Cockroaches — best elimination approach?

[Spitfire58]

Nice one waggy, I have similar memories. I used to work in a hospital kitchen in my youth. We had to get the bug busters in every few months. The morning after they sprayed we literally had to sweep up the roaches with brushes & use dust pans & black bags to remove them all. When the first person went in they had to walk to the opposite side of the room in almost darkness to the light switch, all you could hear was popping & crunching as you walked across the floor. It was literally twitching with half dead roaches. Little wonder the odd one or two doesn’t bother me now 

[scewe]

Hell and thank you for adding me.
Great tips 
Without wanting to appear presumptuous I do have a few more.
We don’t have too much of a problem but I mop every day with Fregasuelos Insectisidas from Mercadona. A bit anal but it cuts down on all unwanted visitors including flies. Hate flies.
The traps, again from Mercadona ‘ Trampas Matacucarachas’ I mainly use if we are not here. They don’t  exactly attract them but if they are about, they’ll pop in and take the poison back to the nest. Deddo.
Another really good tip is to put all your bathroom and kitchen plugs IN. It’s their main access to your home carrying all their crap with them. A MUST if you are away.
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[scewe]

Hell! ?????
Hello obviously!

[Spitfire58]

Hell! ?????
Hello obviously!

[waggy]

Hell and thank you for adding me.
Great tips 
Without wanting to appear presumptuous I do have a few more.
We don’t have too much of a problem but I mop every day with Fregasuelos Insectisidas from Mercadona. A bit anal but it cuts down on all unwanted visitors including flies. Hate flies.
The traps, again from Mercadona ‘ Trampas Matacucarachas’ I mainly use if we are not here. They don’t  exactly attract them but if they are about, they’ll pop in and take the poison back to the nest. Deddo.
Another really good tip is to put all your bathroom and kitchen plugs IN. It’s their main access to your home carrying all their crap with them. A MUST if you are away.
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I rather think you meant "....ly retentive", n'est pas?

[Ducks]

Found three cockroaches yesterday, possibly due to not being here in the past 8 months. Just came back from Spar where we acquired some ammunition. 💪🙂👍

Good luck, Sam! We were very fortunate this time and did not have any big ones. We cut down on entry points by sealing almost everywhere and did both a heavy-solution mopping and a big entry-point spray before we left. Found a couple of small ones around a doorframe that had some cracks between it and the masonry (now filled), but that was all. It really is an ongoing battle, though...! 

I will say I think there are fewer about this year than ever before. Hardly see them on the street compared to previous years. I suspect because most of the hotels are shut? I imagine they are hurting for food and dying off and not breeding in such prodigious numbers as usual.

[Johnrgby]

Found three cockroaches yesterday, possibly due to not being here in the past 8 months. Just came back from Spar where we acquired some ammunition. 💪🙂👍

Good luck, Sam! We were very fortunate this time and did not have any big ones. We cut down on entry points by sealing almost everywhere and did both a heavy-solution mopping and a big entry-point spray before we left. Found a couple of small ones around a doorframe that had some cracks between it and the masonry (now filled), but that was all. It really is an ongoing battle, though...! 

I will say I think there are fewer about this year than ever before. Hardly see them on the street compared to previous years. I suspect because most of the hotels are shut? I imagine they are hurting for food and dying off and not breeding in such prodigious numbers as usual.

All good products Sam, but Lidl do a spray called Bloc Magic { they do 2/3 varieties the one with a black cap is the best } which is far superior to Zum, fortunately, we never see them indoors these days when we bought the place they were an issue, but a neighbour told us about a plugin called Vermatics, only available from Amazon UK, and they will not post them here, we had family bring a couple over, they work suberbly we have not seen one indoors in 5 years.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

I have a Vermatics plugin - it's yet another thing that sends my dog loopy, even with the pet friendly option enabled!   (Along with Alexa, the smoke alarm, the electric tripping/power cuts, fireworks, thunder ......) 

[Can the Man]

I will say I think there are fewer about this year than ever before. Hardly see them on the street compared to previous years. I suspect because most of the hotels are shut? I imagine they are hurting for food and dying off and not breeding in such prodigious numbers as usual.

I think you might have a valid point there Ducks

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

I will say I think there are fewer about this year than ever before. Hardly see them on the street compared to previous years. I suspect because most of the hotels are shut? I imagine they are hurting for food and dying off and not breeding in such prodigious numbers as usual.

I think you might have a valid point there Ducks

These points make me shudder at the thought of staying in a hotel ......... anywhere!