Infested - help needed!

StbA said:
The aim is to make his flat as unpleasant an experience as possible for the roaches, they will then move someplace else where they are more comfortable.

Vinegar does that.
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Does it stink for us as well? Is it normal vinegar or what? :o
 
<moLe> said:
sounds rather uhm..disgusting...And sadly all you can do is move then, doesnt help you fumigate or do whatever but your neighbours dont...kind of feel sorry for you though, had the same with a flat I stayed in as a student
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When Scummy side was still live-able:D
hj2k_x said:
Well they are as fed up with it as I am - So if I could find some solution/suggestions as to how to treat it then I can share it with them. ATM they are also just doing regular foggings, which only work for a very short time.
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If you all work together it could work
 
It's normal vinegar. You can get no name brand stuff from PnP, works out even cheaper seeing as you'll be using a lot in the beginning to get them annoyed enough to start leaving. Remember to wipe your kitchen counters and floor every night before you go to bed, that's normally the time they come out to feast.
Once a week inside kitchen cupboards.
 
StbA said:
It's normal vinegar. You can get no name brand stuff from PnP, works out even cheaper seeing as you'll be using a lot in the beginning to get them annoyed enough to start leaving. Remember to wipe your kitchen counters and floor every night before you go to bed, that's normally the time they come out to feast.
Once a week inside kitchen cupboards.
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Cool. I shall give it a go...Is the smell not quite pungent? Like are there certain vinegars that don't smell as much as others? I mean I realise the idea is that they do smell to get rid of the roaches, but I don't want to make the people want to leave as well...:o
 
The smell is strong immediately after application but subsides after about 30 min. It also keeps flies and ants away in the summer.
 
StbA said:
The smell is strong immediately after application but subsides after about 30 min. It also keeps flies and ants away in the summer.
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Excellent. I shall head out and get some today. How much should I put on? The kitchen is small. Maybe 3m x 4m not more. But the problem is immense...
 
hahaha those are never fun. while i was studying, we rented a flat. man i tell you they would be there in their hundreds... if you go to sleep then they came out. what we did was to buy doom, the one in a red can, looks oily after you spray it and also washed our dishes with bleach and the floors as well. StbA mentioned vinegar try that as well, and yes make sure the place is clean. no dishes, the smell of vinegar and bleach FTW:)
 
hj2k_x said:
Excellent. I shall head out and get some today. How much should I put on? The kitchen is small. Maybe 3m x 4m not more. But the problem is immense...
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Enough for the counter's to be damp, not wet.
 
Get a professional to fumigate the entire building. The body corporate should pay for it, otherwise just split the cost between all the residents. The entire CBD of CT is over run with cockroaches, so there is no permanent solution.
 
hj2k_x said:
Hello. We have a serious bug problem with which we need help.

Live in a ground floor flat close to CT CBD. It is rented.

We used to have normal, full-size cockroaches. To combat them we used Baygon coils - the kind that you light, then they emit smoke, and you evacuate for 2 hours. That worked a treat and got rid of ALL the big cockroaches.

BUT, they have been replaced, with smaller versions of cockroaches, and there are many more of them. They vary in size, but never exceed about half the size of a flash disk - so maybe 25mm or so and look exactly like cockroaches.

We are at out wits end as to what to do to get rid of them - they are immune to the Baygon coils, as well as the same thing but in tablet form, that you also light.

I have tried putting down that cockroach gel that they are meant to eat and take back to their nests but that has done nothing.

I have tried just emptying 2 full cans of Doom/Raid/Target into the kitchen around all the crevasses and that slows them down for like a day.

Any ideas as to what we can do? Bearing in mind:

We do not own the property so very invasive methods are out
We have tried a lot of things, already mentioned
We have a cat, so evacuating is always unpleasant, especially in winter and we cannot douse the place in poison.

Help!

:(
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They had this problem in a friend's place. If it's flats, then the only way is to fumigate the ENTIRE block. These creatures will just move on. Usually it's people being careless with food, like rice and with strong smells like curry.
 
Bought a LOT of vinegar. Have only put out a little bit so far cos I'm using the kitchen but they do seem to hate the stuff :)
 
Wow.... At my student digs (read-old falling down victorian house) we got a rat problem which im slowly winning the war on thanks to rattex and engine cleaner(that stuff is toxic to anything that grows or lives- dont believe me spray some on your lawn and come back the next day) luckily rats i can deal with. . . But cockroaches not so much. I do see the odd one which i kill with a shambuk we have lying around...no real advice for you im afraid. Except to strip your flat to find wher they come from and if you cant then seal all the entry points at night- mosquito mesh over Every window - a fabric snake for the doorjam any conceivable way they could get in.
 
From lifehacker: DIY cockroach extermination powder
If you have a smallish roach problem (so far, anyway) and don't want to spend your life savings on an exterminator's visit, you might want to try some homemade roach killer formula.

Ingredients are Borax, flour, and cocoa powder; obviously, you'll want to keep this away from pets and small children, but it seems like it would do the trick. I've never actually even *seen* a roach, but this seems like it would work - however, I'd love to hear any successful cockroach killin' stories in the comments. Really, I would.

To make 1 treatment
  • 2 tablespoons household borax
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cocoa powder
Mix all the ingredients in a small bowl. To use, place a small amount of the mixture in bottle caps or other small, unsealed containers and set them out in areas where the cockroaches are known to congregate.
Caution Keep out of the reach of pets and small children.
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But you MUST read the comments, there's usually plenty of extra info there.

Also, this approach is dead cheap which opens up the possibility of your whole block co-ordinating on a blitz together.
 
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