Terminix Bed Bug Treatments

Terminix Bed Bug Treatments

Introduction

Bed bugs are a challenging pest to control. To ensure the best treatment results, a Terminix® technician will perform an inspection of your home and provide you with the steps you need to take before we arrive for the initial service.

Bed bugs are not your typical household pest. They don’t eat your food, damage your home, or spread disease like other pests. But because they bite and feed on human blood, bed bugs can cause serious itching, anxiety and even insomnia. The constant worry that they may be in your bedroom can lead to obsessive thoughts and behaviors.

To help you understand why bed bugs are so difficult to treat and how Terminix® can help get rid of them from your home once and for all:

Bed bugs are extremely resilient. It often takes more than one attempt to get rid of them. That’s why it is important to work with a pest control provider who understands the life cycle and behavioral patterns of these critters. Terminix has invested in new equipment, products and training to ensure we have the latest solutions for removing bed bugs from homes and businesses, faster and safer than ever before.

Bed bugs are a growing problem. They’ve been around for thousands of years, but in recent years, they have become more and more common in homes across the United States. Bed bugs are increasingly resistant to insecticides and other treatments and require professional exterminators to get rid of them. The good news is that Terminix has invested heavily in new equipment, products, training and inspection methods to ensure we have the latest solutions for removing bed bugs from homes and businesses as safely as possible.

Our bed bug extermination process consists of three steps:

Step 1 – Heat Treatment. This first step is the most important part of our bed bug control process, as it is the only way to kill all life stages of bed bugs (eggs, nymphs and adults). The treatment involves placing infested items into a specially designed heat chamber that will reach temperatures up to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature kills all life stages of bed bugs within 15 minutes or less by exposing them to direct heat combined with forced air circulation.

Step 1 – HEAT TREATMENT

Heat treatment is the most effective method for treating a bed bug infestation. This is because it kills all life stages of a bed bug (except eggs). Heat treatments are also the only treatment that will kill all life stages. For this reason, it’s important to be sure that your pest control provider gives you a heat treatment option as part of their service—if they don’t offer heat, then call someone else!

Bed bugs are notoriously difficult to eliminate due to their ability to hide in small spaces and move on demand. They can travel within seconds between rooms and even floors by seeking out areas where there is warmth, high humidity and darkness. While some insects have wings, bed bugs do not; they rely on humans or animals as transportation options while finding new locations within homes or businesses. Bed bugs prefer low temperatures over higher ones when seeking shelter from predators like us—they find warm spots like our bodies or headboards before moving into mattresses or couches at nightfall when we aren’t around anymore!

Heat treatment is the most effective way to eliminate all life stages of a bed bug infestation – including eggs. If a heat treatment fails to kill all the bugs, the problem will continue until another solution is found, because there will still be eggs that will continue to hatch into young bugs every week.

Heat treatment is the most effective way to eliminate all life stages of a bed bug infestation – including eggs. If a heat treatment fails to kill all the bugs, the problem will continue until another solution is found, because there will still be eggs that will continue to hatch into young bugs every week.

Heat treatments are more effective than other methods because they’re able to kill all bed bug life stages, including eggs and nymphs (young adult bedbugs). Other methods tend only to kill adults or may not even work at all!

Step 2 – PREPARATION

After the initial inspection, Terminix will make a recommendation on whether or not you should proceed with the treatment. If an infestation is discovered and treatment is recommended, you’ll be asked to prepare for treatment by removing all items from your bedroom and vacuuming every crack and crevice of the room. Additionally, do not bring any items into this room until after all of our services are completed. This includes clothing, linens and even furniture if possible!

We also recommend washing all bedding multiple times in hot water (130 degrees F) to ensure that no live bugs remain behind when we treat your home.

Finally, we ask that you clean all floors as well as walls with a hot steam cleaner prior to our arrival so that we can make sure no bed bugs hide within these areas during treatment.

Conclusion

We will provide a bed bug consultation and prepare you for the heat treatment by ensuring that all of your belongings are removed from the infested areas. Terminix will also ensure that any room with a small child is prepared to keep them safe during this process.