Bugs infestation

Due to the breakdown of the main A/C unit for the 7 story condo building that I live in, the building is very humid. Many residents are now seeing the presence of silverfish. Would the prolonged humidity and heat be contributing to the silverfish infestation? We have been told bugs in our units is our responsibility. However, how effective is it to treat an individual unit when the silverfish are throughout the entire building? Shouldn’t the entire building be treated? Waterdown, ON

It would indeed be better to have the whole building (or at least all the units reporting an infestation) treated at the same time. Even if you succeed in clearing an infestation in your apartment, it likely might suffer a re-infestation shortly thereafter. You might try seeing how other tenants would feel about suggesting that the management initiate a contract with a reputable pest management concern – see the following commentary from a property manager in the USA:

“I have a 4 story enclosed building with 163 units. One infestation can quickly spread in such close quarters. We have pest control out the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. They treat any units who may have reported an issue as well as the common area hallways and community rooms. When I first came to this community we had a case of the dreaded BB (I can’t even say the words). Our pest company came in and treated the problem which as anyone who has ever dealt with these little buggers knows is a long expensive process. Anyway about a year later the resident who had the infestation filed a suit against us. Thanks to our pest control company and their detailed records of our treatment the suit never went anywhere. Because we had a contract with them the treatment was much less costly then it would have been had we been a new client.
Many times prospective residents have come to our community due to pest issues where they currently live, it has been very helpful to be able to tell them we offer pest control. With all the recent attention in the news regarding BB’s I think it’s something we need to keep if only for a resident’s piece of mind. Awkward moment; when a prospect tells you the reason they are moving is because their current community has a pest infestation.”