How to get rid of German roaches once and for all?
German roach infestations rapidly multiply in kitchens and often survive standard initial spraying, leaving lingering nymphs and medium-sized bugs behind. This persistent survival makes it difficult to completely eradicate them, causing ongoing frustration even after prolonged professional pest control treatments.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Spraying Raid everywhere to kill adult roaches
- 2Finding and targeting where they have been hiding
- 3Hiring professional exterminators
- 4Waiting out long-term treatments
- 5Trashing appliances and electronics instead of moving them
- 6packaging away food in plastic containers
- 7stopping cooking for a while
- 8setting up sticky traps in sink cabinets
- 9putting all dirty dishes in the fridge
- 10sanitizing the area with vinegar, dish soap, and water
- 11Using professional-grade pest control equipment following the label
- 12Doing a room-by-room deep clean starting with laundry, dishes, decluttering, dusting, cleaning surfaces, and floors.
- 13Using basic cleaning products like Dawn dish soap, all-purpose cleaner, and disinfectant instead of expensive specialized supplies.
- 14Using Advion bait and sticky traps
- 15Doing deep cleaning
- 16Looking for holes and plugging them up with caulking, silicon, and polychloroprene seal
- 17Using diatomaceous earth
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Bought this because they’ve become immune to everything else. The infestation is so bad and it’s embarrassing to have friends over.”source ↗
“i think infestation just start or low infestation, since i often see 1-2 cockroach every night sometimes i see opened egg and droppings. Thats whyi need to get rid of it ASAP since cockroach infestation worst than mice infestation i encounter....”source ↗
“sadly in my country getting that only for middle to upper class, getting examinators quiete expensive and wouldn't mind spend single penny there unless its very very cheapp”source ↗
“As a middle poor family, iam dealing with these bs cockroach what do i do?”source ↗
“we couldn't afford pest control easily and iam man of the house now, i am only the one who can eliminate and fix these by only myself. What do i do?”source ↗
“i often see cockroach every night since rainy days starts many these annoying cockroach appearing out my sight also many pests appearing in my house too.”source ↗
“I can do pesticides spray but i think it's not enough since they hide in narrow space...”source ↗
“I dont know how or why these German roaches are in my kitchen but its a lot of them and felt like they just started really multiplying the last week or so. I need them out as im getting grossed out now and would love to hear some solutions.”source ↗
“Is there anything I can do to kill them all once and for all?”source ↗
“I’m so so SO scared of taking them with us.”source ↗
“How do I move? Do I take the fridge , washer and dryer, kitchen electronics, tv’s??? I’ve read they can live in all of these, do I need to trash it all????”source ↗
“I f*cked up - saw a live cockroach the size of half my finger (2 inches) and failed to kill it.”source ↗
“Then discovered this dead bug floating in the sink. Checked our sticky traps and found the following.”source ↗
“Just missed it and it got away after crawling under the microwave.”source ↗
“been hiring orkin for almost 2 years, still could found silverfish indoor…..I’m so sick of it now..”source ↗
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