How to deal with cockroaches in a hostel

There are a huge number of ways to get rid of cockroaches in a hostel, fighting methods that allow you to get rid of a whole population of insects in 1 - 2 months. The main snag in relation to this problem is the residents themselves. In the hostel it is not always possible to achieve coordinated actions, and therefore the fight against the Prussians lasts for years.

The reasons for the residence of cockroaches in the hostel

The reasons for the long-term settlement of insects in hostels are commonplace:

• Dormitories are old buildings, inside which are full of dark, secluded places, cracks in the wall, floor.
• In most cases low-income families and students live in rooms. Not everyone maintains perfect order, cleanliness in the rooms, so cockroaches always find their food in the form of crumbs on the table, leftover food.
• The shared kitchen is cleaned once a week. Dirty stove, trash bin, trash cans - basic food sources for cockroaches in dorm.
• For prusakov water is extremely important. Without access to liquid, insects die from dehydration within 9 days. In the hostel there are always dripping taps, leaking cisterns for toilets, a wet bathtub or shower.

Important!

To get rid of cockroaches forever, it is necessary to conduct high-quality disinsection throughout the building, change the attitude of each resident to order, cleanliness, make repairs, repair taps, pipelines. Otherwise, the residents of the hostel are doomed to a long life together with the red-haired Prussians.

Cockroach Dormitory

Many "specialists", to get rid of insects, are advised to write a statement to the SES on pest control. In practice, it is very difficult to achieve the arrival and appropriate actions of employees of the sanitary-epidemiological service. The hostels are teeming with cockroaches; nobody cares for them, except for the inhabitants of the building themselves. You need to rely on your own strength, act together, immediately.

Fighting the Prussians in the room

Community cockroaches live only where there is access to food, water. In the rooms in most cases there are no taps, washbasins, trash bins, so it’s simple enough to keep clean, do not leave crumbs on the table, under the table, wash dishes in a timely manner. Under such conditions, the room will become uninteresting for cockroaches, they will not appear in it.

To prevent infection of the premises, the destruction of parasites, use traps and gel lures. They are safe for humans, retain properties from 2 to 6 months. The main component is an insecticidal substance that causes paralysis, death in cockroaches. Flavors attract insects, and eat poison with great pleasure due to the presence of a food supplement. Traps can be attached with adhesive tape in a horizontal, vertical position anywhere. The gel is applied to skirting boards, cabinets where food supplies, dishes are stored.

Proven traps:

• Combat,
• Raptor,
• Foresight
• Dohlox.

Effective cockroach gels:

• Dohlox;
• Clean house;
• Exil (former Globol);
• Raptor;
• destructive force;
• Brownie Proshka;
• Taiga.

You can take cockroaches out of the room sprays. Drugs have an instant effect. Insects receive a dose of poison upon contact with the treated surface. The maximum effect lasts 2-4 hours, then the properties decrease. You can stay in the room after thorough ventilation, wet cleaning with the addition of soap, baking soda. At the baseboards, behind the furniture, an aerosol is left for further exposure. The poison is completely neutralized after 2 weeks. You can get rid of pests in 2-3 treatments.

Most often, the following sprays and aerosols are used:

• Clean house;
• Baron.

Aerosols:

• Clean house;
• Kombat;
• Raptor:
• Raid;
• Dichlorvos.

Fighting the Prussians in the hallway, in the kitchen

Fighting cockroaches in the kitchen is the hardest. They live there breed, hide ooteku in secluded places. It takes an integrated approach, patience, effort, financial spending on effective drugs.

Procedure:

• clean the kitchen;
• hide food, dishes;
• carry out thorough disinsection with a solution of concentrated emulsion;
• leave the kitchen closed for at least 4 hours, ventilate;
• wash only where the hands touch, in the rest leave the poison to act;
• after 14 days, re-processing is carried out;
• if at the end of the month there is at least one cockroach, they will process the common kitchen for the third time.

After successful breeding of cockroaches, the main task is to prevent re-infection. Maintain cleanliness in the room, take out garbage in a timely manner, wash the stove, wipe the table. Faucets should be repaired, sinks should be wiped dry, and condensation should not be allowed on the walls. If these requirements are not observed, cockroaches in the hostel will quickly start again, and it will become impossible to completely get rid of them.

On a note!

The action of professional drugs lasts 14-30 days. It is recommended to buy a new generation of microencapsulated products. They are safe for the environment, since the insecticide does not release into the air. They do not contain a pungent odor, last longer. New generation drugs - Executioner, Get, Tetrix. After disinsection, additional gel baits and traps are laid out. They are updated every 2 months. The best drugs are Global, Trap, Raptor, Raid, Clean House. You can get rid of insects with the combined use of several forms of insecticides.

Cockroach control in other rooms of the hostel

At home, it is enough to poison the Prussians in crowded places. In the hostel, to get rid of pests, you have to poison everywhere. The methods of struggle in the toilet, corridor, utility rooms do not differ from the destruction of the Prussians in the kitchen. Careful disinfection with a professional product is required, maintaining cleanliness in the future. Be sure to repair the tanks, taps, pipelines. Dry wash the sinks, showers, lay out the bait.

Important!

In order to completely get rid of cockroaches in a hostel, it is necessary to conduct a full disinsection in the entire building. If the residents of each room will poison by different means, there is a risk of adaptation of insects to poison. You need to buy one powerful drug at all.

Prevention methods

In order not to start the Prussians in the hostel, it is necessary to maintain cleanliness in the rooms, in the kitchen, in the corridors, use special preventive agents - gel, trap, dust. The risk of infection remains, since you can bring a cockroach into the house with products from an infected store, household appliances, and a parcel. If there is no order in the hostel, the Prussians will start up again, they will not be able to get rid of them for good.