What Are the Benefits of Bed Bug Professional Treatment?
Bed bug infestations are notoriously difficult to treat. Over-the-counter products may offer some relief, but they rarely provide lasting results.
Professionals have many treatment options available. During an inspection, pest control experts will determine the best option for your specific situation. Conventional treatments include liquids, dusts, and aerosols that target cracks and crevices where bed bugs hide.
Safer
Many over-the-counter bed bug Professional Treatment have pesticides that can be harmful if misused. Using pesticides in ways not specified on the label can result in overexposure to these dangerous chemicals, which can affect your family’s health and lead to resistance. Professional pest managers are trained to use safe, EPA-registered treatments.
The most effective method to eliminate bed bugs is fumigation. This process is highly effective and safe for your family (if you follow a few simple rules) and your pets. However, this is also the most expensive option.
Chemical treatments are often applied in multiple sessions and can be disruptive to your daily life. Additionally, they don’t always kill bed bug eggs, which can increase your chances of re-infestation.
Alternatively, you can try heat treatment. In this method, a PMP will carefully heat each room to 50 degrees Celsius and sustain it for four hours. Heat can be used for wall voids and crevices, where pesticides may not reach.
Another popular approach is cold treatment. This involves placing nonwashable items in plastic bags and freezing them for a few days to kill the bugs. However, this is a time-consuming option and doesn’t work for every item in your home. Most of your furniture should be able to be sanitized with hot steam and vacuuming, though. If you want to keep any pieces of furniture, it’s best to store them in a clear plastic bag until they can be treated by a PMP.
Less Expensive
Bed bug professionals use a variety of tools to eradicate the bugs, including bait-and-lure traps, foggers, and heat treatment. The most effective and safest treatment is heat, which can destroy the bugs without the need for toxic chemicals. Heat treatments involve raising the temperature of the infested area to 118 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. This is a very hot temperature and kills the bugs on contact as well as their eggs. The process can also be used to destroy other unwanted pests, like roaches and spiders.
Professionals often recommend cleaning and sanitizing the space before and after a treatment to get rid of any residual bed bug dust or debris left behind. This helps prevent the bugs from escaping the area and returning in the future. Additionally, the professionals will likely recommend regular inspections to ensure that the infestation is under control.
The price of a bed bug professional treatment depends on the type and size of the space that needs to be treated. The bigger the space, the more it will cost to treat. Some professional treatments require a significant amount of space to be filled with steam, fumigant gases, or other chemical compounds.
Alternatively, some companies offer mattress encasements that can help keep the bugs contained to the mattresses and box springs. This can be a very affordable option, especially for small or confined bed bug infestations.
Less Time Consuming
Bed bugs are very hard to kill with over-the-counter products and do-it-yourself treatments often end up costing you more time in the long run. That’s because they rarely work and can only be considered “temporary” solutions that simply delay a larger infestation that will likely occur sooner or later. Professional treatments are guaranteed to eliminate the problem.
Another huge benefit of relying on an expert is that they do all the heavy lifting for you. This includes visual inspections of your home and the use of bed bug detection dogs that sniff out any bed bugs you may have missed during a visual inspection. This is important as the presence of bed bugs is not always easy to spot.
During a heat treatment, experienced technicians will safely isolate an area of your home and then apply high levels of heat to the targeted areas that require attention. This process is very effective and has no harmful residues that could be transferred to children or pets in your home. Plus, unlike some other pest control methods, fumigation (which involves tarping your entire house and releasing gasses) does not present a health risk to you or your family when used by an educated technician. However, it is not recommended for families with young children or pets as it requires you to stay away from your home during the treatment and possibly overnight.
More Effective
In extreme cases, when an infestation is widespread throughout a home or office, professional treatment may be the only option. An educated bed bug pest control specialist can treat an entire property using a variety of methods depending on the severity of the situation. These treatments include bait and lure traps, insecticidal sprays and foggers, and even structural fumigation.
Professionals also know how to use these chemicals sparingly and in the most effective way possible. They can also advise you on ways to prevent future infestations, such as encasing mattresses and box springs in plastic to eliminate hiding spots. Vacuuming frequently, sealing cracks and crevices and caulking around baseboards and light sockets and removing clutter from wall voids can also help prevent an infestation.
A good preventive strategy involves inspecting second hand furniture before bringing it into your home and washing or heat-treating all clothes, linens and drapes prior to bringing them inside. Also, avoid bringing used mattresses and box springs into your home.
Be careful when throwing out any items because bed bugs can hide in many places and are more likely to be spread by tossed materials into uninfected areas. In addition, Pestemite never move any infested items from an infested space to another room because they could infest the new area as well. Instead, clean the clutter and vacuum the entire area to reduce hiding spots for bed bugs and other pests.