Bed Bugs Termination - How to Kill the Bed Bugs?
The following step-by-step instructions will guide you in terminating bed bugs found in Living areas such as apartments, condominiums or hotels.
These steps are the foundation of effective pest control and are the same guidelines used by professionals.
Preparation for treatment Reduce clutter off the floor so that all areas can be thoroughly treated.
Be careful not to transfer bed bugs from room to room by carrying things throughout the house.
If your mattress and box spring are in very bad shape or heavily infested, they should be covered by Pest Proof Mattress Cover.
Infested bed sheets and garments should be washed and dried in a hair dryer on high heat (the heat will kill them), or discarded since these items cannot be treated with insecticides.
Heat Treatments Vacuum the floor and infested areas such as seams, tufts and edges of bedding and mattresses, inside the bed frame, and the perimeter edge of wall-to-wall carpets.
Because the bed bugs and their eggs cling tightly to surfaces, it is best to scrape the end of the vacuum attachment repeatedly over the target area.
Do not use a brush attachment, its will remain alive in the bristles and be transferred to other areas of the house.
Afterward, dispose of the vacuum bag in a sealed trash bag.
Heat Treatments using a steamer are also very effective.
Use temperatures over 120 Fahrenheit and higher are immediately lethal to their eggs.
The benefit of using a steamer is that you can treat almost any environment, furniture piece, bedding or clothing without the use of insecticides.
Many professionals and hotel owners are starting to supplement their bed bug treatments with steamer heat treatments.
Inspect and Treat Each Room Carefully The key to get rid of bed bugs is to thoroughly treat all of the cracks and crevices where its hide.
You should be spending time at least 1-2 hours inspecting and treating each infested room.
Adult bed bugs are about 3/16-inch long and reddish-brown, with oval, flattened bodies.
Bed bugs feed at night, but during the day their tiny flattened bodies allow them to hide in very tight cracks and crevices, along the tufts and seams of mattresses, and in the cracks of bed frames and other areas.
Initial infestations tend to be around beds, but the bed bugs may eventually become scattered throughout a room, occupying any crevice or protected location.
They can even move under walls to adjacent rooms.
Retreat at twice times All infested areas need to be retreated at least 2-3 times within the next two months.
Usually you will do the first treatment, then wait two weeks, then treat again, then wait two weeks and treat again.
In addition, re-treating again will help terminate new bed bugs that have hatched since the last treatment.
Re-treating all areas every one month for at least 2-3 times will continue to kill the new bed bugs until its gone.
These steps are the foundation of effective pest control and are the same guidelines used by professionals.
Preparation for treatment Reduce clutter off the floor so that all areas can be thoroughly treated.
Be careful not to transfer bed bugs from room to room by carrying things throughout the house.
If your mattress and box spring are in very bad shape or heavily infested, they should be covered by Pest Proof Mattress Cover.
Infested bed sheets and garments should be washed and dried in a hair dryer on high heat (the heat will kill them), or discarded since these items cannot be treated with insecticides.
Heat Treatments Vacuum the floor and infested areas such as seams, tufts and edges of bedding and mattresses, inside the bed frame, and the perimeter edge of wall-to-wall carpets.
Because the bed bugs and their eggs cling tightly to surfaces, it is best to scrape the end of the vacuum attachment repeatedly over the target area.
Do not use a brush attachment, its will remain alive in the bristles and be transferred to other areas of the house.
Afterward, dispose of the vacuum bag in a sealed trash bag.
Heat Treatments using a steamer are also very effective.
Use temperatures over 120 Fahrenheit and higher are immediately lethal to their eggs.
The benefit of using a steamer is that you can treat almost any environment, furniture piece, bedding or clothing without the use of insecticides.
Many professionals and hotel owners are starting to supplement their bed bug treatments with steamer heat treatments.
Inspect and Treat Each Room Carefully The key to get rid of bed bugs is to thoroughly treat all of the cracks and crevices where its hide.
You should be spending time at least 1-2 hours inspecting and treating each infested room.
Adult bed bugs are about 3/16-inch long and reddish-brown, with oval, flattened bodies.
Bed bugs feed at night, but during the day their tiny flattened bodies allow them to hide in very tight cracks and crevices, along the tufts and seams of mattresses, and in the cracks of bed frames and other areas.
Initial infestations tend to be around beds, but the bed bugs may eventually become scattered throughout a room, occupying any crevice or protected location.
They can even move under walls to adjacent rooms.
Retreat at twice times All infested areas need to be retreated at least 2-3 times within the next two months.
Usually you will do the first treatment, then wait two weeks, then treat again, then wait two weeks and treat again.
In addition, re-treating again will help terminate new bed bugs that have hatched since the last treatment.
Re-treating all areas every one month for at least 2-3 times will continue to kill the new bed bugs until its gone.
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