Smoke odor may remain in clothing, upholstered furniture, carpets, and draperies unless they are properly deodorized before cleaning. Consult professional fire restorers or dry cleaners about using a counteractant, a chemical or additive that breaks up smoke molecules to eliminate odors.
Try these home remedies for killing roaches. Mix Sugar and Baking Soda. This method is cheap, simple, and cost effective. Stir together Â½ cup of sugar and Â½ cup baking soda. Place dabs of the mixture in strategic spots like behind or beneath appliances, in closets, or near wastebaskets. Roaches are attracted to the sugar, and ingest the mixture. The baking soda gives them gas and ultimately kills them.
Use store-bought cockroach bait. Cockroach bait is either housed in a childproof-case or applied as a gel and contains a slow-working poison mixed in with an attractive food (for cockroaches). The roaches eat the poison and bring it back to the nest, where it eventually kills all the other roaches.1  Place the bait in an area where you know cockroaches will encounter it, such as along baseboards, under the sink, and in corners.. Use an insecticide spray. Get some insecticide that is labeled for use against cockroaches and contains Cyfluthrin or another insecticide as the active ingredient. Spray wherever cockroaches may be hiding or entering the house, including along walls, in cracks, and in vents.