Drain cockroaches that come up in the summer heat and the small kitchen cockroaches that live indoors — two different problems, two different treatments.
In a Maltese summer most people meet cockroaches the same way: a large one on the balcony, the stairs or the bathroom floor at night. Those are drain cockroaches. They live in sewers and drains and come up through gullies, shafts and the gaps around pipes when the heat drives them out. The other kind is smaller, lives indoors — in kitchens, behind the fridge, in warm cupboards and electrical appliances — and breeds there all year.
They need different treatments, which is why the inspection comes first. Indoors, gel baits and targeted treatment in the cracks where they hide work far better than spraying the room. Outdoors, the drains, gullies and the building's perimeter are treated, and the ways in — open gullies, gaps around pipes, broken drain covers — are sealed.
A shop spray scatters cockroaches into the walls and the next flat, and makes the professional treatment harder. Book the inspection first. The treatment is done by certified technicians from a vetted pest-control company we choose for the job, and you deal with us throughout.
Drain cockroaches follow warmth and water. In the summer months they come up through the drainage system, and an open floor gully, a dry trap in a spare bathroom or a gap around a waste pipe is a way into the home. Running water into rarely used drains, keeping gully covers on and sealing gaps around pipes does more than any spray.
Small cockroaches indoors mean a breeding population, and in a food business they are a hygiene failure: EU food hygiene law, which applies directly in Malta, requires food businesses to have adequate procedures to control pests (Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Annex II). For restaurants, cafés and hotels see commercial pest control.
Cockroach treatment is priced after an inspection: the kind, how far they have spread and the number of visits decide it. The price is agreed, including VAT, before treatment starts.
| Job | Unit | Band | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cockroach treatment | property | quoted on site | gel baits, drain and perimeter treatment, proofing; follow-up where needed |
The pest, the size of the property, how far it has spread and the number of visits decide the price. You get it in writing, VAT included, before treatment starts.
Rats in the kitchen, cockroaches before guests arrive, bed bugs found by a guest, a wasp nest by the door. Fill this in and it reaches us marked urgent. Urgent requests are called back from 07:00, or the same day in working hours. We tell you when a technician can come and what it costs — before anyone sets off.
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The price is given when we ring you back, after a few questions — before anyone sets off.
You deal with us. We arrange the inspection, choose a vetted professional pest-control company for the job — a CheckYourTraders member where there is one — and stay your point of contact through the treatment and the follow-up.
Drain cockroaches that come up in the summer heat and the small kitchen cockroaches that live indoors — two different problems, two different treatments.
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