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I receive many calls from persons who have spent a large sum of money for someone who claims they can eradicate their Bed Bugs, but whose treatments fail. Here are the top three failures we are seeing in the Alaska market:

1.  Heat -  As I commented on our Bed Bug pages, this treatment may be a valuable tool in some cases, but does have drawbacks. The failures I am hearing are, in my opinion, attempting this remediation on concrete floors & walls. We have a large number of “daylight basements” which have not only concrete floors, but often concrete walls along the bottom half of the exterior. While a sensor places right at the exposed portion of the bottom corner MAY show a killing temperature, the concrete simply will NOT allow that temperature to conduct even an inch or two away, under the carpet or behind the baseboard. In addition, we are seeing this method attempted in areas of significant clutter that is also prohibiting the heat from reaching all of the BB hiding places. While, to their credit, these failures sometimes result in free “redos”, the cause of the failure remains.

2.  Inadequate Service – I am hearing of companies merely doing “baseboard spray” services for BB. One company even tells people to place all of their items on the bed, while they do this. A trained professional knows that most BB are on the bed, and that those that are not will be going to the bed (or couch) to feed. Any service MUST include these two locations as primary. While the sound of “just a couple hundred dollars” compared to “several hundred dollars” may be tempting, wasting your money is not to your advantage.

3.  Fogging/Foggers – This is being done by do-it-yourselfers AND (amazingly) by certified technicians. First of all, a fogger is not a gas. No matter what you remember from those cute RAID commercials, they do not “seek out and destroy” bugs. The can only move where air currents take them. Secondly, they often spread the problem as the insects (including BB) “run for their lives”.  Will they kill A BB? Yes, but only if it is exposed to the material. That is why a true professional applies a residual material to likely harborages, where the BB can contact it while they are hiding there.

Conclusion:  I continue to receive countless calls about Bed Bugs, and I am pleased to provide whatever assistance I can. Ask for Ken or Edwin, we are here to help.