You can get rid of roaches in one of two ways. The first is to kill them by poisoning them. The second if to trap them live. Both methods work, and can be done by yourself or by a professional. We’ll look at all the options here.

If you’re looking to trap your roaches, you’ll need some sort of sticky trap. You can either buy these at the store or make some yourself by rubbing petroleum jelly on the inside of a jar, or onto a board. If you’re using the board option (most store bought traps work this way) you’ll want to base them in cool, dark edges and corners. Think inside of cabinets. This is also a great way of seeing if you have roaches in the first place.

If you decide to go the poison route, you have several different methods to choose from. There are the typical roach motels, roach sprays, and other options. The best of these common ones is the roach motel style bait trap. This spreads the poison to all roaches in your house, and can be quite effective.

Of all the “do it yourself” options, boric acid is almost certainly the best. Boric acid comes in a powder form. You can spread this powder along baseboards and corners. This substance will stick to roaches and kill them. This is probably the most effective method of do it yourself roach control.

Of course, if all this sounds like a pain (and it is), you might want to simply call up a professional. Professional exterminators will use many of these same types of techniques, but with more expertise in the placement of the poisons. They also have some heavy duty substances they can use as a last resort.

As you can see, there are many different ways of getting rid of roaches. None of these are easy, of course, but give them a try and you could be roach free one day.

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