Bedbug Extermination Services in Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon
When insects like bedbugs, beetles and earwigs invade your home, it can feel like you’re fighting a battle you can’t win. However, with The Bugman Pest Control on your side, you’ll soon take back your home from the insect intruders. If you are looking for bedbug extermination services in Kelowna and surrounding areas, we have got you covered. Bedbugs stay in extremely small, narrow and dark locations where they have easy access to food.
Bedbugs Giving You Nightmares?
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What You Can Do
Here are a few prevention tips that you can follow in your house to keep bedbugs at bay:
- Keep your place clean: Make sure to clean your house every day. This can significantly reduce the chances of bedbug infestation in your property.
- De-clutter: Remove unnecessary materials from your house. By doing this, you will be eliminating the most likely places for bedbugs to hide.
- Use a mattress safe cover: When you are not using the mattress, cover it with a mattress safe cover. These are made from top-quality fabric and are zipped, protecting the entire mattress. It will prevent bedbugs from entering the mattress and box springs.
- Inspect your furniture: If you have antique furniture, check for cracks or holes in the furniture regularly.
Count on us to remove bedbugs from your Kelowna property. We will provide quick and efficient services. You can also schedule a pest inspection service before buying a house. Exterminate and prevent insect infestations—call us today!
The Bugman's Bed Bug Treatment Options
Aprehend Treatments
Apprehend is applied as a fine mist along the baseboards and bed frames of any infested rooms. Apprehend spores take a few days to kill a bed bug, allowing the bug to transport the spores back to its home, so that eggs come in contact with the spores as soon as they hatch, instead of waiting for the bugs to come out and come in contact with the spray.It can be effective for mild to moderate infestations, depending on the circumstances. Apprehend can be a more cost-effective option when compared to a heat treatment, due to the shorter amount of time required for treatment. it can also be a great option following a heat treatment for continued control, or to catch any bugs that may have been missed or reintroduced into the structure following treatment. This product takes 4-10 days to kill a bed bug, and during this time the spores will be transferred from one bug to the rest of the bugs in the colony. Apprehend cannot penetrate or kill eggs, so we allow for a minimum of 28 days for full control of an infestation. Apprehend is completely safe for humans and pets while remaining extremely effective against bed bugs. Due to its excellent long-term activity, Aprehend® will provide three months of protection from the establishment of bed bug infestations.
Heat Treatments
Heat treatments are our preferred treatment method for moderate to severe infestations. Heat treatments are a great option as they allow us to kill all live bugs and eggs in a single treatment. During heat treatments, we bring a professional-grade electric heater with large fans that can push heat through the building.We bring the structure up to a minimum of 120 Fahrenheit because for the treatment to be effective, every item in the room needs to reach 113 F for a period of 60+ minutes. To ensure we get rid of all the bugs, we apply heat for a minimum of 3 hours, though the average job lasts 6-10 hours.For a professional pest control company, it should take about an hour to get up to temperature, sometimes longer if it’s a large space. For a homeowner, it can take a lot longer to get a room up to temperature, but once it gets there you are set.Being that this treatment can take a long period of time, it is more pricey than our Aprehend treatment. For a heat treatment, you can expect to pay upwards of 1 dollar per square foot for heat treatment, with the minimum charge being around $1000.
Steam Treatments
A steam treatment is a great option for targeted spot treatments and is the most practical for treating smaller spaces such as offices or automobiles. We occasionally use steam in conjunction with Aprehend or heat treatments to further increase their effectiveness. We provide steam via the Polti Cimex Eradicator, which is a professional-grade, bed bug-specific, dry steam tool. Due to the dry nature of the steam produced, we do not have to worry about water damage or residual moisture, as most, if not all moisture will evaporate quickly following treatment.