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Hi, I’m Christopher Sablich, Service Center Manager from the Ehrlich office in Binghamton, New York. I’ve been providing pest control services for our customers for 21 years. Recently, I was asked the question: Do those cockroach bombs that you can buy in the store work? My answer is that those aerosol foggers you buy in the store are tools.
So, will they kill roaches? Yeah, but they’re not going to kill all the roaches. They’re not a fumigant. The difference between an aerosol fogger and a fumigant is a fumigant is a gas, which gets into every crack and crevice and fills the entire area. The fogger is a particle, which is a pesticide that goes all over everything.
Now, the only insects that will die are the ones that are out in the open. My recommendation is to clean the area as best you can, have Ehrlich do an inspection, and then we can do a multi-phase process in order to get rid of the insects.
Do store-bought cockroach bombs really work? While aerosol foggers can kill roaches out in the open, they rarely reach all the areas that roaches may be hiding. Ehrlich technician Christopher Sablich explains more about the effectiveness of this for long-term pest control.
For long-term elimination, clean the area as thoroughly as possible, then contact Ehrlich for a comprehensive, multi-phase treatment plan.