How can I get rid of cockroaches in my house?

Answer 1

1. completely clean all the house, specially the kitchens and bathrooms, including inside the cabinets and closets.
(including the garage) If you have boxes in the garage, make sure they are sealed.

2. ensure that all your food is stored properly and not just laying around.

3. use a gas bomb (make sure to read instructions)

4. use liquid spray around the edges of the house, inside and outside, including inside bottom cabinets.

5. use "roach motel" style tramps.

6. keep your house clean, and repeat at least once every three or six months.

also, if you have a lawn, use a chemical to kill insects in the lawns.



while you are placing roach traps, get some ant traps too, it does not hurt to have them.

Answer 2

Go to the store such as Walmart of Lowes and they have this gel type stuff in a tube. It is the same type stuff that Sears will come out and use on your house. You can buy it yourself and then put it in the corners of rooms and such. Such as, in your living room put a small dab at the corner of the walls near the ceiling. I don't recommend putting it in the corners on the ground if you have small children or animals. Also, put it in the corners inside your cabinets. Do this throughout your house.

My husband did this a year ago along with fogging the house (buy foggers from the same store and put them in your house. However, you will have to leave for a few hours for these and when you come home you will need to clean everything because the poison gets everywhere. I would try the gel stuff first and see if that works since it is just roaches you are having problems with. I haven't seen a roach in my home in over a year when my husband put that stuff in our house.

Answer 3

Mix equal parts sugar and boric acid (a powder available at hardware centers and drugstores). Sprinkle in crevices and corners where you have seen roach action. You can also pour the mixture in jar lids and put them under the sink or behind the refrigerator. Be sure to place the bait away from nosy pets or active children: Boric acid can be potentially toxic if ingested. Also, keep your kitchen as clean as you possibly can. Roaches are looking for food and like to hang out in dark, damp places. Check under the sink and toss out old product boxes or paper sacks -- the critters may be nibbling on them. If the infestation continues, you may have to use an insecticide (read the label first). Spray along the baseboards of your walls, underneath sinks and in cupboards, taking care not to spray around exposed food.

Answer 4

Seal the gaps underneath the sinks where plumbing pipes meet the walls. This is an entry point from the outside into the house. Did this about 10 years ago when we used to see critters in the house on a nightly basis. Knock on wood, their sightings are far and wide now and that's usually because some tape have peeled off because I didn't use enough tape at first.

Answer 5

Hire a reputable extrminator. Call them in between visits every time you see a cockroach (it doesn't cost any extra,use them!). Keep your home as clean as humanly possible. NEVER leave food scaps out in the open, or leave dirty dishes out in the open. It may take several months, but you can get rid of them. I have lived in some very questionable areas of town, but after several months of diligence inside and out and working with a good pest control company, my home was cockroach free. YOU CAN DO IT!

Answer 6

They are in your house for food (and sometimes shelter). You can cut down on the "repeat offenders" by putting pretty much all of your food items that are not canned in air-tight containers. Be sure to put your pet food items in air-tight containers, too.

Once you've removed the food, now you can work on eliminating other things that make your house attractive to pests: piles of dirty clothing, wet/damp places (especially if those places are dark), unpackaged leftovers in your fridge (I'm not kidding), etc.

It's also a good idea, at this point, to seal your home from tiny invaders by caulking any and every single entry point that you can safely caulk. There are often entry areas near plumbing under counters and stuff. Another thing to do is to rinse everything before you put it in recycling and/or garbage. Do not put food items in the garbage INSIDE your house.... that's a free meal waiting to happen.

Be diligent, and you will be able to get rid of the disgusting things.

Best of everything!

Answer 7

Keep things up off the floor...get rid of all the cardboard boxes (they love them), and keep things clean...no food around, no dirty dishes.

If you live in the South, you'll still have them, but you can put down baits (where any pets can't get to them) and it helps. Some of them fly, so they come in when you open the door.

(*shrug*) All you can do is make it unattractive for them and hope they like your neighbors better

Answer 8

Spray around the edges of your house with a bug repelent. Try doing it just on the inside, but if you still find bugs then spray the outside of your house as well. Make sure you spray around windows and doors really well.

Answer 9

Raid does a good job. also, they have this thing thats like an ant and a flea bomb, except it's extremely potent stuff for roaches. read the directions exactly because I think you're supposed to let it vent for like a whole day or something and you have to get rid of the stuff it says. like food.

Answer 10

Exterminator, just don't try to step on it, when a cockroach gets squished you get it's eggs all over your shoe and it gets all over the house.