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OK I know this is going to sound disgusting and I apologise in advance...
I live in a block of flats and over the summer we noticed a couple of tiny beetle-like insects crawling around on the bathroom floor. It was hot, we had the windows open at all times (we're on the 5th floor) and thought not a lot of it.
Over time the little beetles have grown into horrendous 1cm long cockroaches (they are definitely cockroaches. Not the red armour-plated ones you see in Spain/Canaries/USA but smaller dark grey coloured ones) with long waggling antennae and they are disgusting.
I have determined that they are coming out of tiny crack at the top of the oven which is really inaccessible without pulling the whole oven out of the fitted kitchen. 3 or 4 will come scurrying out when we're cooking a roast, for example. Early evening is the worst time and I think they might be under the fridge as well (again, fully fitted kitchen).
I've tried Raid, I bleach all the countertops and the oven and fridge down every morning and evening and they're still not going. I was wondering if anyone here had any tips before I resort to Rentokil (going to cost a fortune for them which we simply don't have at the moment???)
Any old wives remedies or advice welcome, thanks!!!
I live in a block of flats and over the summer we noticed a couple of tiny beetle-like insects crawling around on the bathroom floor. It was hot, we had the windows open at all times (we're on the 5th floor) and thought not a lot of it.
Over time the little beetles have grown into horrendous 1cm long cockroaches (they are definitely cockroaches. Not the red armour-plated ones you see in Spain/Canaries/USA but smaller dark grey coloured ones) with long waggling antennae and they are disgusting.
I have determined that they are coming out of tiny crack at the top of the oven which is really inaccessible without pulling the whole oven out of the fitted kitchen. 3 or 4 will come scurrying out when we're cooking a roast, for example. Early evening is the worst time and I think they might be under the fridge as well (again, fully fitted kitchen).
I've tried Raid, I bleach all the countertops and the oven and fridge down every morning and evening and they're still not going. I was wondering if anyone here had any tips before I resort to Rentokil (going to cost a fortune for them which we simply don't have at the moment???)
Any old wives remedies or advice welcome, thanks!!!
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Exactly, and this is another reason why I'm reluctant to call in pest controllers when they might just come back in from next door or the extractor fans. I've lived here for months and never spoken to any of the neighbours, so not sure what to do... bit much to knock on the door and say "Hi! I've got cockroaches! Have you?"
Yes the residents association (or whatever the flats have) needs to get together and handle this.
We use glue traps intended for mice.
They work very well
Is it a council block?? If so advise them its a communal problem & you have seen them in hallways.
Many local authorities will treat that & obviously the ones that have entered your property from communal problem
(guess you've got the ones who like to crawl up walls, then jump into the air and start flying, to look forward to :eek: )
In it were loads of cockroaches who made their way into the store.
I remember one day looking down and seeing a big lump of fluff or so I thought on my shoe, I bent down to brush it off and it moved off, it was a cockroach,.
I told my husband that night and he said that the only thing that cockroachs can not get through is damp proof fluid.
Not sure where you can buy it from but it is well worth a try to find it.
Good Luck
It's an ex-council block so is privately rented but I'll talk to the landlord and see if he does anything about it (not holding my breath, he's not the most helpful bloke in the world!)
Cheers all. zwixxxx thanks for the nightmares! not sure will be able to handle it if they grow wings!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethro#Gameplay
Please buy glue traps specifically for cockroaches not for mice. While you don't seem to have mice glue traps for mice are barbaric things and by buying the device you are giving support to the manufacturing of such devices. The glue traps for cockroaches work at least as well - that is what they are designed for.
Whilst you're eBay glue traps you might like to check out the ~the size of a 10p poison things (example) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COCKROACH-GEL-BUSTER-BUTTONS-BAIT-STATION-KILLER-RAPID-x5-/160822848683?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item2571c9ecab and maybe also those rolls of flypaper (example) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-PACK-FLY-INSECT-INSECTS-BUGS-WASP-POISON-FREE-STICKY-PAPERS-TRAPS-CATCHERS-/181200996219?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item2a306bc77b
- work great for midges and are a temporary trap for fly cockroaches
Of course other factors might have played a part - weather, other flats were more appetising(?), different species to the ones you're suffering from. Guess only thing guaranteed to work is to make sure each room has a squishing implement available cos there's nothing more frustrating to see an enemy just begging to be squashed but when you look around for something to do the deed with all you've got is the remote control or your hand (ick)
Good luck and good hunting. :cool:
if you get mice