Bed Bug Heat Treatment services

[Guest]

I offer heat treatment to kill the bedbugs & their eggs. We get the room to 129 degrees ambient air temperature & cook the bedbugs. They can't hide inside the mattress, under the carpet or in the walls. Heat kills them slowly & methodically. Like slowly boiling a frog in a pot of water, they don't realize they're being cooked until its too late.
I charge $1 per square foot & I'm willing to treat the affected rooms vs the entire house. Bedbugs generally live within 6 feet of their host bed. Most companies charge you for the entire house which isn't necessary unless you have a full blown infestation.

Send me a PM if your having a bedbug problem & you're ready to get it solved.

Fayetteville

This is the particular unit that I own & operate:

https://www.convectex.com/collections/diy-home-owner-bed-bug-heat-packages/products/diy-hotel-bed-bug-heat-package-special

 

 

 

[Phil Lilley]

I got a good bed bug story... when I get time I'll share it.

The short of it... we took matters in our own hands after our bug company couldn't do the job!  And no we didn't burn the build down!  

[Phil Lilley]

OK... gotta tell it now.

It was May/June, our busy season.  After 33 years in the biz, we got our first taste of bed bugs.  The people who reported them said they had experienced them before and took it all well.  Of course they had to go to the extreme to keep from taking them home... take off clothes, put them in a plastic bag with all other belongings to be washed and dried, heat treated.

The local company came in and did a chemical treatment first.  Supposed to come back and treat again after 10 days to kill one that would hatch.  But we had live adults a couple of days later.  So they heat treated.  Still had bugs.  They heat treated again.  Still bugs.... all this within a week or more.  We're still down... losing business.

That's when we found our problem.  They were in and behind the wood panel walls!  So we tore out all the paneling, ready for more heat.  but the company we were dealing with were booked up... bed bug business was booming!  So we went out and bought our own heat source... a couple of butane blowers.

We heated the room up to 150 and put fans all around to distribute the hot air.  For 2 hours we kept it hot, going in every 10 minutes to check everything.  Our fans started to fail... and melt.  We wanted to make sure no bed bug or bed bug egg would survive.  And they didn't.

We've had 2 other incidents of bugs but they were minor compared to this.

Fun times in the lodging business...

[Phil Lilley]

When we'd go in the heated room, me, Duane and Ryan would take turns.  2 of us would stand at the door with a timer and watch the guy who would go in and make sure they didn't have issues with the heat.  He'd only stay in for 30 seconds... we timed it.  It was hot!

[bfishn]

Did the wax rings under the toilets melt?

[Guest]

The bed bug epidemic has returned for several reasons. DDT was outlawed years ago, we have multi unit dwellings (vertical is worse) & International travel is prevalent. Most hotels, nursing homes, apartments, college dorms & hospitals have dealt with this at one point or another. It will only get worse IMO.

When that company sprayed the pesticide, it drove the bedbugs deep into the wall (behind the paneling). That's the equivalent of running your boat motor right over your best fishing hole & spooking all the fish before you start fishing. BedBugs hang out within 5-6ft of the head board, so that wall is going to have the infestation, most likely. They are heat seekers & they need a warm host. They're most active from midnight to daylight, when most people are in bed asleep. They're not dumb, but rather sneaky little devils. 

If you ever have this problem again, I would consider renting my units to you by the day. That will save you money, versus me having to drive up there & heat treat.  

[Phil Lilley]

2 hours ago, bfishn said:

Did the wax rings under the toilets melt?

Darn... I didn't check them!!

[Phil Lilley]

1 hour ago, TrophyFishR said:

The bed bug epidemic has returned for several reasons. DDT was outlawed years ago, we have multi unit dwellings (vertical is worse) & International travel is prevalent. Most hotels, nursing homes, apartments, college dorms & hospitals have dealt with this at one point or another. It will only get worse IMO.

When that company sprayed the pesticide, it drove the bedbugs deep into the wall (behind the paneling). That's the equivalent of running your boat motor right over your best fishing hole & spooking all the fish before you start fishing. BedBugs hang out within 5-6ft of the head board, so that wall is going to have the infestation, most likely. They are heat seekers & they need a warm host. They're most active from midnight to daylight, when most people are in bed asleep. They're not dumb, but rather sneaky little devils. 

If you ever have this problem again, I would consider renting my units to you by the day. That will save you money, versus me having to drive up there & heat treat.  

Sounds good.

You said it... devils!!

We spent $15,000 on mattress protectors that summer.  Most people don't know what the lodging industry has to put up with.

[Guest]

What year did that occur & how long have you been dealing with mattress covers for bedbugs? 

[Phil Lilley]

2016.  We bought the covers after we got rid of them.  They're white - easy to spot the bugs/inspect beds and enclose the mattress so that if we get them again we don't have to throw away a good mattress.

They're pricey!