Pest Management Professional, September 2011
cockroaches High Rise Roaches Street smarts namely his bait gel on a rope innovation help Joe Silvestrini eradicate a 30 story cockroach infestation C reativity counts when youre working in commercial pest services says Joe Silvestrini owner and president of Norristown Pa based Pest Control Technicians Inc which serves commercial properties in Philadelphia To Silvestrini the fun part of his job is finding solutions to the challenges his company faces while working in an uncontrollable urban environment Silvestrinis most recent innovation Bait gel on a rope When Silvestrini was called in to the penthouse of an exclusive high rise condominium to solve an ongoing infestation of American cockroaches he had to get creative This wasnt a basement or a ground floor we were 30 stories up Silvestrini explained I could kill the roaches sure but first we needed to figure out how they were getting up there After a thorough search of the building Silvestrini determined the roaches were entering through a drain pipe and then infesting the vent lines Knowing the infestation would continue if he didnt stop the entry point he had to provide a solution that could work in the humid 30 story environment Using a combination of surveyors line and washers Silvestrini placed Bayers Maxforce FC Select Roach Killer Bait Gel every 10 feet through the pipe and left it for two weeks After the first treatment all of the bait had been consumed and complaints of roach sightings had stopped The bait did and continues to do a great job says Silvestrini I will continue to use this bait gel because it gives us the results we want While complaints of roaches in the building had stopped Silvestrini wanted to conduct a second application as this was such an unusual situation Pulling up the line his team applied another round of baiting After two weeks about 75 percent of the bait had been consumed indicating they had wiped out the small population of roaches still in the building Feeling confident he had solved the problem and proud of his teams work Silvestrini soon right Silvestrini uses a surveyors line and washer to apply Bayers Maxforce FC Select Roach Killer Bait Gel Continued on page 78 76 September 2011 Pest Management Professional mypmp net
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