Not many people think about cockroaches in their homes this time of year. It is cold, you do not see too many of them in your home or backyard, so most people do not think that there is much point in having a pest control treatment until the weather gets warm again.
The health issues surrounding cockroaches are well documented and known. If you haven’t had a cockroach control treatment in your home in over 12 months, odds are that there will be cockroaches living in and around your home right now.
How to Prevent Cockroach Infestations
- Keep your house clean. Good sanitation is the number one way to prevent most pests, including cockroaches.
- Don’t leave food out overnight. Wash dirty dishes daily. Wipe up crumbs and spilled food, even in cabinets and pantries. Clean kitchen counters with disinfectant spray every night. Cockroaches love grease and spilled food on, in, under, and behind your appliances.
- Store all food in sealed containers. Cockroaches can fit inside the openings of typical cardboard packages that food comes in.
- Empty the garbage bin regularly. Make sure your bins have tight fitting lids.
- Cockroaches are nocturnal and feed at night. Vacuuming the house regularly is ideal not only to remove spilled, crumbs and other potential cockroach food sources but also to remove cockroach feces, body parts, and egg cases.
- Seal up rid of entry points and cracks and crevices. Seal around pipes and cavities. Make sure windows and doors are secure and have weather-stripping if needed to stop pests sneaking under your doors.
- Remove anything cockroaches can use for shelter, such as stored cardboard and paper.
- Call a professional pest control technician If you think a cockroach problem or if you have not had any pest control inspections in more than 12 months.
Still Concerned About Pests?
If you think your concerned about potential cockroaches or any pest activity in your home Enviro-PCS staff and technicians are more than experienced to be able to advise and help you on what you can do to protect your property. Every day, our people are performing pest control in Sydney and can easily pop into your place to provide some advice.
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