How To Treat Bed Bugs Without Breaking The Bank!

Mastering exactly how to treat bed bugs within your house is not necessarily easy. First, you are most likely traumatized at discovering you have an infestation. Then find yourself downright baffled by the thousands of items around as well as the countless conflicting tales of solutions and treatments which can be found on the web.

Indeed there is always the option to hire professional pest control management experts to do the job for you and also in the case of very big infestations you may possibly have little alternative. However, this can be very expensive and for lots of people on restricted budgets it might be out of the question.

So, lets consider how to treat bed bugs in your house using simple, safe processes that are not going to require you to take out a second home mortgage!

1. Regardless of the treatment for bed bugs you decide on the initial two steps are always the same. Remove any clutter. Whatever you no longer need or want ought to be put in plastic bags that can then be sealed and discarded. Then wash all bed linen, clothing and so forth at as high a temperature as fabric will allow. You should remember that tumble drying is really important for getting rid of bed bugs at all stages of development within these items so do not be tempted to air dry. Use your tumble dryer also on a high setting. Once everything has been laundered and also tumble dried place items in clean plastic bags and seal them to make sure they don't get re-infested.

2. Your vacuum cleaner is your new ally. Use it on EVERY THING in the room mattresses, box springs, pillows, chairs, sofas, inside closets - the list is endless. Don't leave out the more unlikely areas such as electric sockets, picture frames and countless others. Empty, and thoroughly clean your vacuum immediately you complete this part of the procedure. Do this somewhere preferably outside the house. Place the contents into a plastic bag, seal it then trash it.

The next stage is very important if you're to successfully treat bed bugs. Working with a steam cleaner work carefully and methodically over every single suitable area within the room. Keep the steam head near to the surface to make sure that the temperature of the vapor isn't going to decrease - this makes it much less efficient. If you are planning to buy a steam cleaner make sure it is capable of reaching and maintaining temperatures in excess of 120 oC and generates "dry vapor" in order to avoid having sopping wet carpets and rugs, mattresses etc.

3. Bed bug proof encasements may then be fitted to your mattress, box spring as well as your pillows (once you are certain that they are 100% dry.) These will prevent any future bed bugs infesting your bed and stop any existing bugs escaping and biting!

Another fairly affordable way to stop these vampire bugs getting in to bed with you is to try using bed bug traps. The simplest ones are cup shaped. Place the legs of your bed inside with a little crawling insect dust or talcum. The bed bugs get stuck inside and the crawling insect dust causes them to dehydrate and die. These traps will also be a simple way of gaging exactly how effective your bed bug treatment has been. If pests begin to appear in them every day you should repeat the full treatment again.

4. Crawling insect dust and/or natural bed bug sprays may also be applied in addition to steam. Crawling insect dust can be scattered particularly in locations that are unlikely to be disturbed. This will eliminate any nymphs or adults over time by getting inside their joints causing them to dehydrate and die. Be sure you buy the food grade product which is totally safe around children and also family pets.

Bed bug aerosols can be somewhat more confusing. For a start some could include dangerous chemical substances, while others will only eliminate the bed bugs upon contact and have no residual effect. Select bed bug sprays VERY carefully.