Bed Bugs Extermination

So, the question is, how do you go about bed bugs extermination? It is definitely not as simple as killing fleas, that is for certain. The resistance of bed bugs to pesticide seems to rising quickly. Wild bedbugs, that is to say, those living in peoples' homes, are thousands of times more resistant to pesticides than laboratory bedbugs. These days, many professional pesticide companies prefer to use steam hoses, because all forms of bed bugs die when exposed to temperatures above 45c.

Bed Bugs Extermination

There was a bed bugs extermination in the 1940's and the 1950's, which largely wiped out bed bugs in the developed world due to the widespread use of DDT. However, since 1995, bed bugs have made a remarkable comeback, the main problem with this though, is that they have returned as super bugs. They have become resistant to many of the common chemicals used to combat them. This makes clearing your house of an infestation of bed bugs yourself a rather difficult job.

However, there are still things you can do, whether you want to call in a professional insect killing firm or whether you want to do it yourself. These days, with the popular shift away from using chemicals and the bed bugs' resistance to them anyway, scientists have discovered a different, sure-fire way of bed bugs extermination. That is through heat. Bed bugs can survive in all their forms up to 45c, but they all die at 46c.

Professionals now use steam to kill bed bugs. So, if you want to do the job yourself, you could either use a wallpaper steam stripper or a pain stripper, hot air is safer than a methylated spirits blow lamp. In your quest for bed bugs extermination, the first thing that you will have to do is discover where they are hiding out.

Bed bugs like dark cracks where they can sleep a drink off blood off for a few days, before going out on the razz again, so you should check any loose skirting boards or architraves. They also like cracked plaster work and torn mattresses. Torn lino and damaged wallpaper are favourites too. So, first fill your damaged plaster work and sew up your torn mattress, then you can either take off your loose woodwork, before steaming behind it or you can risk steaming it while it is in situ.

Either steam clean or blow dry your house and then screw the woodwork back firmly. You can also put beads of mastic along the edges, top and bottom for skirtings, just to be sure. Then repair or replace your wallpaper and floor covering. Do not forget the ceiling, because bed bugs will also drop in for a decent meal.

You see, bed bugs are not so much attracted to dirt and grime or even decay and damp, they like homes that are falling into disrepair.

If you think that all this sounds like a lot of work, you are right and you could easily call in a professional firm to do the job for you. Get at least one quote before you give the go-ahead, and if you want to save some money ask if you can do the labouring work yourself: removing and refixing woodwork et cetera.