1.  Clean the home prior to the visit, and maintain the home as neatly as possible afterward for long-term results. This helps to eliminate competing food sources for insects. When the home is clean, the roaches will be more easily attracted to the bait rather than to other food sources.

  2.  Cover and store any open food. Remove all foods, and small items from countertops and cabinets. Clean and clear out kitchen and bathroom cabinets so the technician can bait inside them.

  3.  Mop/scrub kitchen and other hard floors and woodwork with cleaner. Thoroughly vacuum carpeted floors.

  4.  Vacuum up any visible roaches and eggs just before the service visit. The vacuum's crevice attachment will help to get into cracks. After vacuuming, take the vacuum cleaner outside, remove the vacuum bag, seal it, and discard in trash If you have a canister, dump it into an outside trash can. Take a damp cloth and wipe down the entire vacuum cleaner. If any cockroaches or eggs are seen after this is completed, re-vacuum or otherwise kill them.

  5.  Always keep garbage in closed containers and take out the garbage every night.

  6.  Remove items from the top of the refrigerator, stove, and any other large appliances that could not be stored. Just prior to service, if physically able, move these appliances away from the wall and clean behind and beneath them. If the stove has a removable bottom drawer that opens to the floor, you can simply pull this out and clean it and the floor beneath. It will then not be necessary to move the entire stove.

  7.  Be sure that the technician has free and full access to anywhere that cockroaches have been seen (and anywhere specified by the technician).

  8.  Discard all excess paper products and any other piles of trash, as these will provide harborage areas for roaches and other pests.

  9.  Homeowners should repair any water leaks immediately upon detection; apartment residents should report the leak to maintenance immediately upon detection.

  10.  After service, keep sanitation to as high a level as possible to allow all products to work as swiftly as possible. Do not touch cockroach gel or allow children or pets to get near it for the appropriate amount of time

Any questions before or after treatment please do not hesitate to contact us at: 815.936.8925 or customercare@rivervalleypest.com