Most people who have bedbugs at home are afraid that bedbug killing products can be dangerous for both people and pets. And most often people ask us both by phone and by mail, how dangerous are the means that we use to bait bedbugs and which can be bought for self-elimination of these parasites.
Moreover, we know from communication with our clients that two main factors due to which they do not order destruction immediately after finding bedbugs is the price of pest control, which seems to them to be higher than self-baiting, and the risk of poisoning with parasite extermination agents. Even in cases where the price of treatment is not critical for a person, he very often pulls with it and looks for other ways to get rid of insects precisely because he is afraid of such an alleged toxic effect of drugs.
Therefore, let's dot the “i” s and figure out how dangerous the means that can really kill bedbugs are, are they dangerous at all, and how to choose the safest among them.
Let's start with the heart of the matter. There are three important facts here, such kind of axioms. First:
Habitats of bedbugs and their larvae
In order for the fight against bedbugs at home to be effective, it is necessary to determine the habitat of parasites and their larvae. This will thoroughly process the territory and destroy the population. Bedbugs often live on bookshelves, in old drawers and boxes, behind paintings on the walls, in travel bags and suitcases, shoes, linen closets, window curtains, floor coverings. In hard-to-reach places, it is more difficult to find places where insects accumulate. Bedbugs can inhabit electrical outlets, holes and cracks in walls and floors, radio, audio and television equipment, any equipment, ventilation ducts.
Wall preparation process
The more thoroughly the room is processed, the better results you can achieve when removing bedbugs from your home. It is recommended to start disinfection work with the treatment of the ceiling and wall surfaces. Before gluing the wallpaper on the walls, you need to properly prepare them.
Before processing the walls, you need to clean them of the old layer of wallpaper and remove them immediately. Next, you need to take a suitable container and prepare a solution in it, with the help of which the walls will be processed before pasting them. To prepare the solution, you will need the following components:
- Laundry soap 72% - a piece;
- Soda - 1 teaspoon;
- Hot water - 1 liter.
A piece of soap should be grated, filled with hot water, and then added with baking soda. All ingredients must be mixed well and left for about half an hour so that the mixture acquires a uniform consistency. When the solution is ready, it is necessary to thoroughly treat the surface of the walls and other places where bugs like to accumulate with it.
Home methods of dealing with bedbugs
Home remedies for bedbugs can be divided into radical destructive and preventive deterrent.If parasites are found in the apartment, it is better to first try to completely get rid of them, and then use a deterrent to prevent further penetration of insects into the apartment. Certain chemicals, concentrated essential oils, and some plant species will not kill bed bugs, but will only scare away insects. It is a good prophylactic or anti-relapse remedy.
With a high degree of infection, deterrent measures are completely useless. The fight against bed bugs at home is most often carried out with special preparations. Modern means are safe for humans and effective, but protective measures should be observed. Insecticides are sold in the form of gels, aerosols, liquids, powders, crayons, and so on. The most effective are liquid insecticides and powder-based solutions. Gels and pastes are best used as preventive barrier protection due to their long residual effect. The fight against bedbugs in the apartment should be started on your own only after the preparation of the premises. Additionally, you need to provide protective equipment.
In general, all existing methods of dealing with bedbugs at home are divided into five groups according to the method of exposure: physical or temperature; mechanical means; proven over the years folk methods; removal of parasites with insecticides; ultrasonic scarers. When choosing a method, you need to focus on the number of insects in the apartment. With a large-scale infection, it is worth starting with aggressive chemicals, and if there are few bugs, then temperature and mechanical methods are effective. It is best to combine several methods and means of dealing with bedbugs at home. If the methods used are ineffective, it may make sense to contact the pest control service.
How to kill bedbugs: popular techniques
Bed bugs are not the most pleasant neighbors. Their bites, in addition to allergies, cause severe psychological discomfort. The biggest mistake you can make when infesting your home with bedbugs is to do nothing. Bed bugs breed at a tremendous speed - if you are inactive, then soon it will become impossible to live in the house due to the unpleasant smell and constant night attacks.
But how to get bedbugs out? During the whole time of human confrontation with these annoying insects, many methods of dealing with them have been invented. In this article we will talk about the most popular methods of pest control, as well as their real effectiveness.
Effective
Effective pest control methods mean actions that cause the death of bedbugs and their eggs. That is, you need a remedy that can easily kill bed bugs. These include freezing, chemical treatment, steam treatment and room heating.
The freezing method is one of the oldest ways to kill house bugs. The essence of the method is simple - you need to wait until the temperature outside drops below -20 degrees and open the windows in the room for 2-3 hours. Freezing is realistic even at -7, but in this case, the death of insects will have to wait two to three weeks. Under favorable conditions, this method is the cheapest and most convenient, but these favorable conditions are extremely rare.
First of all, freezing cannot be used in apartment buildings - this is fraught with an accident in the heating system and sewage system. Another obstacle is the weather. Unfortunately (or fortunately) temperatures of -20 in winter are rare - unless of course you live near the Arctic Circle.
If freezing did not work, then you can go from the other side - to kill the parasites with high temperatures. Despite their endurance and vitality, at temperatures above 55 degrees, bugs die within 2-3 hours.
Warming up, it is also burning out, is carried out using special equipment - powerful heaters that can warm the air to the required temperature even in winter. The burning method is 100% effective, but it costs much more than the others. You will need to call a service that has such equipment and incur the cost of electricity - during processing, the electricity meter will "spin" at a tremendous speed.
Hot steam heated to temperatures above 60 degrees kills parasites almost instantly. Therefore, the treatment of a room with a steam generator has become a very popular method of pest control. But this method has several disadvantages. First of all, you need to buy a steam generator - professional pest controllers almost never use them. The cost of your own apparatus can only be justified if you need to carry out pest control regularly. Another catch with steam is that you need to find each bed bug nest and steam it. This is very difficult, because due to their size, bugs can hide anywhere. In an apartment or a private house, the method is relevant if the house already has a steam generator purchased for cleaning or washing the car.
Chemical treatment with insecticides is the most affordable, effective and common method to remove insects that have settled in an apartment. Spraying a special poison indoors not only kills insects, but also creates a protective effect that lasts for a long time.
There are many different insecticides on the household chemicals market - you can easily choose the best option. These can be drugs based on malathion, pyrethroids, neonicotinoids and many other poisons.
The disadvantage of this method is the need to carefully observe safety precautions, which is not always possible for inexperienced and careless people. The toxicity of insecticidal agents, combined with negligence, is fraught with poisoning and allergies. It is better to call a specialist who will carry out high-quality and safe pest control.
Outdated insecticides such as "Karbofos" are characterized by a strong odor that does not disappear even after a long time. It is better to choose modern odorless preparations, or supplied with special fragrances and flavors to mask it. If small children or allergy sufferers live in the house, take a look at non-toxic products based on abrasives and hygroscopic substances.
Ineffective
There are a number of products that are positioned as effective methods of pest control, but they are not. This category includes both the notorious folk methods and all sorts of fraudulent intrigues.
The myth that with the help of wormwood or tansy it is possible to remove bedbugs, in fact, is not without foundation. These plants release phytoncides into the air, which scare off bedbugs with a strong odor and disrupt their natural mechanisms for finding prey. The key word here is scare away. It is impossible to kill insects with any grass - after a few days they will starve and stop reacting to smell.
It is possible to use wormwood and tansy to fight bedbugs only for prevention purposes, or to temporarily reduce the intensity of night attacks.
This category includes various "odorous" products that are at home. These are vinegar, turpentine, denatured alcohol, naphthalene, kerosene, etc. The mechanism of action here is similar to the method with herbs - bedbugs, which are guided by smell, such a "fragrant" atmosphere is not at all to their liking - after processing the room with the above-described means, they will stop attacking for some time. However, they are unable to kill the insect population, therefore they are not suitable for full-fledged pest control - no matter how strong the chemistry may seem.
Another broad category of ineffective methods, which involve finding bedbug nests and destroying them with a hair dryer, boiling water, steam from a kettle and other complex, dangerous and ineffective means. You are unlikely to succeed in killing all bedbugs in this way, but ruining furniture or wallpaper, earning a couple of burns is easy.
The success of ultrasonic repellents in combating mosquitoes and rodents has prompted many manufacturers to launch similar devices that target bedbugs. But in this case, such devices are pure fraud. The fact is that bedbugs are not able to perceive ultrasound - they are guided by smell. Therefore, a product that is great at scaring away rats or mosquitoes will not work for them. The ineffectiveness of ultrasonic, magnetic and electronic scarers is evidenced by numerous reviews that are left by deceived buyers.
Superstition is a personal matter, but it would be extremely unwise to use them to remove pests. Rituals, conspiracies and spells will not stop the parasites from annoying you and your loved ones.
Now you know how you can kill bedbugs and drive them out of your home forever. You don't need to skimp on calling pest controllers or buying good insecticides - it's a matter of health and comfort.
Unsuitable temperatures for survival
The essence of the physical method of dealing with bedbugs at home is to create an aggressive temperature regime in insect habitats. But first, in any case, you need to carefully examine the home in order to find the nests of parasites and destroy them with a vacuum cleaner. The reusable dust collector should be shaken out only outdoors, and then doused with boiling water or boiled if the bag is made of fabric. Unfavorable temperature conditions can be created by freezing or strong heating of the room.
Fighting bedbugs in an apartment on your own, that is, without the involvement of special services, involves maintaining temperatures incompatible with the life of parasites: + 55 ° C and more or -20 ° C and below. Such a regime is difficult to create in an ordinary city apartment, and the method itself does not give a complete guarantee of the destruction of all insects. But the physical method of dealing with bedbugs at home is absolutely safe for the health of residents.
Why is it important to start with eggs?
Nature has protected the larvae of bedbugs from death in all possible ways. The most effective chemicals used by the layperson are not ovicidal. That is, they don't work against eggs. In fact, with each sanitization, adults are eliminated. And for a while the pests disappear, but then they appear again. That is why insects have acquired a reputation for being almost indestructible enemies of man.
In search of an answer to the question: how to kill bedbugs, one should prepare for a systemic struggle. It will be necessary to completely spray the premises with chemicals many times, with an interval of 2-3 weeks, and not at all with household aerosols.
Exposure to high or low temperatures
It is necessary to disinfect with boiling water all the habitats of parasites - cracks in the floor and walls, joints and baseboards. It is advisable to pour boiling water twice over everything that will withstand such aggressive heat treatment. Clean bed linen, personal items, pillows and blankets with a steam cleaner or steamer. You can use a regular household iron, but the effect will be less. The most inaccessible places are recommended to be disinfected using a powerful construction hair dryer, the temperature maximum of which reaches 200 degrees Celsius.
The effectiveness of this method of dealing with bedbugs at home depends on the thoroughness of the treatment. Heat treatment is recommended at least twice.To consolidate the effect after heating, you can use liquid nitrogen or liquefied gas. Low temperatures can be created using special spray guns or cans that contain liquefied substances. Personal belongings, bedding, blankets, stuffed toys and pillows are enough to hang out in severe frost, but this is not available in all regions and not throughout the entire calendar year. After processing, all bed linen should be packed in vacuum bags, and mattresses and upholstered furniture should be covered with special covers, all joints and crevices should be treated with special sealants.
The impact on parasites should be targeted, that is, it is not enough just to open the windows wide open on a frosty day. This tactic only contributes to the freezing of heating and water supply systems, and will not work on bedbugs. For the instant death of parasites, you need -72 degrees Celsius or +100 0C. Treatment with a household steam cleaner (at least 1 400 W of power and with a pressure of over 4 atmospheres) is effective, and for a small area it is better to choose a compact model, for example, a Rolsen SC3510 GR steam generator with a universal and angled nozzle, as well as with a long nozzle.
For cleaning hard-to-reach places and equipment, a pneumatic spray gun with compressed gas is suitable. Such processing is safe, and the substances used are not combustible. A carbon dioxide fire extinguisher, which does not leave traces during use, copes well with the task of instant cooling of surfaces. The gas temperature is about 72 degrees below zero.
Pros and cons of the physical method
In practice, such methods of self-control of bedbugs in an apartment are rarely used, since they are distinguished by a high cost of work and the need for very careful processing. An indisputable advantage is only absolute harmlessness for apartment residents and pets, but there are much more disadvantages. There is a significant risk of deformation of the coatings during processing. Also, after exposure to temperature, there is no residual effect against new larvae and transit individuals.
There is a high risk that the heat treatment will not completely destroy the bugs. With a short exposure to low or high temperatures, the vital activity of insects can only slow down for a while. With insufficient force or speed of steam flow, low pressure or temperature, parasites will not disappear completely. In addition, unlike chemical treatment, thermal exposure does not lure bugs out of their nests, which does not make it easier to get rid of insects.
Personal protection rules
To kill bedbugs yourself, you need to carefully take care of your own safety. This can be easily achieved by following the rules:
After completing the work, you should go outside, get some fresh air, ventilate the room.
Mechanical cleaning of the room from bedbugs
The mechanical method of dealing with bedbugs at home is practically not used as the main one, but you cannot do without it. First, in order to detect parasites, it is effective to create vibrations (move furniture, knock). Secondly, if a bug nest is found, you will have to crush the insects and clean the seams if there is no insecticidal spray at hand. Luring insects away by mechanical means is not as effective as using chemicals, and it is better to remove nests with a vacuum cleaner. In addition, vibrations without the subsequent destruction of the detected parasites will only contribute to the fact that the bugs will settle throughout the apartment.
An effective but relatively expensive method of dealing with domestic bugs is to lure them out and attract them to one place - a bait trap. For this, heat exposure, carbon dioxide or special chemicals are used. Domestic manufacturers have not yet produced such traps, and it is too expensive to buy foreign ones. However, mechanical sticky traps can be used. This is not the most effective way to deal with bed bugs, fleas and other domestic parasites, but sometimes it helps.
The use of insecticidal agents
The chemical method of dealing with bedbugs in an apartment is the most commonly used method, simple and effective. You can find a large number of products in stores, including professional and household products. Scare-off and attracting drugs do not always work, and the most effective is the use of contact agents that destroy insects moving along the treated surfaces and larvae.
For self-control of bugs with insecticidal agents, you will need personal protective equipment that will avoid the negative effects of chemistry on the human body: safety glasses, a respirator or gauze bandage, a special suit or clothing that can be subsequently disposed of, rubber gloves. To treat a room with liquid substances that are not equipped with a spray bottle, you need to additionally purchase a spray bottle.
Professional recommendations
After disinfection of living spaces with any chemical means, general cleaning is carried out in 2-3 days. Before that, wipe the surfaces with which a person often comes into contact with a damp cloth.
Any organophosphate insecticidal formulations, even with a fragrance, can lead to poisoning. Therefore, it is important to work with them in protective clothing and a respirator. The use of chemistry against bedbugs is not suitable if there is an allergy sufferer, an asthmatic person, a pregnant woman, a small child in the house. Then it is recommended to focus on more gentle bullying options.
Preparing the apartment for processing
It is imperative to prepare the apartment for chemical treatment. All residents, together with their pets, must leave the premises before starting the insecticidal treatment. You can return to the apartment no earlier than three hours after the sanitary work and airing. Before processing, you need to wash the floors, vacuum the carpets and upholstered furniture, wipe the dust. All dishes, food, personal belongings, children's toys and hygiene products must be placed in bags, the equipment must be covered with foil, the electricity must be turned off.
Rules for baiting bedbugs "chemistry"
Having decided to poison bedbugs with chemical insecticides, be sure to follow these simple, but very important rules:
Rule 1. Before starting the process, pack all utensils and food in airtight bags. In no case should poisonous substances get on them.
Rule 2. Put clothes, children's toys and other knickknacks in the closet. Before doing this, make sure there are no adult insects, eggs or larvae on them.
Rule 3. Ask all household members to leave the room for a few hours, taking their pets with them. It is advisable to leave the apartment for a couple of days altogether. If you have an aquarium, cover it with glass and turn off the compressor.
Rule 4. Be sure to find the nest. Its proximity is indicated by numerous black dots and chitinous membranes.
A bug nest found under the mattress of the bed - here we see adults, larvae, as well as eggs laid by females
Rule 5. When using chemical insecticides against bedbugs, be sure to use personal protective equipment - rubber gloves, goggles, a respirator and a long-sleeved gown.
Rule 6.After disinfection is complete, shower with soap, rinse your mouth with water, and wash clothing at the highest possible temperature.
Rule 7. After processing, do not rush to wet cleaning and airing the apartment - let the insecticide completely destroy the bugs.
Rule 8. After making sure that the product has given the desired result, wash the floors and furniture with a water-soda solution (250-300 grams per bucket of water), wash everything you can, and iron it with an iron.
Rule 9. Do not forget to ventilate the room well - your further well-being depends on it.
Rule 10. Blankets, pillows and outerwear should preferably be dry-cleaned - it will be quite difficult to process them yourself.
The effect of chemical insecticides manifests itself almost immediately, and the work of the drugs lasts for some time - it is during this period that the parasites die out. In case of severe infection, it is better to play it safe and re-treat after about 2 weeks. If you do not destroy all the bugs, their population will quickly recover and continue to function. At the same time, it will acquire persistent immunity to the active substance of the insecticide you are using.
What to do after disinfestation of the home?
After finishing the treatment of the apartment with chemicals, you need to ventilate the room for 3-5 hours, wipe all surfaces with a solution of soda ash (40-50 grams per liter of water) and soapy water. Processing is carried out only with rubber gloves. Adults and pets can only return to their home after prolonged ventilation and thorough wet cleaning.
When is it time to take action?
Finding bites on the skin, you need to think carefully. You should not immediately think about how and with what to kill bedbugs - you probably need to make sure of their presence. First, you should carefully examine the mattress or sofa, as well as all the nooks and crannies in the bedroom. It is almost impossible to notice small eggs, but adult insects usually sit in a row during the day in their nest, not running away from there.
There are other "symptoms" of the appearance of bedbugs:
- Blood stains on bed linen.
- Black crumbs (excrement) near the bed.
- The presence of skins that shed larvae.
Body bites are also quite unusual. As a rule, the bug leaves a "path" of 3-5 bites, only in this way it is completely saturated. Typically, these marks can be seen on the neck, arms, chest and other exposed areas.
Choosing a chemical remedy for bedbugs
To effectively combat bedbugs with insecticidal agents, the degree of infection of the apartment must be taken into account. A small amount of parasites, for example, can be quickly destroyed with the help of special sprays, and in difficult cases, concentrated liquid products will have to be used. The main means of self-control of bedbugs in an apartment include:
- Highly concentrated liquid products: Sinuzan, Tetrix, Forsyth, Averfos, Primadid, Insecta Dibro-fin, Cucaracha, Fufanon, Executioner. Most drugs are used in the form of a solution of the required concentration. Liquids allow large areas to be treated. Microcapsules: "Xulat C25", "Delta Zone", "Minap 22", GET. The poisonous substance continues to affect the parasites for six months, destroys insects in large quantities. The preparations are completely safe for residents and pets, and are odorless. Aerosols containing two or three effective insecticides: Reid, Combat, Dichlorvos, Raptor, Prima-U, Karbozol. The sprays have an immediate effect, but do not kill the eggs of the parasites. It is recommended to re-spray with aerosols from time to time to consolidate the result. Such poisons are convenient to use in hard-to-reach places. Powdered insecticides, dusts: Riapan, Clean House, Karbofos, Mikrofos, Fenaxin, Fas, Pyrethrum and others.Such funds help to fight not only domestic bugs, but also other parasites. The drugs are of high intensity and have a long lasting effect. Bedbug gels: "Blockbuster", "Globol". The effectiveness of such funds is very controversial, since it is necessary that the particles of the drug get into the digestive tract of the insect. Fumigators. Judging by the reviews, the Raptor aquafumigator is considered the most effective in the fight against bed bugs.
When processing, several features must be taken into account: insects may be resistant to some poisons and have the ability to adapt to insecticidal preparations. Therefore, you need to try different means and change the method of exposure (even if the result is positive, because over time, parasites usually adapt to the poison).
The most effective drugs
An effective means of combating bedbugs is the drug "Executioner". It is a yellowish liquid without a pungent odor. The poison is packaged in 6 ml plastic bottles. The solution for processing is prepared on the basis of ordinary water. The concentration of the main component of fenthion in the preparation reaches 25%. In the body of warm-blooded animals (including humans), a weak poison is neutralized by special enzymes, so that a small amount of the drug is safe. The agent has a neuroparalytic effect on parasites.
The drug GET has earned good reviews. This is a microencapsulated suspension that effectively destroys not only bed bugs, but also other parasites. The product is packaged in 100 ml plastic bottles. Inside the capsule there is an active ingredient - chlorperiphos, which poisons a large number of insects. As a result of damage to the nervous system, paralysis occurs. The bug clings to the paws of the capsule and can infect other insects in the nest. There are no allergenic substances in the composition of the product, the drug is resistant to ultraviolet rays and temperature extremes, is completely safe for people and pets, has a light (non-aggressive) odor and does not leave contamination. In addition, GET is quite economical, because one bottle is enough for high-quality treatment of a 40 m2 room.
A new generation tool - "Hector". The features of the drug are mechanical action and composition without toxic substances. It is a highly absorbent powder that, upon contact with a parasite, draws liquid out of it, leaving absolutely no chance of survival. "Hector" retains its protective properties for a long time, is safe for people and animals, destroys bedbugs, which are ways to resist chemicals.
"Foresight" refers to highly effective and safe means, therefore it is often used to destroy parasites in an apartment. The active ingredient is perimetrin. It is best to use Foresight with barrier methods. The duration of exposure to the drug after processing the premises is approximately two weeks. After that, you need to carry out the processing again. Judging by the reviews, two treatments of the apartment are enough to completely get rid of domestic bugs.
Critical temperatures for bedbugs
Temperature minimum for bed bugs it is -20 ° C. In such conditions, the insects remain viable for 48 hours. This means that freezing the furniture should last at least 3-4 days, so that everything is certainly frozen to the last fold on the sofa. Insects will die instantly if the temperature drops below this value.
A drop in temperature first causes bloodsuckers to go into hibernation or hibernation. In this case, all vital functions slow down, and the temperature of the hemolymph (analogue of human blood) drops. But when the process of crystallization of the liquid in the internal environment of the body begins, irreversible processes occur, leading to the death of the pest.
If the temperature drops below + 14 ° C, the females stop laying eggs, and the nymphs stop shedding and growing. At + 10 ° C, developmental processes stop in eggs. Although in caves at + 9 ° C, from where the pests actually moved to houses closer to humans, all vital processes were normal.
Under optimal conditions, bugs live for about a year, and a nymph emerges from an egg after 35 days. If the temperature reaches + 30 ° C, then all processes in the insect's body are accelerated. The larva develops faster and after it reaches sexual maturity, but the life expectancy is also reduced to 10 months... When the temperature drops to + 20 ° C, the adult parasite can live up to 15 months, while the life cycles are stretched in terms.
Folk ways to deal with bedbugs at home
In the apartment, such methods are used by the very first. Parasites are known to avoid the rich odor of some plants. Chamomile, tansy, wild rosemary, wormwood can be used both fresh and dry, as part of concentrated aromatic oils. Fragrant herbs are laid out in places where bedbugs can live in the dwelling, they spray the room with broths and infusions, and carry out wet cleaning.
More modern folk remedies are vinegar, kerosene, naphthalene, transformer oil, turpentine, denatured alcohol and others. It is important that all folk remedies for dealing with bedbugs in an apartment help only temporarily, so it is better to use them for preventive purposes.
Contacting the pest control service
With extensive contamination of the premises, it is advisable to contact the sanitary epidemiological station or the disinsection service. Professionals have experience in fighting parasites, use a large number of special equipment and drugs. It is better to contact a well-known company with a good reputation. The cost of the services of such firms will be higher, but the likelihood of completely getting rid of bedbugs in the apartment will also increase.
It is imperative to find out what means the employees of the company use, whether they have generators of hot or cold fog at their disposal, what preparations are used, whether the chemicals have passed certification (services are allowed to use only those preparations that contain substances that are not too dangerous for humans and pets). Usually used "Tetrix", "K-Otrin SK 50", "Sichlor" "Empire 20". The specific choice of the drug depends on the type of premises and the degree of contamination. Processing is carried out twice.
Precautions for using toxic agents
When using chemicals, you yourself need to observe precautions, instructions for the use of drugs, and also use personal protective equipment.
Safety rules for processing the premises
The vapors of the active substance must not be inhaled, it is important to avoid contact with the skin. When processing, remove children and pets from the room, use special protective equipment - respirator, rubber gloves, closed clothing. Observe the following safety rules:
- Perform wet cleaning of the room and all hard-to-reach places using tar soap, soda, vinegar so that the insecticidal substance does not settle on dust particles. Vacuum carpets, carpeting and upholstered furniture, if possible, knock it out on the street.
- Provide access to walls and baseboards behind furniture to reach potential bedbug habitats.
- Remove or carefully pack all exposed food and hygiene items.
- Treat all rooms (rooms, kitchen, balconies, etc.) in one go to avoid bug migration.
- Follow the instructions for the product of your choice.
- Leave the room for at least 6-8 hours, and preferably for a day.
- Ventilate the area after returning.
Room cleaning after treatment
Upon returning to the apartment after processing and airing, wash all objects and work surfaces in the kitchen with soapy water or detergent. Wash bedding, soft toys, cat litter at a temperature not lower than 60 ° C.
After wet cleaning, the surfaces can be rinsed with water and essential oils.
It is not recommended to carry out general cleaning of the premises immediately. The effectiveness of the treatment directly depends on the duration of the stay of chemically active substances on the surfaces. After three days, you can vacuum up upholstered furniture, carpets and disinfect upholstery and carpets with a steam generator. It is recommended to wash the floors one week after treatment. A thorough cleaning, including cleaning baseboards, walls and furniture, is best done after about a month.
Cleaning the apartment after processing must be carried out sequentially: contact surfaces and accessories, after a few days - washing floors and general cleaning
Prevention of room contamination
To protect the home from bedbugs, various preventive methods are used. These are folk remedies and traps that you can make yourself. But to get rid of the problem forever, you will have to make quality repairs. Effective insect protection and prophylaxis depend on how well the migration routes are blocked. If it is impossible to make repairs, then all the cracks must be well sealed, the sockets and switches must be changed, the ventilation ducts must be closed with a mesh with small holes.
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