Home and Garden Decorations

Cockroaches are high-risk pests in the house.

They carry a variety of serious diseases such as salmonella, dysentery, gastroenteritis and fever tyhoid. Cockroach droppings can also cause eczema and asthma.

In addition to health risks, cockroaches are disgusting pests as well. Not just from its looks, but cockroaches also produce bad smell that will contaminate food and other goods.

Cockroaches breed fast and powerful animal. Immediate measures are needed to make sure cockroaches do not roam in your home.

There are three common species of cockroach found in homes:

1. German cockroaches are about 12-15mm in length. Brown with 2 dark strips. Wings along the body or slightly overlapping in males and females and they prefer to run or climb.
2. Striped brown cockroaches that are 10-15mm. Yellow-brown. Males and females have wings, but wings of the male is longer. Can fly at high temperatures but more often ran.
3. American cockroach 20-30mm in length. Also known as Palmetto bugs. American cockroaches are reddish brown and pale yellow area around their promotum. Found in a dark place with high humidity

All three of these species tend to be found in large quantities or where food is stored in the kitchen.

Signs of Problems With Cockroaches :

1. Seeing cockroaches live – cockroaches are nocturnal animals (active at night) and hide all day. You will see cockroaches when you turn the kitchen light at night.
2. Pieces of the eggs and pieces of leather – As an adult, cockroach sheds its skin about 5-8 times.
3. Dirt – cockroaches leave black droppings less than 1mm width and different lengths.
4. Smell – the presence of cockroaches produce a very unpleasant odor.
5. Damage – Cockroaches will undermine organic goods including leather and books.

How to rid Cockroaches

Closing the entrance will help to keep the cockroaches come into the house, the main risks are gaps under doors and around pipes associated with the outside area or neighboring property

Also close the gaps where cockroaches can rest – cockroaches are nocturnal animals (active at night) and hide during the day. Cockroaches usually hide in cracks along the window, wall or outlet.

The most effective way to control cockroaches is to keep them away from water and food:

1. Store food in food or cover with plastic bags.
2. Clean up spilled food and drink immediately.
3. Clean food utensils immediately.
4. No food animals, no pet drinking place to stay overnight
5. Do not allow stagnant water in washing dishes or buckets overnight

Electromagnetic or ultrasonic repellents are usually not able to repel cockroaches.

If the pest cockroaches in your home have been very severe, it is highly recommended you to call the company that provide  pest control services.

Usually they will help you to quickly solve pest problems in your home, not only cockroaches but also other pests. Besides look for company that can assist you in planning for periodic pest control costs and of course you have to get a cheap price offers pest control associated with the offer.

No one wanted his house flooded. Though still the dry season, we’d better get ready to face the rainy season. How do the trick? Factors such as rainy weather in Indonesia is not anything special. Given Indonesia is a tropical country which has high rainfall levels. What else in the area of big cities like Jakarta, which split thirteen rivers, especially the potential experienced flooding. So, what if you live in big cities like Jakarta, which is feared would flood every year? Aspects of the early planning of a building’s important role. Planning has to be conducted when they want to build a house.

Try not to build houses in flood prone areas. Therefore, you must identify the ecological system around your residential area. Design a building foundation that is located higher, at least 40 to 50 cm above the street front of your home.

Height of the house was easy to distinguish if your home is still in its early stages of development. However, what would happen if the house was designed without any preparation for flooding.

Raise the height of the floor so the final solution, but the calculated distance of the ceiling. Try not to get too close to the head of adult males. Raised interior floor has different consequences entrance height so that inevitably you have to make small steps. Or it could also elevate the house starting from the front area of the fence. However, this alternative is more costly due to the additional height is comprehensive. In other words, the garden landscape will change completely.

Another way is much easier and efficient, which is making its blockade on the terrace. This should be a last resort or for the prevention of emergency (temporary) alone. Because tricks like this have less aesthetic value, the beauty of the facade will be reduced and look strange.

The next trick is more aesthetic, namely by making ornamental pond in front garden. However, this one trick that can only cope with minor flooding. Try to make the pond deeper and more spacious so it can accommodate the overflow of water. The risks, you should bother moving your ornamental fish when floods come.

However, what may be created if the flooding had become unwanted guests in your home. Therefore, the houses were built as high as anything, it still floods will disrupt your convenience. Willy-nilly, you must mengakalinya with interior design and furniture selection which can “work together” with you in order to remain prepared for the rainy season and flooding.

There are some simple steps you can do. Simple solution is to make recharge wells in the area of the house or around your neighborhood.

Another way you can do is to plant crops other than grass. So in designing a home, you should leave the green land for water catchment. One of the plants is very important when the rainy season is the bamboo plant. Bamboo tree can absorb water in large quantities so it can function as a buffer (anchoring). Just imagine, a bamboo rod with a diameter of about three millimeters can grow three feet in the next 24 hours, but the bamboo grown.

If your house is already flooded and there are parts of a damaged house, you do not hesitate to consult with contractors. Besides, you still have to consult with contractors associated with the renovation would be done.

Compared to the work itself is time consuming and costs more, the contractor would know more about the technical aspects and details.