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Originally Posted by davem4616
Okay you live in Florida...there's gonna be bugs.
We have had a pest control service since moving into TV and have never had a cockroach or any bugs inside the house in the five years we've been here
Last week I got up during the night, turned on the bathroom light and noticed one in the bath tub...I squashed the bugger and flushed it down the toilet (and was thankful that it was me and not my wife or guests that saw it)...the next day I called our pest control company, they came right over and placed some traps around inside the house and sprayed the outside of the house and yard
When I mentioned the roach to a first cousin that lives a half mile away one village over he said that he had found one in the tub recently too...
Last night I found another roach in the tub and it quickly ducked down the drain...it was still dark when I got up to put out the trash this morning so, decided to check the tub....there it was...flushed that one down the toilet too
I had suspected that they may be coming up through the drain pipe as it seemed odd that both times they were seen in the tub
I just googled 'can roaches enter a house through drain pipes?'
here's what came back....
"Cockroaches are crafty enough to crawl in and out through drains and pipes; this is especially a problem in apartment buildings, where drain pipes are used as highways between apartments. ... Above all, keep all drains squeaky clean!
What do you pour down the drain to get rid of cockroaches?
Pour a mixture of white vinegar & baking soda in the drain to kill roaches. A great alternative to bleach is a mixture of vinegar and baking soda. Mix equal amounts of baking soda and white vinegar in a cup."
So, now I have one more item on my 'things to do list'
I'm wondering if there's an infestation of roaches in the village sewer lines?
Coming from the north and never being a city dweller, roaches were never a concern...it was carpenter ants and yellow jackets we had to control
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We bought our house in The Villages a little over a year ago now--noticed three cockroaches in the garage and a couple in the house right off the bat. We called Florida Pest Control and a sales rep. showed up the next day. We bought a full-service contract including bug protection among other things. The guy showed up the next day and proceeded to bug-proof the house, lanai, yard--everything. No roaches or any other kind of bug since then, with the exception of three roaches in the days immediately following. Two were dead, one nearly so; all in the garage.
About a month or so while trimming my hedge I noticed some wasps flying in and out of the hedge at about knee-level. Not sure what I was dealing with, so I called Florida Pest Control. Turned out my contract did cover getting rid of the wasps, which had I not had the contract was a $150 service. Our tech. showed up in about three hours after the call, and proceeded to rid the hedge of the nest and the wasps. For good measure she also checked all of the other shrubs and trees. All clear.
Can't say enough good things about those people.