Nightmare with Bed bugs

[CNGH]

i went through this exact thing, except dead in the middle of summer a couple years back. it was brutal. heaters were on all day till about 5 or 6 pm. temp got up to 135 degrees. while the heaters were cranking up, the guys also took steam jets and steamed all the bed seams and nooks and crannies. then periodically they'd go inside to measure for "cold spots" and re-adjust the heaters to make sure everything got up to the required temp. i did not envy those guys, though i guess coming back outside where it was 90 probably felt relatively refreshing.

by midnight the house was still 95+ degrees inside with all windows/doors open and fans going. finally gave up and turned on the AC praying it wouldn't blow up from working so hard.

i also broke down my 40 breeder (thankfully it wasn't a big tank) the day before as well and put everything in rubbermaid bins. everything survived fortunately, but what a pain.

anytime we travel we also check the beds. luggage goes immediately into the bathroom tiled floors (apparently bed bugs don't hang out in the bathroom). and we never use the luggage racks that are provided in the rooms.

good luck. i know your pain. on the plus side, for a good 6 months after there were no bugs anywhere in the house- everything got toasted. best of all, no bed bugs! there is light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[spencermoseley]

Bed Bug is very dangerous. They are blood sucker.

 

[DasCamel]

Plan it out, easy move to the garage. Toughest part is the sand.

 

[Ou8me2]

I haven't had it done personally but I know someone who did have it done. It's a lot longer than 6 hours, they recommended we stay out for 2 hours after they left to make 100% sure everything would die. You have to let it cool down. The heat was unbearable still after 2 hours and I almost passed out within a minute of being it there.

If you have plastic mini blinds remove them cause the heat will melt them, cd's anything made of plastic it will melt, candles, pictures, flammable cans etc. In fact, the list of what to remove and the first thing was aquariums.

There is no way a tank could survive that heat even with a chiller.

 

[Mark9]

Good lord people, this thread is from January 2015, almost 2 years old.