How to prepare your house for professional bed bug treatment

Bedbugs are the worse menace to our home. They are hard to get rid of, and that’s for real, so procuring the help of a professional bed bug control service is always the wisest way to go. Besides creeping here and there in our house, they are also carriers of different diseases. If you are dealing with bedbugs for months or years, and you have called a trustworthy exterminator, there are some things you need to do to help the expert perform his task gently. In this blog, we explain to you the works you require to do before the bedbug control treatment starts.

Do not remove anything from your room or from the infested area which may worsen the bedbug problem!

Bedbugs pretend to hitchhike. So, removing anything from the room’s shelf and storing in another safe, and clean room, in your car or office could make your bedbug problem worse. Because these hitchhikers can end up in those places and infest rapidly. Move as few items as possible and yes, before removing them, check them thoroughly for bedbugs.

Wash all sheets, blankets, pillowcases, and other beddings in hot water. Running them in a washing machine with hot water is the best idea to kill the remaining bedbugs. Dry these items under sunlight and place them in plastic wrappers to keep them separate from those items that may be infested.

Give hot clean to all your clothing and dry them on the highest setting allowed in washing machine or under natural heat i.e. sunlight. Clothing that cannot be dried or laundered should be checked and dry-cleaned thoroughly. After cleaning of these things, never place them again in the infested room until the extermination treatment has been completed and the bedbugs are completely gone.

Place all your curtains, pillows, towels, and stuffed animals like a teddy bear, etc. in the dryer machine on its highest temperature setting for at least 30 minutes. Store them in a bag wrapped with another bag immediately after drying in a safe room.

Carefully inspect all items which don’t need any wash such as books, electronic gadgets, picture frames, plastic toys, etc. If the professional bed bug exterminator will use some insecticides, then place children’s toys in a plastic bag or storage bins so that they won’t be exposed to the treatment.

Store already cleaned and dried items in a plastic bag until the home has treated with pesticides and chemical solutions and bedbugs are eliminated.

Vacuum clean couches, cushions, furniture, beddings, and recliners thoroughly before the exterminators arrive. Bedbugs love to stay in couches and upholstered chairs. After vacuuming, double bag the vacuum bags and discard it in an outdoor trash can immediately to avoid spreading of bedbugs caught in the vacuum.

De-clutter your home first so that it would be easy to perform eradication task because bedbugs can hide in any tiny holes or spaces. Throw away unused or useless items immediately. Pickup and double bag those unneeded items in bedrooms. Do a complete inspection of the entire house including walls, closets, and areas behind furniture and allow for an effective treatment.

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