I refused to allow my new roommates to exist so I started the war against them a few weeks back, and since implementing all of these measures, I have only seen one bug in the past two weeks. I've been here for a little over a year, and would kill a roach here and there, and as disgusting as they are, I know it's NYC and that's to be expected - but since September or so I was killing 2-5 roaches EVERY DAY. I've stopped doing laundry in the basement when a roach crawled out of one of the washing machines. I live in a pre-war 6-floor building with 16 apartments on each floor. The internet helped me get rid of roaches in my apartment, so I thought I would return the favor and put it all in one place. “How to get rid of roaches in your apartment, even in a roach-infested building. If you use a shop vac, put diatomaceous earth in the reservoir Moved the fridge and used a shop vac to suck up the bulk of them. We tried for months to curb it before finding out that they were nesting under the fridge. Do a veryyyyy deep and thorough cleaning before you do any of this stuff. Here’s a post I found when we went through this. Luckily we do not have the big ones, i think i would burn the house down if we did 😀 We’ll try the home warranty idea.Īlso some people are thinking we have HUGEEE ones, we do not!! They are pretty small. A lot have been saying exterminator, I cant exactly tell you how that will work out considering that its not just my decision. We put the gel in the kitchen and thats where they are popping up dead and sort of drunk lol. Hi a lot of you have said advion gel and we used it two nights ago. We are tired of living in this, thank you! Please let us know if we are doing the right thing or how else we can better this situation. Like 5 Gentrol in the kitchen i think lmao and some gel thingies in holes Our house IS from the 1940s so the wood is unfortunately dark wood :(( and I know bugs love wood, so Im worried we wont ever be able to get rid of them if wood attracts bugs! If anyone can help I would appreciate it, thanks! One place i’ve seen many enter is the bottom air vent(?) of our fridge, is that where they are nesting? if so how do we get rid of them from there? that looks like its inside inside the fridge.ĭoes anyone have any recommendations (preferably cheaper options?) on how to get rid of roaches? We’ve had this problem for years in the apartment and running away from that infestation to this house was our only hope, but now its starting up again. We always clean the stove after we cook, always wash the dishes, clean under dark places etc) (and yes we do clean daily, my mom is a neat freak and cant go a day without mopping or sweeping.

We literally had to take all our utensils out and leave it in a covered plastic container because in the first few months they were spotted in our cabinets and so forth.

We have roach birth control and some other stuff but Im afraid that might not do anything.Īlso, majority of the times we see them are in the kitchen. We cant call an exterminator due to money issues. I know they are reproducing, but I don’t know how we can stop it. Then we started seeing them again(i wanted to cry), and just like I explained, they started out small and right now they are at their medium size. No signs of cockroaches for about 2 months. We only used to use the spray back in the apartment and a few baits, but that didnt do much(and because we have animals so we didn’t want to do so much and have the dogs get sick).įast forward, we finally settle down in our house in December. We are so traumatized by them because the horror of waking up and finding one on you was so common.

It started off with tiny babies, to the medium sizes to then huge ones that were the size of my palm.

Our neighbor had a case of neglect with the living situation and etc, not my business to say. We started having a cockroach infestation in our apartment when our neighbor left(before then we only had a rat problem but id rather that than roaches). My family and I used to live in a really bad house apartment complex in NY before we moved to a house in PA. Please help!! How to get rid of cockroaches

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