that same moulding. Seal it up everywhere. If your roach problem is bad enough you may have to go around the entire room.

Next is the long crack where your kitchen counters meet the wall, especially near the sink. Roaches like to nest where it is dark and where there is very little headroom above them, so the space between the kitchen counters and the wall is paradise.

There is a way to use boric acid without danger to your loved ones. If you find cracks to seal at the baseboards, before you seal them, you can brush some boric acid through the crack before sealing it. Likewise, you can put some behind the counter before sealing it up. Boric acid does work great. It is not a poison, so roaches cannot become resistant to it. Instead, when the powder gets on them they ingest it when they clean themselves, then it swells up in their stomachs and kills them when they drink.

The key is sealing everything up. After that you can place small amounts of the various poisons and traps to kill the roaches that are still there, i.e. the ones that now have no place to nest but are still hanging around.

If you believe that you have sealed everything up and still see roaches, then you have missed something. If you see a roach, instead of killing it, just follow it to see where it goes. Then seal up that spot. If you can't seal that spot then place a small amount of poison there. (There is a small tube of roach food poison sold that is good for that.)

Finally, if you have sealed everything up and still have roaches, do you have carpeting near the problem? The roaches can nest under the carpeting, although in my experience it was under the baseboard and under the carpeting right next to it.

Good luck.

Answer 2

I hate roaches. I once lived in an apartment that had roaches so bad from the downstairs neighbors (they were very filthy people) that the landlord bug bombed both my apartment and their apartment and within minutes there were literally thousands of roaches dropping off the walls and ceilings in every room (I was watching from the outside porch). There was a bug bomb in each room in both apartments. After it was over there were still thousands of roaches still there that the bug bombs didn't kill. We ended up moving finally after we had spent thousands of dollars over the course of a 4 month period on raid, roach motels, etc trying to get rid of them. There were so many roaches that within a few hours of setting out a new roach motel we would look inside and the glue would already be filled with roaches and other roaches would be crawling overtop of them.

The landlord wasn't able to rent the place for several months after we and the nasty neighbors moved out, so the duplex stayed empty during that time. The next tenants didn't report a roach problem, so apparently during that time they moved into neighboring homes.

Fortunately, since I moved out of state, I've not lived in a single roach infested dwelling. I hate bugs.

Answer 3

Check with the housing authority about your tenant rights --

The roaches may be breeding inside the walls which usually is a permanent problem. BUT, you can do this -- purchase boric acid (it's a powder that is harmless to humans and pets.) Spread it around in all the locations where you see them. It kills roaches on the spot. You can get it at Walmart in the pharmacy.

Answer 4

. That is likely one of the worse horror experiences I've ever heard. It is a major crisis that nobody will have to need to are living in. Mice and roaches convey all varieties of illnesses (ever heard of the Plague?) The landlord is dependable to no less than attempt to right the main issue. In the intervening time take a look at Deacon rat bait. They are little trays of pellets that the rats consume after which die.The well factor is that they do not odor since the poison makes them dry up. Just use with warning in case you have babies within the residence.

Answer 5

Move. The US government did extensive testing on how to kill roaches. They found that roaches become immune to most poisons within a couple of generations and are immune to radiation. The only reliable way to kill a roach is to smash its abdomen with a hammer. It can live for up to a week if you only smash its head.

Answer 6

If the owner (landlord) has had professionals try to kill them all and get rid of them without success, the problem may not be easy to fix. If the neighbors have roaches, you will not be able to get rid of yours.

If your house is the only one with a continuing problem, the house will have to be sealed and toxic gas introduced and left for a while, so you may have to find another place to live (at the landlord's expense if it is not your fault) for a few days.

Answer 7

Make a threat,,
you will go to the housing authority if its not fixed!!
Roaches are disgusting things and they can carry disease I've heard. Also check w/ a lawyer, Ive heard that you don't hafta pay rent until thing like this are resolved. But check with a lawyer first,they can give you a free consletation

Answer 8

Send your landlord a certified letter stating the facts.

It is a LAW that a rental property must be kept pest free.

Go to findlaw.com You should be able to find the law about contracts between Landlords and Tenants. Read it over and it will tell you what the landlord must do.

Don't be afraid to act. The law is definatley on your side.

Answer 9

give you the best trick to get ride of roaches.

go to drug store and buy :

natural boric acid, mix this 50-50 with icing sugar..
with a spoon.. -powder the cracks around the sinks and bathrooms..

roach will eat the sugar and accidentally eat boric acid.. they wiil go back to nest to feed the little ones BUT they will be so thursty they wont be able to reach water: The roaches will ALL die of thirst..

Should you give this to everyone in your building; it would remedy and exterminates them all very quickly..

Answer 10

Dude, roaches aren't illegal. If you don't like it, move. If you can't afford to move, live with it.