(Newswire.net — April 24, 2019) — Bedbug infestations are among the most serious pest problems, and one of the most difficult to control. Dealing with bedbugs effectively requires you to hire a professional pest control company. That said, you need to play your part as a homeowner in preparing your home for the extermination process. Most people don’t know how to prepare for extermination for bed bugs, but here are a few tips that will help you deal with your pest problem effectively.
How to Prepare for Exterminator for Bed Bugs
Proper preparation helps to ensure that pest control measures are thorough and effective. Preparation involves providing access for extermination as well as taking measures to ensure bed bugs are contained and destroyed.
Furniture
Be sure to pull away all furniture and appliances in your premises from the baseboards. Similarly, all the furniture with potential hiding crevices, such as desks and bookshelves need to be emptied and left open for the exterminator to spray. Tightly sealed items are usually safe from bed bugs, so they don’t have to be emptied. Your exterminator may declare some items untreatable during inspection-especially items made of paper and wood.
Laundry
Everything that can be washed should be laundered, and you need to do so before the treatment begins then place them in plastic bags. Don’t forget to clean those drapes, stuffed animals and so on. It’s crucial that you tie the items securely in plastic bags before emptying them directly into the machines. Be sure to dispose of the bags immediately.
When laundering, it’s the heat rather than the water that kills the bedbugs; therefore, you should wash the items in hot water regardless of normal washing directions, and dry them on high heat for not less than 40 minutes. If you can measure the temperature of the hot air in your dryer or of the water in your washing machine, target a heat range of 140°F.
If you’re unable to launder items, then running them through the dryer and not the washing machine should suffice. Nonetheless, the spinning action and water associated with washing machines may help to dislodge the bed bugs from their hiding spots within clothes and laundry. As such, machine washing remains optional since the heat of drying can effectively kill all bed bugs.
Clutter
It’s crucial that you take all measures to reduce clutter to ensure treatments are more effective. The idea is to reduce places where bed bugs can hide and find refuge inside and out of your home.
Beddings
Remove all beddings from mattresses and gather all linens. This includes textiles that are machine washable such as mattress covers, pillows as well as those that must be dry cleaned. Wash beddings that may have come in contact with bedbugs in hot water and dry in the dryer if possible. Once they’re clean and dry, place them in storage bins or bags to prevent the bedbugs from hiding in the clean fabrics.
Bottom Line
Proper preparation helps to ensure that pest control measures are thorough and effective. Preparation involves providing access for extermination as well as taking measures to ensure bed bugs are contained and destroyed. Successful elimination is practically impossible if you don’t know how to prepare for exterminator for bed bugs. With the tips mentioned, preparation should be much easier.