Does anyone know how to keep roaches away. I recently move to an appartment in NY. Please help!!?

Answer 1

Plug every a hole even the tiniest ones.
Clean every night don't leave water anywhere.
Get an exterminator.

I did all 3 and it's been 4 years since I seen a roach in my NYC apt.

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

Raid has a thing called gel bait. It goes on the borders and bottoms of cupboards and things like that. That used to work for me when I lived in the cocaroach capital, San Bernardino CA.

Answer 4

I WORK IN THE PEST CONTROL INDUSTRY AND A CHEAP BUT EFFECTIVE WAYS ARE USE CITRIUIS LIQUID AND WIPE/SPRAY AROUND WINDOWS, DOORS AND ELECTRICAL OUTLETS. ALSO BUY SO BORIC ACID @ LOWES OR HOME DEPOT AND SPRAY THAT DUST INTO CRACKS, HOLES, ETC WHERE THEY MIGHT BE COMING IN FROM. BORIC ACID IS VERY SAFE TO HUMANS AND IS USE IN ALOT OF SOAPS. ALSO GET SOME GEL BAITS AND PLACE THEM IN OUT OF THE WAY PLACES WHERE NO ONE WILL COME IN CONTACT WITH IT. WHAT EVER YOU DO DON'T USE THE BOMBS BECAUSE 1- IF YOUR PILOT LIGHT GOES OUT ... BOOM!!! 2- AFTERWARDS YOU HAVE TO WIPE EVERYTHING YOU OWN DOWN TO REMOVE THE CHEMICAL.

Answer 5

Anything that is cardboard/ glue/ or food related get it out! Generally you can place bait in concealed areas to keep it minimum. Unplug your TV or electronics because they like warm transformers too! Check your smoke detector regularly. They love those! Wipe all your counter tops down. No crumbs!

DO NOT STORE PAPER SACKS!!!!

Answer 6

Bleach and baking powder or soda. I forget which one. But around the perimeter of each room. Unless you have young children. But, it is the landlords responsibility to keep the apartments clean of bugs and rodents if there is more then one tenent occupying (or more then one apartment) in the building.

Answer 7

I have told borax works. We live in Georgia, and they might as well be the State insect. We have found that Ortho home defense, sprayed once a month is very effective.

Answer 8

combat in a tube. looks like peanut butter. had a rental house that we used all even professiols nothing worked till i got that

Answer 9

Dang, do u stay in Joe's Apartment. lol

Seriously, try Raid...it works good for me!

Answer 10

You can try using some poison bombs. Do not leave any food out.