A PCO will have specific instructions for cleaning, decluttering, and preparing your home for treatment. Follow them carefully. Doing so could spread bedbugs farther around your home. Alongside any professional treatment, you should clean infested areas and kill any bedbugs you find. Using an upholstery attachment, thoroughly vacuum your mattress and box spring, focusing on seams, crevices, and folds.
Vacuum under and around the bed, behind the headboard, and around any other furniture near the bed where bedbugs could harbor.
Remove sheets, pillows, and any clothing, towels, stuffed animals, or textiles that may have been exposed to bedbugs, and carefully seal them up in heavy-duty garbage bags. Run it on the hottest cycle for 30 minutes to kill any bugs or eggs.
Decluttering and tidying the affected space will make it easier to treat your infestation. Fully seal trash in heavy-duty garbage bags and remove the bags immediately. This, too, can spread bugs around your home or to others. If you do decide to discard your mattress and check with your PCO first , seal it fully in a tear-proof plastic cover many cities require this.
Of course, if you already have old furniture in need of replacing, a bed bug infestation would be the perfect excuse. Only remove infested furniture after it has been treated. If you have bed bugs, they will hide in areas you may not think of. It makes sense that upholstered furniture would be receptive to bed bugs, but what about wooden pieces? Unfortunately, bed bugs are known to hide in cracks and crevices, even in your wood table or chair! Cannot be combined with any other offers.
Rated 4. Contact Us Read Our Reviews. Call Now for Quick Service! To best get rid of bed bugs in your mattress, take the following steps: Strip the bed of linens and wash thoroughly in hot water. It is also recommended that you advise you pest management professional where your vacuum is stored so they can pay special attention to that area during their services.
Bed bugs have small claws at the tips of the feet that enable them to cling tightly to surfaces enabling them to resist the suction of a vacuum to some degree. Eggs are attached to surfaces with a cement-like material that can make them difficult to remove.
Some will not be pulled out of cracks or crevices associated with the inside of the box spring; others may be too small and go unnoticed. The point is you cannot assume the bed is free of bugs after vacuuming. Encasing beds after most of the bugs have been removed is becoming a very common practice. Steam is another highly effective method for destroying bed bugs.
Twenty minutes of exposure to temperatures in excess of oF is lethal to all stages of bed bugs, including the eggs. Direct exposure of bed bugs to steam can kill all stages of bed bugs in seconds. Like most things in life, this sounds simple and in many ways it is, but if not used correctly steam will not kill the insects and may do little more than give them a warm bath.
It is important to remember that when working with high temperatures it is very easy to suffer burns. As a result if you are using steam you should read all follow manufacturer directions and safety advice. There are many inexpensive steamers available in retail stores. We have not worked with any of the consumer grade steamers and thus cannot comment on the effectiveness of these products. It is possible that some of the less expensive steamers may work just fine however there are a number of reasons to caution against using these products:.
The steam produced is considered a dry steam meaning that the total water content in the steam is less resulting in less moisture on surfaces contacted. While steam can be a very effective method, it is one that may best be left to professional pest management professional as there are many details that go into the effective and efficient use of this method.
Additionally, if steam is used on the mattress or box spring, encasements should only be utilized after the bed has been allowed to completely air dry to prevent the onset of mold from moisture trapped within the encasement.
Encasement of Mattress and Box Spring There are many encasements available in the marketplace, but few are effective against bed bugs. This could make you very sick. Do no t use rubbing alcohol, kerosene or gasoline.
These chemicals may cause fires Do not throw away your furniture. Beds and other furniture can be treated for bed bugs.
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