PREPARE FOR BED BUG HEAT TREATMENT
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Before treating your home or business for bed bugs, it is important to prepare the location for treatment. To begin, you should remove all valuable items to avoid any damage or breakage during the procedure. Some items can be stored in your fridge while others should be stored outside or garage. You should also provide sufficient airflow to ensure the heat treatment is effective. To help you prepare, Green Heat Bed Bugs Exterminators offers a free treatment preparation guide that you can download and use as a reference. A technician will also go through all required preparations with you upon visiting your location.
HEAT TREATMENT PREPARATION GUIDE
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Steps for Heat Treatment Preparation
Items to Remove
- Plants & Animals including Fish Tanks
- Paint Cans & Carbonated Beverages
- Peanut Butter, Cooking Oil, Chocolates, Wines, Liquors
- Candles, Wax Crayons, Lipstick, Deodorants, Cosmetics
- Vinyl Furniture, Blinds, End Tables
- Medicine & Vitamins
- Oxygen Tanks, Fire extinguishers, Aerosol Containers, Lighters
- All other Combustible Items
- Magnets, Electronics, and Musical Instruments
- Delicate & Collectible Items such as Stamps
- Ammunition
Provide Sufficient Airflow
- Remove clutter in closets (including bins, stored clothes, and other stored items)
- Space out books, leaving some gaps in between
- Shelves and other furniture need to be moved 3-5 inches from the walls
- Re-arrange rooms for proper airflow if required
- Area Rugs should be rolled up and left in the room
- Secure loose paperwork and files into boxes or bins
- Open all luggage that needs to be treated
- Beds should be stripped but leave the linens on the bed
Important Notes & Information
Clothing: Dryer on High Heat for 45 minutes, then bag clothes and tie the bags up before heat treatment.
Sensor/Sprinklers: It is important to check for heat sensors and fire sprinklers in the unit. Turn off electronics and unplug them before treatment (except for large appliances).
Batteries: Remove alkaline batteries (AA, AAA etc). To improve airflow, store children’s toys in the garage or outside.
Medication: Store medication away from heat treatment. It is best to keep medication in a cool and dry place during the treatment.
Furniture: To successfully eliminate your bed bug issue, we need to move furniture, therefore please move fragile items into safe areas. Some IKEA furniture can experience peeling during this process. Discuss this with our technician.
Moving Furniture: Bed bugs hide in your furniture, therefore please do not move mattresses, box springs and cushions. It is best to keep the bed bugs in their habitat until we crank up the heat. Once the home is at optimal temperatures, our technician will move mattresses and other furniture items.
POST-TREATMENT
At the end of the treatment, your home will be hot and may remain uncomfortably warm for the entire evening. It takes a while for the air conditioner to catch up and cool the house after our heat treatment. The heat may be uncomfortable, but having a bed bug infestation is surely worse.
Click on the following YouTube link to check out Green Heat’s Preparation Video
Heat Treatment Preparation Video