Preparation and Advice

1) If you start to notice cockroaches, you will generally have an infestation that needs fully eradicating by our expert local pest controllers, they are highly skilled and carry the correct professional products that are required to exterminate a cockroach infestation.

2) Cockroaches pose a health risk to humans, this is due to the harmful organisms they carry when crawling on surfaces or contaminating food. They can cause food poisoning such as salmonella, streptococcus and staphylococcus to name a few.
3) They can be extremely damaging to a business and its reputation if cockroaches are reported, especially in food and drink premises such as a restaurant, hotel, takeaways and pubs. Environmental Health Officers from your local authority have the power to close a business if cockroaches are reported to them, so please act now by calling or booking online our cockroach control team who will eradicate your cockroach problem fast.
4) DIY Products – you can try and control the infestation in your home using amateur based products, however if you are a business, or have a noticeable infestation we always recommend using your local skilled pest controller that has the expertise and will use professional strong strength insecticide.
5) Never stand on a cockroach because although you may kill the adult you will release an egg case with approximately 100 baby nymphs ready to hatch!

Preparation before treatment:
1) Carry out a deep clean, clean all floors and work top surfaces removing all food debris and spillages.
2) Cover all waste bins with a lid
3) Cockroaches love hiding behind fridges due to the warmth of its motor, make sure you regularly clean behind your fridge.
4) Regularly wash up don’t leave dirty dishes overnight for cockroaches to thrive from.
5) Proofing – replace broken kitchen tiles, seal gaps around sinks doors and window where cockroaches can harbour.
6) Once you have instructed us to carry out a cockroach eradication treatment, arrangements will need to be made as everyone and pets will need to be excluded from the property or building for 4 hours to allow our treatment to dry so it is safe to return.

Treatment

1) Unlike other pest control companies, your local skilled pest controller will arrive in an unmarked vehicle so we remain discrete and sensitive to the situation at all times.
2) We will carry out a full survey of the home or business and establish our treatment plan.
3) Our skilled operatives will run through the treatment programme with you and also recommend any proofing or hygiene recommendations as well as health and safety requirements such as a 4 hour exclusion time from the commencement of treatment.
4) Our treatment will be a combination of professional strength insecticide gels, powders and micro encapsulated chemical sprays.
5) We will monitor the infestation using our specialised cockroach traps that you can see in an image below
6) At completion of treatment we will email a digital report which will provide supporting evidence for proofing, cleaning along with health and Safety recommendations.
7) Our aim is to eradicate an infestation with 2 treatments over a 2-4 week period.
8) Our fees start from £280+vat (includes 2 treatments) so simply call our bookings team today or alternatively schedule an appointment date of your choice which you can book and pay online.

Please see video below of Heavy infestation of German cockroaches in a kitchen behind the fridge

Please see photo below -our example of German Cockroaches trapped with egg cases and their droppings

Signs you have Cockroaches

1) Seeing live adult Cockroaches, however they are nocturnal so much of the time you don’t know you have them until the infestation grows in population.
2) Seeing Cockroach Droppings.
3) Their egg cases
4) Large infestation have a fouls smelling odour.
5) Notice damage to food products, which look like they have been eaten or walked over.
6) Cockroaches shed their skins during their lifecycle, this is another tell-tale sign.

Please see photo below - our example of Oriental Cockroaches trapped with egg cases and their droppings

Cockroach Facts

1) There are 3 types of common cockroaches found in the UK, the 2 most common are the German Cockroach and Oriental Cockroach much less common is the American Cockroach.
2) Cockroaches are easy to recognise with their long antennae, flat oval shaped bodies and fast walking as they scurry around searching for their food and water source.
3) The German Cockroach is 10-15mm in length, yellow brown colour, whereas the oriental cockroach is darker shiny brown – black colour much larger in length 20 -24 mm.
4) Cockroaches will eat anything including faeces, waste and even themselves, their cannibalistic character is a way they regulate their populations.
5) They can survive for a couple of months without food but need water source every couple of days that why they are extremely common around sinks and kitchen cupboards.
6) A cockroach will live for approximately 200 days in this time when mated the female gestation period is about 4-5 weeks and an oriental cockroach is 8-9 weeks, when their ready to hatch a german cockroach will breed 30 young nymphs and an oriental 16 -18 in number.
7) The young nymphs go through 5- 6 stages until they reach maturity as a fully grown adult.

Here you can see a cockroach carrying its oothecal (egg case) with approximately 30 young nymphs inside – that’s why you never tread on or squash a female cockroach as you will release another 30 cockroaches.