Bed Bug Treatments

[Da_Chief]

Need to get it done, anyone know any company with good reviews?
Thanks

[Regulator75]

Hank from Globex Corporation does great work.

Spoiler!

[taco.vidal]

No suggestions for you.

Do you know how you got them?

Originally Posted by Da_Chief

Need to get it done, anyone know any company with good reviews?
Thanks

[Da_Chief]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

No suggestions for you.

Do you know how you got them?

Not a clue. I do travel for work and stay in hotels, have had nieces and nephews come over etc. Really not sure about the origin.

[Daradon]

Apparently NYC has a huge problwm with them, even in nicer hotels.

Heard it was becoming more common in Calgary. Ick!

[Sluggo]

mineral water on your bed legs and sticking any hiding spots cloths, sheets, etc into the dryer at maximum heat to desiccate the effers. If it was winter you could also put your mattress outside to achieve the same result.

[skudr248]

How do you know you have bed bugs? Just curious.. and yeah how do you get rid of them as well, just throw all your #### out?

[something]

My brother and his wife just discovered bed bugs in their home, they were bringing home newborns and so they did not want to apply any chemical treatments, which led to this:

http://wekillbedbugs.ca/extherminate-safe-heat-kit/

Chemical-free treatment with heat. They haven't had an issue since (it has been 2 months) and the company they used offer a guarantee where they will return free of charge up to two times should they be unsuccessful.

I believe the company above is the one they went with, but there are others if you want to do your research.

[something]

Originally Posted by skudr248

How do you know you have bed bugs? Just curious.. and yeah how do you get rid of them as well, just throw all your #### out?

You will either simply notice them crawling around the corners of your bed sheets (especially if you lift them up and check the seams), or you will start to notice that you have bites (they appear as red dots).

You can throw out all your stuff, but they may also reside in your kick boards and other cracks in the flooring or walls. The likelihood of success by ridding yourself of all clothing, bedding, mattresses and furniture is not significant enough to warrant it as a solution. Besides, it'll probably cost you way more to refurnish and replace your wardrobe.

[skudr248]

Originally Posted by something

You will either simply notice them crawling around the corners of your bed sheets (especially if you lift them up and check the seams), or you will start to notice that you have bites (they appear as red dots).

You can throw out all your stuff, but they may also reside in your kick boards and other cracks in the flooring or walls. The likelihood of success by ridding yourself of all clothing, bedding, mattresses and furniture is not significant enough to warrant it as a solution. Besides, it'll probably cost you way more to refurnish and replace your wardrobe.

Holy crap I thought they were invisible? Gross. Off to youtube haha

[skudr248]

Edit... should have not gone to youtube, grossed out now.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by skudr248

Holy crap I thought they were invisible?

Like a cloaking device?

[rbochan]

A gallon of gasoline and a match.

[DoubleF]

Have you tried looking into ORKIN?

[Kybosh]

I had them in a place I lived in Edmonton a few years ago. Heat treatment is the preferred method these days and you have to pack up and do some prep work before the company will come in. You'll probably be displaced for at least a day.

If you wanted to try to deal with it yourself, it's quite a bit easier if you have mostly hard surfaces everywhere. If you have carpet, you pretty much need professional help. Regarding the bed itself though, you need to thoroughly vacuum everything (including inside the box spring if you have one). You can also spray the whole lot with isopropyl alcohol with apparently kills their eggs. I'd recommend just going with the professional treatment from the get go however.

[Flash Walken]

Bed Bug Dogs!

http://www.orkincanada.ca/pests/bed-bugs/k9-detection/

[Otto-matic]

Originally Posted by skudr248

Edit... should have not gone to youtube, grossed out now.

Not going to lie,

After reading this thread last night - I lifted my covers and checked my mattress.

[Nufy]

I had bed bugs in a hotel in Missouri a few years back...

Quickest time I ever left a hotel at 3 in the morning...

Now every time I check in to a room I strip the bed and check...

Every time.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Regarding the bed itself though, you need to thoroughly vacuum everything (including inside the box spring if you have one). You can also spray the whole lot with isopropyl alcohol with apparently kills their eggs.

You spelled "kill it with fire" wrong.

Not a chance would I be keeping the bed after that. A friend of mine had them and ended up replacing half his furniture.

As far as natural remedies go, isn't the big part of why there's such a recent spread of them is the chemicals that were used were banned, and more natural/organic/weaker chemical methods had to be used? Read up on it quite a bit before I went to New York, and that seemed to be the general consensus. I'd be leery of trying to tackle it myself with drug store remedies personally.

Originally Posted by Nufy

Now every time I check in to a room I strip the bed and check...

Good habit to get into. Something I've started doing a few years back.

[Barnes]

Bed bugs bite you 3 times so you will see 3 equally spaced bites.

I got bitten in a hotel in LA. I check every hotel now. The good thing is they are really easy to kill. Leaving your suitcase in a hot or cold car for a few hours when you get back kills them.