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Get rid of Cockroaches
Cockroaches are a very common problem and they can be quite resilient, but it just requires all the right things being done and it will soon be a distant memory. Keep scrolling to learn more about the issue and contact us
Contact us to talk further
Get rid of Cockroaches
Cockroaches are a very common problem and they can be quite resilient, but it just requires all the right things being done and it will soon be a distant memory. Keep scrolling to learn more about the issue and contact us
Contact us to talk further
The 4 steps to dealing with Cockroaches
Below are the steps in more detail
Identify
What type or types of Cockroach do you have?
Book a treatment
Time is of the essence, more eggs can be laid everyday so call us now
Prepare for it
There are a number of things to do to get ready for a treatment, click below to learn more
After the treatment
There are some do’s and don’ts for after to follow, click below to learn more
Identify
The aim of this section is to help you to identify what type of cockroach do you have.
To the left is a video from National Geographic which will give you more information
This is a video from National Geographic which will give you more information and allow you to see what the Cockroaches look like and learn more. Click on the image to start the video.
Cockroach Types
Below are a number of images of what they look like. Click on the titles below to make the sections move and show you the images and learn more.
Identify what Roaches you have
Once you identify them from the images, don’t waste time, call us now.
If you are still not sure what is going on just call us to arrange a free inspection.
The German Cockroach
These roaches prefer to live and breed indoors and most often found around your kitchen or scurrying around your bathroom.
The Oriential Cockroach
Dark black or brown in colour they love cool, damp areas. These are a health concern because they love to feed on garbage and decaying things.
This is a Brown Banded Cockroach
One of the smallest species on 10-15mm length. Usually stay on the ground however have the ability to fly in warmer climates.
Egg Sack or Ootheca
The female cockroach carries the ootheca until the eggs inside it are ready to hatch. It’s dark brown in colour and averages 8 mm in length. One female may create six to 90 oothecae in her lifetime. The female deposits the egg case in a favourable environment after it is produced (German Cockroaches hold onto it until they’re ready to hatch)
Cockroach Ejecting their Oothecae
Either as their normal process or in life threatening emergencies, cockroaches can eject their Ootheca as shown in this picture
Brown Banded Life Cycle
The is a great visual example of cockroaches at their different stages
German Cockroach Life Cycle
The is a great visual example of cockroaches at their different stages.
Identify what Roaches you have
Once you identify them from the images, don’t waste time, call us now.
If you are still not sure what is going on just call us to arrange a free inspection.
The German Cockroach
These roaches prefer to live and breed indoors and most often found around your kitchen or scurrying around your bathroom.
The Oriential Cockroach
Dark black or brown in colour they love cool, damp areas. These are a health concern because they love to feed on garbage and decaying things.
This is a Brown Banded Cockroach
One of the smallest species on 10-15mm length. Usually stay on the ground however have the ability to fly in warmer climates.
Egg Sack or Ootheca
The female cockroach carries the ootheca until the eggs inside it are ready to hatch. It’s dark brown in colour and averages 8 mm in length. One female may create six to 90 oothecae in her lifetime. The female deposits the egg case in a favourable environment after it is produced (German Cockroaches hold onto it until they’re ready to hatch)
Cockroach Ejecting their Oothecae
Either as their normal process or in life threatening emergencies, cockroaches can eject their Ootheca as shown in this picture
Brown Banded Life Cycle
The is a great visual example of cockroaches at their different stages
German Cockroach Life Cycle
The is a great visual example of cockroaches at their different stages.
Hiding Places
The aim of this section is to give you an idea of the places they hide and where to be looking
Where can I find them?
Below are a number of images with examples of hiding places. Click on the titles below to make the sections move to learn more.
Where could they be hiding?
The section of photos should help give you an idea of the places to be looking for them.
Kitchens
There are a variety of places in the kitchen to look: cupboards, around sink pipes, behind plinth boards, drains, backs of fridges and their motors especially, warm appliances and warm pipework. Anywhere where there is food residue, bins, cracks and crevices.
Bathrooms
They can come out of gaps around pipework, drains, under cupboards basins are in/on, anywhere there are gaps and holes.
Drains
Cockroaches can either come from or escape down drains
Food residue
Doing a deep clean is essential, any food residue which might not be apparent easily (ie under cookers, under appliance, against kickboards or worktops is easy food to attract them. A deep clean throughout will remove any food for them, this also helps us as they will go for our cockroach killing gel rather than other food options.
Neighbours or food shops
Cockroaches is a pest which very commonly spreads through connected buildings, so if a neighbour has the issue it could have come from them. Speaking to any neighbours surrounding you is important to get an extent on how wide spread the issue is. Also if there is a food establishment below you or near it may be coming from there.
Where could they be hiding?
The section of photos should help give you an idea of the places to be looking for them.
Kitchens
There are a variety of places in the kitchen to look: cupboards, around sink pipes, behind plinth boards, drains, backs of fridges and their motors especially, warm appliances and warm pipework. Anywhere where there is food residue, bins, cracks and crevices.
Bathrooms
They can come out of gaps around pipework, drains, under cupboards basins are in/on, anywhere there are gaps and holes.
Drains
Cockroaches can either come from or escape down drains
Food residue
Doing a deep clean is essential, any food residue which might not be apparent easily (ie under cookers, under appliance, against kickboards or worktops is easy food to attract them. A deep clean throughout will remove any food for them, this also helps us as they will go for our cockroach killing gel rather than other food options.
Neighbours or food shops
Cockroaches is a pest which very commonly spreads through connected buildings, so if a neighbour has the issue it could have come from them. Speaking to any neighbours surrounding you is important to get an extent on how wide spread the issue is. Also if there is a food establishment below you or near it may be coming from there.
Book a Treatment
If you have identified that you have them then don’t delay, call us now or have us call you. The longer you wait the more young can be laid and the longer you have to endure the issue getting worse or spreading.
Prepare for a treatment
Ok so you have booked a treatment, what do you need to do to prepare for you and to help us?
Deep Clean
As they can survive on food residue it is important to thorougly clean. Under cookers, appliances, worktops, anywhere which has the smallest amount of sticky food residue they can survive on.
Empty cupboards
Any areas you have sighted them in, empty ready for us to treat them. Once the area is dry you can put everything back.
Food into boxes
Any food items which are open is a potential source for them, by storing open food in storage boxes with clip top lids it ensures your food stays safe and doesn’t compormise the process.
Pets out for 2 hours
As all insecticide treatments are not recommended to have people or pets inside during, plan to take your cat or take you dog for a walk whilst it is in process. It’s completely safe once they re-enter.
Be ready to vacate
As all insecticides require a P3 grade respirator during application, you will need to vacate the property, you can re-enter the house 2 hour the treatment is completed, so factor in being out for around 3 hours in total.
Process
The aim of this section is to help you to cover the details of all the steps in our method
Our 6 Element Treatment Process
Most companies use just one, our treatment process consists of 6 steps – inspecting, long life insecticide, fumigation, breeding & egg development control, Cockroach Gel and dehydration.
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First step is lookingWe are one of the few companies to actually take the time to search all of the relevant places to find nesting sites and destroy them first. |
 | We use the best Long Life Insecticide insecticide for Cockroaches on the marketWe are one of the few companies to actually take the time to search all of the relevant places to find nesting sites and destroy them first. |
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ULV Cold Fogging (Fumigation)There are 2 types of fumigation, smoke generated (can leave long lasting smell & discolouration to paint) & cold fogging (water based insecticide fired into tiny particles to float around to settle on walls, ceiling, cracks and crevices with no risk). We use the water based insecticide treatment. Ours lasts for 2 months with maxium effort for around 2 weeks. We would expect a refresh after 2 weeks. |
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We use insect growth regulators or (IGR’s)We are big on using science and technology as anything clever to help our customers get rid of pests quicker and keep them gone has to be a good thing. IGR’s remove the ability for them to grow and mature normally and stop their ability to breed or some eggs not even able to hatch. Our product lasts for up to 5 months to help keep it gone afterward! |
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Cockroach GelGel which is a food with an insecticide within so it kills the Cockroaches and they take it back to the nesting areas to kill the young. |
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Gel which removes the waxy coating and causes rapid dehydration & deathWe use a special advanced non-toxic safe gel/powder which removes the waxy protective coating on the outside of the roach to cause rapid dehyration and death. The amazing two things about this product are that they are safe/chemical free and lasts when undisturbed for 10 years! |
First step is looking
We are one of the few companies to actually take the time to search all of the relevant places to find nesting sites and destroy them first.
We use the best Long Life Insecticide insecticide for Cockroaches on the market
The difference between shop bought products and professional products is mostly the residual effect (long life).
Ours lasts for 2 months with maxium effort for around 2 weeks. We would expect a refresh after 2 weeks.
The ability for Cockroaches to develop a resistance is the lowest with our product and the most effective at killing them.
ULV Cold Fogging (Fumigation)
There are 2 types of fumigation, smoke generated (can leave long lasting smell & discolouration to paint) & cold fogging (water based insecticide fired into tiny particles to float around to settle on walls, ceiling, cracks and crevices with no risk).
We use the water based insecticide treatment.
Ours lasts for 2 months with maxium effort for around 2 weeks. We would expect a refresh after 2 weeks.
We use insect growth regulators or (IGR’s)
We are big on using science and technology as anything clever to help our customers get rid of pests quicker and keep them gone has to be a good thing.
IGR’s remove the ability for them to grow and mature normally and stop their ability to breed or some eggs not even able to hatch.
Our product lasts for up to 5 months to help keep it gone afterward!
Cockroach Gel
Gel which is a food with an insecticide within so it kills the Cockroaches and they take it back to the nesting areas to kill the young.
Gel which removes the waxy coating and causes rapid dehydration & death
We use a special advanced non-toxic safe gel/powder which removes the waxy protective coating on the outside of the roach to cause rapid dehyration and death.
The amazing two things about this product are that they are safe/chemical free and lasts when undisturbed for 10 years!
Post Treatment
The aim of this section is to cover what you need to know for straight after a treatment as well as things not to do so you don’t make mistakes.
After a treatment
A list of do’s and don’ts for after your treatment.
Airing-Do
Open windows & doors if you feel it is needed.
Washing-Do
Wash clothing and sheets once a week at 60 degrees.
Food away
Keep food in storage boxes so they can get to it
Sleep in Bed
Sleeping in the beds after is essential, bugs will not go if not
Don't enter
As insecticides need to settle do not enter until 1 hour after treatment.
Don't clean
Apart from food prep surfaces cleaning wipes away insecticide.
Leave monitors
It is important that the insect monitors we put down don't move.
Don't ignore
Our instructions & advice must be followed or it won't go.
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some frequently asked questions with answers to hopefully answer most of the things you want to know.
Yes, our treatments are safe. All bait is put into areas where you cannot access it and there is only risk if you consume it. If you choose a proofing appointment then you can request that no poison bait is used.
Rodents will live under properties in burrows in the soil as their behaviour tells them to do. They come in for food and nesting material (shredded paper or plastic bags) to line nests with but then leave to go back to safety. Our homes with us and pets are fraught with danger for them so they sneak in and out at night.
Usualy not no, most mice in houses are the house mouse rather than the field mouse. These live in and travel between buildings, so they are already in the walls and under the floors etc. They use the holes around pipes etc to get into your living areas.
Rodents are active during the evening, through the night and in the early morning. Due to this we do our rodent appointments (especially proofing programmes) typically during the hours of around 9-5 as we don’t want to risk trapping them in, only out.
Yes with the proofing programme we have a guarantee which is for 3 months. If there is to be a sighting you’ll know in roughly 7 days but 3 months is for peace of mind
Yes, especially worktops where food is prepared. As mice do not have waste control, it just falls out of them where ever they go, there is disease risk where ever they have been (which usually includes up on the worktops where you prepare food). Use antibacterial products for counter tops and floors etc.
Sometimes this is possible yes, call us to find out what the earliest available appointment is.
We use unmarked vehicles thereby not highlighting the reason for our visit. If anyone asks us we can say we are doing a little building work and not disclose anything.
Yes our service is insured for up to £10 Million of cover.
Yes we are RSPH Level 2 certified which is the highest level in pest management so you know you are in good hands.
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We offer a professional inspection of your premises. Please call us now on
0203 393 2338