Homeowners bring out insecticide and traps when cockroaches make themselves known, but it would be a lot more efficient to waterproof the crawl space or basement. A wet crawl space or basement in your Savannah home promotes insect infestation, since it is the most ideal part of the house for them to be in. If your crawl space or basement is wet, humid, and moldy, then you’re probably not spending all that much time in there. Since it’s an undisturbed area where there’s plenty of water for cockroaches to stay hydrated, it’s the most likely place for cockroaches to build their nests.
Cockroaches in your crawl space or basement are a major health hazard, even if you don’t see them. Due to the stack effect, half of the air that you breathe in your home comes from the crawl space or basement. The smell of cockroaches infiltrates the upper portions of your home, which can trigger allergies and create an unpleasant environment. You can spray your home all you like, but you won’t be able to get rid of your cockroach infestation without removing their nest entirely. Given how prolific and adaptive they are, you need to prevent them from entering the space in the first place instead of trying to fight them head on.
Cockroaches can go a long time without any food, but they die quickly if they don’t have any water. Waterproofing your crawl space or basement keeps your home free of any moisture the cockroaches can use to survive. Waterproofing also means closing off any entryways the cockroaches can use to enter the space. A cockroach infestation is much harder to control in a crawl space or basement than in a kitchen, so you’ll be saving a lot of time by eliminating an entire area of the house that you have to spray. All in all, it’s better to go on the defensive with cockroaches, and the most long-term solution for that kind of approach is waterproofing.