At Home Bed Bug Treatment

You do not have to call a professional to get rid of bed bugs.

You can get rid of bed bugs yourself. The best way to get rid of bedbugs is to stop them before they spread. If you hire a professional, they will treat only the room where you noticed the bedbugs and likely pass on your home with great numbers in tow because there are no barriers set up against their movement from one room to another. As a homeowner, there are several steps that you can take today to prevent an infestation from happening:

Bed bug prevention tips:

• Inspect your luggage when travelling
• Cover upholstered furniture with slipcovers or zippered covers when storing
• Remove drawers from desks and dressers-this includes under the drawer as well as inside it!

Find out where the bed bugs are hiding.

The first step in treating your home for bed bugs is finding out where they’re hiding. Look at areas around and under your bed, including the corners, seams and crevices of the mattress and box spring. Also look in any furniture located near your bed (for example, tables or nightstands) as well as nearby carpets. Pay special attention to cracks and crevices in walls and floors near your bedroom. If you’ve had an infestation before you may have more than one hiding place; check them all so that you can be sure there are no remaining eggs or live bugs left behind after treatment has been completed

Use a flashlight to find the bugs hiding around your room or home.

• Use the flashlight to look under furniture and in dark places.
• Look for signs of bed bugs:
• Bed bug eggs are usually laid on the mattress, box spring or cracks in the bed frame. A few eggs can be found near the head of a sleeping person but they can also occur at other points around the room as well (usually within 10 feet). These eggs are oblong, very small (about 1 mm long) and usually light tan in color with darker spots at one end which look like an apostrophe mark (“). The shell has a translucent quality to it making it appear slightly yellowish or clear if you hold it up to light source such as a lamp while viewing under magnification through stereo microscope lens set up or magnifier attachment from reading glasses set up . These eggs will hatch soon after being laid if temperatures remain above 70 degrees F for more than 3 days – first producing nymphs followed by adults about 2 weeks later depending upon moisture levels within surrounding structure material such as painted walls/wood paneling etc… Initially nymphs will molt about 5 times before reaching adulthood so if you see some dead ones lying around this could help give indication that something is wrong here too!

The first thing you will want to grab is your vacuum.

It’s important to know that hoovering alone will not solve your bed bug problem. You need to use the following tips to make sure you get all of them out of your home.

• When you are vacuuming, don’t forget to hoover under the bed, behind the headboard, behind nightstands and around baseboards.
• Be careful not to spread them around as you are vacuuming by using a microfiber cloth or some other method that does not cause movement of dirt or debris from one place in your home (such as carpet) into another (like upholstered furniture).
• Vacuum up any dead bugs or eggs you find on hard surfaces such as floors and countertops before moving on with treatment because they can attract more bugs if left alone for too long without proper care being taken for their removal.

You should use a handheld vacuum with long stretches to reach different areas of the house easily.

Next, you should use a handheld vacuum with long stretches to reach different areas of the house easily. Handheld vacuums are able to reach difficult-to-reach places that larger vacuums cannot and they can be used to remove dust and debris from crevices and corners of your home. After using these devices, it is important that you empty their contents right away so as not to contaminate them with bed bugs or other insects.

Once you have removed all visible signs of bed bugs from your home, it is time for you to treat yourself for any bites or irritation that may have resulted from exposure to these pests during cleanup efforts. If possible, go outside for treatment so that others in your household do not experience symptoms themselves from breathing in products containing pyrethrin insecticides (such as some sprays). When using aerosol cans indoors make sure there is sufficient ventilation before spraying anything directly on surfaces near furniture where people might sit down later on

After vacuuming, remove the bag and dispose of it immediately in an outdoor trash can.

• Remove the vacuum bag from the vacuum and dispose of it immediately in an outdoor trash can. Do not put the device back into use until all bed bug infestations are eliminated. If you have no access to an outdoor trash can, try placing the bag through a trash chute or down a laundry shoot.
• Immediately clean your hands with soap and water if they have come into contact with bed bugs during this process, as well as any surfaces where you may have deposited them (such as walls).

Double bag it for good measure if you’re able, and don’t forget to close that trash can tight.

For the best results, double bag it. You can also put the bag of clothes in another room, but make sure that you don’t leave it there for too long. If possible, take it outside before disposing of it in the trash chute or on your curb.

After doing this treatment, we want to make sure that there aren’t any bed bugs left alive to multiply and cause more problems later on down the road!

Get steamy hot.

Bed bugs will be killed when exposed to steam. If you have a handheld steamer, it is best if you set it to high temperature and high pressure. The steam will kill the bed bugs on contact and also destroy their eggs.

If you do not have access to a handheld steamer, then an iron can be used in place of one. You must use high heat on the iron and make sure that it is set at steam mode. Using this technique will not kill all of the eggs but it will eliminate most of them so after treatment has been completed, do regular checks for new infestations by looking for signs of feces or shed skins in areas where people sleep or rest during the day time hours like couches, chairs or beds with cushions that are soft enough for hiding places (the mattress itself will often not offer enough protection from heat).

Bedbugs don’t like high temperatures, so use a steamer to destroy any eggs or insects hanging around.

• Steam is a great way to kill bed bugs. Bedbugs don’t like high temperatures, so use a steamer to destroy any eggs or insects hanging around.
• Be careful if you have young children or pets at home. High heat is not just effective for killing bed bugs, but their eggs as well! If you’re using steam to clean your furniture, be careful not to damage your couch or carpet (try using an old towel).

Fill up the water reservoir of your steam cleaner with regular tap water and set it on high temperature and high pressure settings. Anything lower won’t kill the bugs or their eggs.

Fill up the water reservoir of your steam cleaner with regular tap water and set it on high temperature and high pressure settings. Anything lower won’t kill the bugs or their eggs.

• If you have a larger area to clean, use a wider setting on your handheld steamer. For example, if you’re treating an entire room, use “large”.

Use a steamer to destroy any eggs or insects hanging around.

One of the most effective ways to kill bed bugs on your mattress is by using a steamer. A handheld steam cleaner can be used to get into all the little cracks and crevices where eggs and insects may be hiding.

Once you have killed any insects with the steam, it’s important to wipe down your mattress with rubbing alcohol or bleach water (mix 1 part bleach with 9 parts water) to prevent any surviving eggs from hatching later on.

Steaming is also great for killing adult bed bugs hiding in furniture as well as carpets, rugs or other household items that may have been infested with them at some point during their lifecycle. Be sure not to use too much pressure when steaming these items so as not to damage them!

A bed bug infestation does not have to be scary or expensive!

You might be feeling a little bit panicked. Don’t! You did not do anything wrong; this is just something that happens to people sometimes. And if you live in an apartment building, it’s possible that your neighbors have been dealing with these pests for months or even years without realizing it—so don’t feel ashamed about being their next victim. The important thing is to take action immediately so that everyone can get back to enjoying their comfortable bedding and sleep-friendly environment.

But what should you do? Should you hire a professional pest control company? Or should you try DIY methods like steam cleaning your mattress or spraying bleach on everything?

We’re here to tell you not to waste money on professionals (they’re overpriced anyway) and not to waste time or energy trying to figure out where these creatures came from (you probably won’t ever know). Just follow our simple steps for at-home bed bug treatment: