
A small population can go unnoticed for weeks before any signs show at all, by which point it's already established.
Bed bugs have built up significant resistance to the insecticides sold to consumers, so a spray rarely kills them. What it does do is disturb them, scattering the population into walls, furniture and neighbouring rooms and making the problem much worse.
We use professional-grade heaters to raise the room’s temperature to at least 55°C, which is hot enough to kill bed bugs at every life stage; eggs, nymphs, and adults.
Treatment is normally complete in a single visit, but we always schedule a follow-up inspection to confirm this, and targeted insecticide will be applied if and as needed.
Bed bugs can travel through wall cavities, pipework and shared corridors, so if you live in a flat, HMO or hotel, we'll let you know if we recommend taking a look at neighbouring rooms: after all, there’s no point treating your room if they just come back again.
If you run a hotel, B&B or holiday let, rest assured that we arrive in unmarked vehicles and work with discretion (and your booking schedule) in mind.

Unlike other pest control companies, we don’t charge per visit. Instead, we provide a fixed and fair quote for the problem, regardless of how long it takes, keeping us accountable to fixing the problem for good.
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Heat treatment applied correctly across the full affected area is highly effective as a single treatment. We may need to visit a second time for Chemical treatment to account for newly hatched eggs and ensure the problem is resolved.
Heat treatment raises the temperature of the affected room to a level lethal to bed bugs at every life stage, eggs included. Unlike chemical treatment, heat gets inside mattresses, upholstered furniture, and other tight spaces that insecticide can't always reach. There's no chemical residue, and the room can usually be used again the same day.
It's very difficult. Bed bugs hide in narrow crevices and are resistant to most consumer products. They also spread to other parts of the property when disturbed, which means incomplete treatment often just makes things harder. Heat treatment is the most reliable option, because it eliminates bed bugs at every life stage, including eggs, and can clear an infestation in a single visit. The specific temperature of heat treatment is at least 50 degrees, normally for several hours, so it is impossible to do with central heating.
Bed bugs travel with people. Most commonly they're brought in via luggage after a stay in infested accommodation, or through second-hand furniture and mattresses. They can also spread from a neighbouring property through gaps in walls and floors. They go wherever there's a host, even if a property has high hygeine and cleanliness standards.
The most common early signs are bites appearing overnight, often in lines or clusters on exposed skin, combined with dark spotting or reddish-brown staining along mattress seams. Tiny pale shed skins in the folds of the mattress are another indicator. With a torch, check along the piping and seams carefully. The bugs themselves are reddish-brown, flat, and roughly the size of an apple seed.
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