Cockroaches are the most common call we get across Broadmeadows, and most of them are German cockroaches: the small brown ones that live inside, breed fast and show up behind the fridge, inside the dishwasher door, in the microwave hinge and along the kickboards. They move between units through shared walls and plumbing, and they arrive with second-hand appliances and delivery boxes. The big Australian and American cockroaches are a different problem, coming in from drains, the subfloor and garden beds when it is hot or wet.
Inside we use gel bait placed exactly where the roaches hide, which they eat and carry back to the rest of the colony. We also treat the voids, hinges and motor cavities where egg cases sit, because a job that misses the eggs is a job you are repeating in six weeks. For the outdoor species we treat drains, subfloor vents and the base of the house. In a unit block we tell you if the neighbouring units need doing too, because a single unit treated on its own in a cockroach-heavy block does not stay clear.