Wednesday, January 27, 2010

How To Remove Cockroaches From Your House

By Albert Keithly

Cockroaches are tiny, irksome insects that thrive in almost each and every part of the world. They normally inhabit the dark and wet corners of a home and feed upon all types of organic items. They not just spoil food and other products but also carry germs of innumerable diseases. Hence, one needs to wipe out the cockroach population in a permanent and effective way.

Most people searching for an effective remedy for the cockroach menace start to use pesticides and sprays that eventually turn out to be quite harmful for human beings as well. Thus, it is normally a good idea to resort to natural methods of eliminating cockroaches from the house.

You can begin with bringing about simple changes in the kitchen like keeping the kitchen sink and the space underneath it clean and seeing that unwashed utensils are not kept in the sink for long. As cockroaches thrive in dark and damp places, the areas in and around a sink offer them the ideal habitat. You should try to keep all your food items covered so as to stop enticing the cockroaches to attack your food.

It is important to seal all the gaps and spaces, especially those close to your water pipes and drainages as these are the main entry points for cockroaches. You should also ensure that you deprive the cockroaches of a fertile breeding ground by keeping your sewers and the areas around it dry and clean. If you live in a place, where there are public garbage bins around, you should try to get them removed as they could turn out to be one of the prime reasons for the cockroach infestation in your house.

Last but not the least, if you have to use chemical substances despite all these measures then go for milder chemicals such as boric acid instead of the stronger ones generally available in the market.

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