You might be surprised to find a few roaches or two in your home despite constant cleaning, sanitising, and decluttering. What gives? Shouldn’t these pesky pests be turned off by a clean home's sight (and smell)? Here are compelling reasons they could be dwelling in your house and why you need cockroach pest control, pronto!

Your Home Contains a Lot of Moisture

Roaches need moisture to survive. Thus, they’re likely to seek out damp areas in your house. One of their favourite water sources is a leaky pipe or a faucet. They also love to hide under refrigerators and air conditioning units, which collect condensation. They will even drink from your pets’ water bowls when you leave them out overnight. Roaches love dark, undisturbed spaces, often found in basements and inside cabinets. They may also crawl underneath large appliances. 

A yard may also become an unwitting hive for these pesky pests. Roaches will move in during the nighttime hours, and you can't even notice them until late in the morning when you go outside to get your paper. You can harbour as many roaches in your yard as you do in your home. 

• Any standing water will attract cockroaches in places like birdbaths, flower pots, and gutters.
• Compost piles are an excellent food source, and the woodpiles provide shelter. 
• Trash and recycling bins provide an excellent food source. 
• Leaf litter, dense vegetation, and mulch or pine straw provide ideal hiding places. 

Once these critters move in, they will sneak back into your house by hitching a ride into a scoopful of cat litter that someone forgot to clean up after dumping it outdoors, or they will hide in the shoes of people that toss their dirty shoes out into the yard.

Remember these places the next time you call cockroach pest control so they can do a full sweep of the area.

Your Home Contains These Food Sources

Roach infestations are challenging to get rid of—even if your kitchen is spotless. These pests will eat almost anything: cardboard, wallpaper paste, book bindings, grease, leather, soap, and even human hair. They can often be found hiding in stacks of cardboard in your attic and garage, books you’ve stored away for extended periods, and even behind pictures hanging on the walls due to the moisture these areas provide. 

Decluttering these places and keeping them bare is your best offence against these pesky critters, and hiring cockroach pest control to spray a solution that wards them off.

You Left Some Access Points Uncovered

Cockroaches come into your home searching for three things: food, shelter, and water. They have also developed the ability to get in through tiny cracks in the exterior walls, vents for the dryer, or even the gaps between walls and floors. 

While you may be able to cover up any holes or tears in the walls, roaches can still get into your home through small cracks in the outside walls. They also can use window screens that aren’t flush with the frame or have rips or tears and often hide in air conditioning units that don’t fit correctly. To prevent roach infestations, keep trash cans clean and make sure air conditioning units are secured firmly to avoid roaches from hiding inside.

Perform a thorough outside evaluation of your home to find any entry points and have cockroach pest control spray insecticide on them.

Better still, get those structural gaps resolved through a contractor.

Cockroach Pest Control Is Your Best Bet

Working hard at keeping your house clean only for roaches to begin showing up can be frustrating. If you see cockroaches or are just starting to notice a problem, don’t combat the infestation yourself. Always get professional help to keep these annoying insects out for good!

Get cockroach pest control in Sydney from Roach Busters today! We have over 25 years of experience eliminating termites, bed bugs, spiders, fleas, and cockroaches. We’ve extensive knowledge of Sydney and its surrounding areas, so call us for eco-friendly and effective pest control!