Top 10 Bedbug Elimination Tips
I1. Consult with your local health department or a professional Pest Control operator to confirm that you have bed bugs. Look on our website at the signs of bed bugs infestation. Call one of our technicians and tell them what you are noticing, seeing, and feeling.
2. If you think you have a bed bug problem, check for live bed bugs or shells in the following areas:
- • The undersides, seams, creases, and folds of mattresses, box springs, couches, pillows, cushions and curtains.
- • Cracks and crevices in the bed frame and head board, the walls and the baseboards
- • Between the cushions of couches and chairs
- • Under area rugs and the edges of carpets
- • In drawers and dressers
- • Behind baseboards, around window and door casings, electrical plates and under loose wallpaper, paintings and posters
- • In telephones, radios, and clocks
3. Toronto Health says “the best method to deal with bedbugs is Integrated Pest Management”. Please read more about Integrated Pest Management. Now that you know you have a problem, you should talk to a pest control company about managing and eliminating your problem. Please call our Toronto Bedbug Specialists at 416-840-4040.
4. Use a nozzle attachment on the vacuum to capture the bed bugs and their eggs. Vacuum all crevices on your mattress, bed frame, baseboards and any objects close to the bed. It is essential to vacuum daily and empty the vacuum immediately.
5. Wash all your linens in the hottest water possible and place them in a hot 
dryer for 20 minutes. Consider covering your pillows and mattress with mattress and pillow encasements. We carry mattress encasements, box spring encasements and pillow encasements both in store and online. Please see our online store.
6. Remove all unnecessary clutter.
7. Seal cracks and crevices between baseboards, on wood bed frames, floors and walls with caulking. Repair or remove peeling wallpaper, tighten loose light switch covers, and seal any openings where pipes, wires or other utilities come into your home (pay special attention to walls that are shared between apartments).
8. Monitor daily by setting out glue boards or sticky tape (carpet tape works well) to catch the bed bugs. Closely examine any items that you are bringing into your home.
9. Continue with any treatments every two weeks until your problem is gone. This is so you can break the life cycle of the bedbugs.
10. Make sure to continue sleeping in your own bed. This will draw the bedbugs out so they can get over the insecticide and allow the treatments to work to reach full elimination.
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Eliminating bed bugs from beds can be challenging. If there are holes or tears in the fabric, the bugs and eggs may be inside, as well as outside. There also are restrictions on how beds can be treated with pesticides. For these reasons, companies sometimes recommend that beds be discarded, especially when heavily infested or in poor condition. Another option is to encase both the mattress and box spring in a protective cover like those used for allergy relief. Encasements specifically designed to help protect against bed bugs are available through The Allergy Guy or Rest Assured MC. Once the cover is installed and zipped shut, any bugs which happen to be inside are entombed and eventually will die. Encasements also help protect newly purchased beds, and make it easier to spot and destroy any bugs residing on the outer surface during subsequent examination. Keeping the cover on for more than 12 months will ensure that they do not survive and you can get a peaceful sleep Encasements will not, however, keep bed bugs from crawling onto a bed and biting a sleeping person. Remember to hire a trained professional to combat the problem and encase your mattress. .
Bed bugs are tiny reddish and brown insects that cause discomfort and anxiety to some people. The most common bed bug symptom that indicates the presence of bed bugs more than the other symptom is the bites themselves; usually appearing as red marks on the skin. Their bites are generally itchy; causing a red irriation on the skin. Localized swellings of the skin as well as blisters around red marks are also some of the symptoms. There is no known health problems assosiated with bed bug bites. However the uneasiness they bring to peoples live causes them great stress..
Bedbug proof mattress encasements allow you to keep your mattress even if you have a bed bug problem. Once the cover is installed nothing can get in or out of the mattress or box spring. We recommend leaving the covers on or at least one year because bedbugs can survive for one year between feedings.