What To Expect When Using Bed Bug Heat Treatment
Are you going to have a heat treatment performed at your home to get rid of bed bugs? If so, it helps to know what to expect for this bed bug extermination method.
The Preparation
You'll need to take some steps to prepare your home for the heat treatment. It starts with moving all your furniture away from the walls since you do not want the furniture to block the path of heat from getting into small cracks along the baseboards. While you don't need to remove things from your home, promoting proper air circulation is key. For example, a packed closet will need to be thinned out by taking things out so that the air can move around more easily.
It's important that all items are left in your home that could have bed bugs in them, including electronics and clothing. If you remove them from your home, the bed bugs could find a way back in once you return. Thankfully, these items will be safe during the heat treatment.
Items that do run the risk of melting will need to be treated with care. Many foods and medicines can be put into a refrigerator to keep them safe. Cleaning products, aerosol cans, and other temperature-sensitive items can be set aside to be removed from the home prior to the heat treatment.
The Length Of Treatment
What makes a heat treatment better than fumigation is that you won't have to leave your home for very long to get rid of the bed bugs. Rather than be out of your home for several days for the fumigation to take place, heat treatment can be done in a single day. You won't have to pay to stay in a hotel or be inconvenienced much, which makes heat treatment very appealing.
The Return Home
Your home will feel hot once you return, which is normal. Prepare to open windows to cool the home down or get your air conditioner running. There may be bed bugs still alive in your home after the heat treatment is finished, but they will eventually die over the next week or so. The pest control company that performed the heat treatment will check in with you to verify that all the bed bugs are gone.
Think you have a good idea about what to expect? Reach out to a residential pest control company in your area if you have more questions about using a heat treatment.
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