Cockroach Control Services in The North West

If you are unlucky enough to have found cockroaches in your home or workplace then you will want to act fast, rest assured that Pest Professionals in the North West can help. We can assist to provide you with instant advice and help with any cockroach issue in two very easy and practical steps:

The no obligation phone consultation service applies to both residential and business customers in the North West area. No coackroach extermination job is too big or too small for us to look at. Where relevant we have the ability to advise on any immediate action needed to safeguard your health, property or possessions prior to a visit. If a visit is required we let you know if there will be a call out fee and also advise on the most likely costs of any cockroach treatment should it be required.

Why Are Cockroaches a Big Problem?

When you understand how cockroaches operate, you quickly realise why you need to exterminate them straight away. Cockroaches foul their environment with faeces or castings and with regurgitated food, and they move indiscriminately from their filth to food and back again. They will eat anything from food particles, to paper and cardboard and even fabric. They taint materials with their distinctive ‘musky, oily’ smell and even the air in infested premises may contain particles of their excrement. The potential for the escalate of pathogens such as salmonella and other diseases is clear and it’s no surprise that their appearance causes great distress. We will not go further (although we could!) however the bottom line is that if you have cockroaches, you need to remove them and you need a professional pest controller to do the dirty work.

The most common (and perhaps most disgusting) cockroach in the UK is the Oriental Cockroach. Adults are about 20-30mm long and dark brown. During the day they spend their time in harbourages, grouped all together. They are normally on the ground floor only because they are weak climbers. Their activity climaxes in the hours of darkness– if you begin seeing them in the day the infestation may be severe. They often tend to prefer damp, dark places generally so are often discovered under fridges, in drains, near pipes and in sewers.

Signs Of Cockroaches

1. Lingering oily, musky odour
2. Small black or brown cylindrical droppings about 2mm long
3. Cockroach casts– take a note of where you find these
4. Observing them in daylight– usually a sign that the infestation is well established

Cockroach Control

Before any work to eliminate cockroaches is performed, it is vital to first determine the cockroach species. This will provide the pest controller with the biology, life cycle and typical habit information of the pest which will be instrumental in assisting prepare the required approach. The pest controller will then look to establish where they are coming from. If this is not possible, they may assist in planning the use of night-vision cameras in this process.

A mix of sticky traps, professional strength gel baits and non-chemical control methods is commonly advised, and monitoring should be put in place. If the infestation is well established, an integrated strategy drawn up by an experienced professional pest controller is vital.

If you need sound advice or rapid solutions to cockroaches issues anywhere in North West of England – speak to us.