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Thread Number: 14873
Please recommend me a vacuum for cockroaches |
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| Post# 157814 , Reply# 2 11/2/2011 at 18:41 (4,551 days old) by sarasvacshack () | ||
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Ummm I dont think they make vacuums that small? Just kidding!!! lol CLICK HERE TO GO TO sarasvacshack's LINK | ||
| Post# 157820 , Reply# 3 11/2/2011 at 19:19 (4,551 days old) by vac_whisperer () | ||
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Shop vac definitely. Big hose, cheap, tough, and powerful. NO! No Filter Queen. I wouldnt want to take the risk of ruining it. Lloyd, I thought the same thing when I saw the topic lol | ||
| Post# 157836 , Reply# 4 11/2/2011 at 22:24 (4,551 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
Here's a suggestion that will actually work:
Take the HEPA filter off of your Eur. MM. This will increase the airflow. Use it to suck the bugs up, throw the bag away in a garbage can prior to storing the vacuum. There will be no need to steam, disinfect, lysol or even put the vacuum cleaner in an autoclave. Really vacuuming up roaches is no more dangerous that vacuuming up normal household dust, chemicals, and other things in the carpet. | ||
| Post# 157847 , Reply# 6 11/2/2011 at 22:37 (4,551 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 157881 , Reply# 10 11/3/2011 at 06:37 (4,551 days old) by KirbyLover (Louisville Kentucky ) | ||
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Shop vac, perhaps with a cheap paper bag, toss the bag out after and then you can clean the inside of the vac again and it won't be so disgusting. I just have a hard time believing that they would find their way out of the vacuum but then again I know nothing about cockroaches. | ||
| Post# 157888 , Reply# 11 11/3/2011 at 07:56 (4,551 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Please recommend me a vacuum for cockroaches Well I don't think Cockroaches use vacuums as their little arms are too short. (giggle) I am in agreement, if you must suck up the little buggers, use a Shop-Vac. YUCK, now my skin is crawling. | ||
| Post# 157897 , Reply# 12 11/3/2011 at 11:35 (4,551 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
 Be sure if you use the Shop-Vac to use a bag or if you go the water/bleach way toss the filter. Rocheseggs can live in the smallest crevice even if a pregnant roach is killed her eggs can surviveoutside the body for I forget how long lol. But long enough to hatch if they are almost cooked. I used to deal with cockroaches when i worked in fast food. Especallly when I worked at the food court in the mall. Yoy wouldnt belive the amount of roaches that would appear after the lights went out at closing. It was like joes apartment. I worked at D--kin Donuts and they loved the coffee. I seen one come up on my counter and litteraly suck down a spot of coffee i spilled. Anyway pest control also said never step on a roach because if its pregnant the eggs will actually stick to the design in your shoe and possibly come home with you and hatch. =( gross. | ||
| Post# 157901 , Reply# 13 11/3/2011 at 11:54 (4,551 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 157908 , Reply# 15 11/3/2011 at 13:09 (4,551 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Wellll
I personally would get a cheap upright with the direct fan system in it. So once they have gone up it they won't be coming out the bag again as going through the fan will kill them.
Then just bin the paper bag after. If they are left alive in the bag by using a clean air system they could escape out of the trash can and back to your home if your not careful. And if you get a old vac your not bothered about you can get rid of it once they have all gone from your home. James:o) | ||
| Post# 157910 , Reply# 17 11/3/2011 at 13:52 (4,551 days old) by ralph123 (Little Rock, AR) | ||
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hyla is fine why not just use your Hyla? The roaches will drown in the water, and it won't hurt anything. You can always flush away the water when you're done. | ||
| Post# 157941 , Reply# 20 11/3/2011 at 21:13 (4,550 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
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Post# 157980 , Reply# 22 11/4/2011 at 08:58 (4,550 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Sorry, But I HAVE to............ | ||
| Post# 158044 , Reply# 23 11/4/2011 at 21:05 (4,549 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Electrolux traps roaches in bag; just put tape on opening after removing it from cleaner. Rainbow drowns the roaches | ||
| Post# 158068 , Reply# 24 11/4/2011 at 23:38 (4,549 days old) by classicfan1 (Ohio, USA) | ||
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Rainbow I do agree, either a shop vac or a Rainbow. I would either flush the water down the toilet or have the bag cremated! | ||
| Post# 158097 , Reply# 26 11/5/2011 at 09:25 (4,549 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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Use your Hyla with PAM and hot tap water
I'm going to have to chime in again here. NEVER trust things you see on the internet.....
You should never ever ever under any circumstance spray PAM or anything inside of your basin on a vacuum cleaner. Keep in mind, most of the advice on here is coming from people who have never worked in a vacuum cleaner store on a daily basis. It grates my nerves when people with absolutely no experience give "expert" advice. Spraying PAM in your basin will ruin the plastic, and cause damage to the separator and motor. The separator is designed to separate water and dust/dirt. NOT an oil based cooking spray. You can cause major damage to your machine. Don't worry about disinfecting the hose, just suck up the things with whatever you can use to suck them up. Dirt and debris traveling through the hose is a lot more dangerous than a cockroach. Or you can make it easier on yourself, bomb the house, and then suck up the carcasses. It's not that gross of a thing, its not that difficult to figure out.... | ||
| Post# 158100 , Reply# 27 11/5/2011 at 10:43 (4,549 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
roach infestation
YES!!! I live in Florida where we have huge cockroaches(it may be the state bird). Need I say more? We Floridians have to be experts or get taken over with pests. What has worked best for me are the roach bait feeders, where the roaches enter, eat the special food and take it back to the nest. This eventually will wipes out the entire colony but may take a few weeks until they are all gone. Some bait feeders are good for one year. Hope this helps - I hate those things!
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| Post# 158101 , Reply# 28 11/5/2011 at 11:16 (4,549 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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In Cape town were I stay we mainly get the flying ones that irritate but do not infest, In Jo burg however you get the crawling ones , They call them park- town prawns, they are huge. In Cape Town CITY CENTRE however you do get big rats. a few years back I hit one with my car and it tore the air diffuser off. It was great fun telling the insurance that I hit a rat not a dog.
As for the roaches like I said earlier , suck them up with a shop vac with a bag in it, Kill them first though. | ||
| Post# 158136 , Reply# 29 11/5/2011 at 18:01 (4,548 days old) by whirlpolf () | ||
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sometimes chemicals won't work... ... CLICK HERE TO GO TO whirlpolf's LINK | ||
| Post# 158171 , Reply# 31 11/5/2011 at 23:35 (4,548 days old) by thissucks () | ||
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i mean clean air in the first sentence of my post (i know im not a paying member but no ability to edit? someone was asleep at the wheel with that idea.) | ||
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