how do I get rid of roaches in my apartment?

Answer 1

You have to remove whatever is attracting the roaches in the first place. This is usually food left out or spilled somewhere or crumbs under the couch, stuff like that. If you live in the deep south (Florida, Alabama, etc), certain times of the year, you'll almost always find a couple. General cleanliness and attention to detail in your household duties usually will solve the problem.

Answer 2

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 3

boric acid under fridge, stove, if you have small children make sure its not anywhere they can be. so put it to the back of these appliances. as the roaches walk through it they will take it back to their nest. there are bug bombs that wal mart sells for reasonable amount of money and follow the directions on the box. Afterward vacum well and wait one week before you scrub shelves etc with cleaner you want that bomb stuff to set out so they can walk on it. Dishes you don't use in your cupboard or not very often wait the week for them as well. BE SURE to wash all surfaces that you are going to eat off of, wash your bed linens in HOT water. After you vacum throw away your vacum bag so no eggs will hatch. If the roaches have laid eggs there will be little tiny roaches about within a month later as soon as you see them hit the place again while they are little and not laying eggs.
Sounds like a lot of work but it gets rid of them.

Answer 4

If you can find it at the hardware store, there is a pesticide called Dursban. It is what professionals use for several types of insects, including termites.

I spray it along baseboards, and under the refrigerator, and stove. It will degrade in sunlight, and so you will have to repeat treatment from time to time. But is very effective and if you use it according to the instructions, it is safe.

It will take time for the roach population to decline, and until it does, you will find dead roaches. But that's better than live ones.

Answer 5

I have got ust the product to gert rid of roacehes and other bugs in your apartment. Go to your local home care store and purchase Hot Shot foggers. Buy one can for each room in your apartment. Make sure you put up all open items such as food, water, and other things. Clean out your cabinets, and unplug and cover your electronics. After setting off the foggers, evacuate your house and about 6 hours later come back and clean your apartment. You should find that you pest problem is not a problem at all anymore. Good Luck! (Just did this about 2 days ago to my own house!)

Answer 6

Since you live in an apartment , you should contact your apartment manager and request pest control treatment. Most apartment complexes have pest control services that they use on a regular basis. A professional will identify the type of roaches you have and set up an effective treatment strategy that will be safe for people and pets. Best of all...... its most likely free.

Answer 7

get the product called "roach pruf" and in a few days no roachs,, the biggest problem is that you are in an apartment and the neighbors roaches will want to come over,, they will die too when they contact the roachpruf,, but you should ask your land lard to get everyone using it!! it works and lasts for years!! 35 years now and my house is still roach proof after the one application!!

Answer 8

I used to use The fumigator by raid. it's a can you put water into a cup, set it in the canister, that way you have time to leave the apartment without fumigating yourself. I'd use one for each room.

Make sure you pull out refrigerator, open cabinets and closet doors, etc.

Keep things dry, underneath sink etc.

make sure you clean up well after cooking, don't leave crumbs or other food laying around.

You might need to do this a few times before you see any results. One thing though, if your neighbors don't do anything about it, you may be fighting them for ever.

Answer 9

boiling water. I had a very bad roach problem, and i had pets. So i decided to use my ex boyfriend's suggestion of killing them with boiling water, just dumping it where they are, man let me tell you i was cooking roach soup for several hours! but i got rid of most of them, of course it needs repeated, the advantage of boiling water is that it is pet friendly and the roaches don't grow inmune overtime. it works.