Bed Bugs Mandatory
Before your agreed appointment time, we require you to carry out the
following preparatory work:
a. All areas to be treated to be cleaned of bed linen to give clear
access to all surfaces to be treated.
b. All bed linen to be stored in seal polythene bags ready to be
laundered/fumigated.
c. FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, you must not use the areas treated for a
minimum of 4 hours after treatment.
Bed Bugs Recommended
Reduce clutter to make bed bug inspection easier. Be careful when removing items from the infested area to other areas because you may transfer the bed bugs.
Personal items (stuffed animals, soft toys, blankets) should be removed, cleaned with a vacuum cleaner, and bagged in plastic for a couple of days with Nuvan
Strips (or our Bed Bug Fumigation Pastills). You can also bag laptops, phones and radios as well. The insecticide in Nuvan strips
(or our Bed Bug Fumigation Pastills) will not harm these items, and is non-residual, so you don't have to launder them after using them.
Dismantling bed frames in infested areas may expose additional bedbug hiding sites.
Remove drawers from desks and dressers, and turn furniture over to inspect and clean all hiding spots. All furniture should be pulled away from the walls.
Stand up the box spring and shine a flashlight through the gauze fabric to expose bed bugs. If the fabric is torn (possible hiding place), remove fabric to prepare for spraying.
Caulk and seal all holes where pipes and wires penetrate walls and floor, and fill cracks around baseboards and molding to further reduce harboring areas.
Since infested garments and bed linen can't be treated with insecticide they will need to be laundered in hot water (120 degrees fahrenheit minimum). If washing is not available, sometimes heating the garments or bed linens for several minutes in a clothes dryer may work.
Thoroughly clean the infested rooms. Scrub infested surfaces with a stiff brush to dislodge eggs.
Vacuum areas of bed bug infestation with a vacuum attachment. Vacuum along baseboards, furniture, bed stands, rails, headboards, foot boards, bed seams, tufts, buttons, edges of the bedding, as well as the edges of the carpets (particularly along the tack strips). A good vacuum cleaning job may remove particles from cracks and crevices to encourage greater insecticide penetration. Bed bugs cling tightly to surfaces, so it is best to repeat vacuuming by scraping the end of the vacuum attachment over the infested areas to pull out the bed bugs. It is not good to use a bristle attachment, because you may transfer bed bugs to other areas since they cling to the brush. Dispose of vacuum cleaner bags after you are finished.
Caulk cracks and crevices in the infested building exterior, and also repair openings to exclude birds, bats, and rodents that can serve as alternate hosts for bed
bugs.
