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Can Rugs, Carpets And Bedding Be Treated With Heat To Kill Bed Bugs?

Extreme Bed Bug Control

Published: February, 2024

Does heat to kill bed bugs target all areas of your home? This technique removes bed bugs that are living in your home. But does it kill the bugs which are living on your rugs, carpets and bedding?

What can heat to kill bed bugs actually do?

Almost all pest controllers now use this technique. The reason why is because it’s so effective. With heat treatments you can kill 99-100% of all bed bugs in your home. This includes their eggs and nymphs.

Another reason is because this method kills bed bugs no matter where they are hiding. It doesn’t matter how deeply they have burrowed. You might worry that nice deep-pile carpets or shaggy rugs would protect the bugs and their eggs from the intense heat. Don’t worry! Heat to kill bed bugs gets these pests whether they are on your rugs, carpets or bedding. It even kills the pests that are living behind skirting boards and inside furniture and cracks, not just to deal with your bed.

Do these insects escape heat by burrowing in carpets?

Some people might find this hard to believe. After all, can’t the bed bugs hide away from this heat? While this does happen, the bugs still eventually die. You see, according to the science, these pests cannot survive more than 90 minutes at 47°C.

A treatment of heat to kill bed bugs lasts a lot longer than that. This gives the pests almost no chance of survival and bed bugs can be eliminated after just one heat treatment. No matter where they are hiding, the temperature gets hotter and hotter until they finally die.

There are also things you can do to increase the chances of this happening. The effectiveness of using heat to kill bed bugs is also down to your preparation. This is why you need to do things like removing bedding. You should place this on top of your bed, or in the centre of the room. This way the heat can get to it.

If you have particular concerns about this problem, then you may want to take additional steps. This can include washing your bedding at high heat before or after the treatment. Rugs can be taken outside and beaten. This should help to dislodge any remaining eggs. You may even want to get professional cleaning for your carpets. This will assist in destroying eggs and nymphs.Toys, bedding and clothes can be bed bug treated.

The bottom line is that there’s a reason why the heat technique is so widespread these days. It’s because this method is unbelievably effective. It utterly destroys bed bugs at every stage of their life cycle and makes sure they never return. You do not have to worry about bed bugs on your carpets, rugs, or bedding. As long as the procedure is carried out by a professional, they will be eliminated.

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