You've Got Bed Bugs.

Get rid of them and
regain control of
your home with a
professional
fumigation.

ELIMINATE THEM ALL

They’re Here

You’re fairly certain you’ve got bed bugs. You see signs that they’re visiting:

Red, itchy bites

Sometimes in zigzag lines or small clusters

Your mattress

Small rusty spots from blood stains – especially around corners or edges – or in places unseen or hidden

Live bed bugs

Perhaps in your bed, upholstered furniture, headboard, carpet edges – or hidden among your belongings and not in clear sight

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Five weeks for a bed bug to grow from egg to adult.1

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A bed bug population can double every 16 days, due to the large numbers of eggs a female produces.1

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A bed bug can ingest up to six times its weight in blood during one feeding event.2

You didn’t choose bed bugs

 

Bed bugs need us, but we don’t need them. They’re freeloaders, and because they need the blood of warm-blooded animals to survive, they enjoy us and our pets.

  • Bed bugs can live in MANY locations, if they have access to a food source.
  • Bed bugs can live without a blood meal for up to one year.

The good news is you can eliminate these parasites and regain your life with a professional fumigation.

Clutter makes it difficult for getting rid of bed bugs. Too many hiding places make it hard for the treatment to be effective.

It doesn’t matter where you live. Bed bugs are most commonly found in single-family homes, multifamily unit housing and hotels/motels.3

Bed bugs like our body heat and the carbon dioxide we exhale when sleeping. However, if necessary, they’ll also feed during the day.

DISCOVER FUMIGATION BED BUG REMOVAL

Fumigation is the only single-treatment method that results in the complete removal of bed bugs. Learn how tenting and tape-and-seal fumigation methods can be the best bed bug treatment options for your home.
 

Not all treatments are created equal

A variety of bed bug treatments are available. You should consult a pest management professional for the best treatment for your specific situation.

Heat
Spot or Local Treatment
Fumigation
Steam
Freeze
DIY

Heat

  • Can cause material and property damage due to high heat.
  • Prepare and remove items that shouldn’t be exposed to high heat, including electronics and medical equipment.
  • You may need to be out of the home for the treatment.
  • Clutter can prevent all bed bugs from being destroyed.
  • Can fail unless time and temperature are monitored and achieved in all areas of infestation, causing bed bugs to survive treatment.

Spot or Local Treatment

  • Penetrates only the treated spaces (or spots) in a home.
  • Typically done in combination with additional treatments.
  • Clutter can prevent all bed bugs from being destroyed.
  • Effective only on bed bugs that have come into contact with the insecticide used. It may take several visits over many weeks to gain control.

Fumigation

  • Penetrates all spaces of home, including clutter.
  • Nondamaging to property, including electronics and medical equipment.
  • Leaves no surface residue and is a one-and-done treatment.
  • Can treat just personal belongings through containerized fumigation.
  • Leave your home for the fumigation. The actual amount of time depends on the extent of the infestation.
  • Your vehicle could also be infested. Talk to your pest management professional about fumigation while in the garage or separately under a tarp.
  • Applied by a licensed professional, fumigation eliminates all life stages of bed bugs, including eggs at the time of treatment.

Steam

  • Can damage some materials and property, doesn’t penetrate leather well.
  • Penetrates only the treated spaces (or spots) in a home.
  • Clutter can prevent all bed bugs from being destroyed.
  • Minimally effective as only bed bugs that are visible or accessible can be treated.
  • Considered a pesticide-free green treatment for killing bed bugs on contact.

Freeze

  • Treatment can fail if the cold is not sufficient.
  • Penetrates only the treated spaces (or spots) in a home.
  • Can cause property damage due to extreme cold.
  • Clutter can prevent all bed bugs from being destroyed.
  • Need to prepare and remove items that shouldn’t freeze.

DIY

  • Many bed bug populations are resistant to pyrethroid-based insecticides commonly found in over-the-counter consumer pest control products.4
  • Results are hit-or-miss and can be unsafe for people and pets.
  • You may need to repeat treatments — and costs can add up.
  • Infestations can quickly spread beyond the bedroom, moving to anywhere you rest.

Go pro

 

The best solution to eliminate bed bugs is to hire a professional who has the knowledge, products and equipment to solve your problem. Only a pest management professional can:

  • Determine the extent of your infestation. Eggs can still be in your home if you don’t fumigate.
  • Fumigation kills all bed bugs at the time of treatment; other treatments don’t.
  • Apply the appropriate treatment with the appropriate equipment.
  • Make your home bed-bug-free.

What people are saying

I really enjoy seeing how we can improve people’s standard of living when we do our work properly. Fumigation can immediately take care of pest problems and get people back to their normal day-to-day lives.

Fumigator, Hawaii

When we fumigate for bed bugs, cockroaches, mice or brown recluse spiders, I’m never concerned about efficacy. A fumigation with Vikane is truly one and done. Customers ask for it by name.

Fumigator

Why
fumigate?

 

Bed bugs can multiply rapidly, which is why it’s critical to professionally fumigate to stop them from spreading further.

Fumigation is a proven one-and-done treatment — 100% effective in destroying all bed bugs at the time of treatment.5

Bed bugs hitchhike, using you, your pets and belongings for rides. Eliminating them all with fumigation can help you avoid carrying them and infesting other homes, unaware they’re with you.

How does fumigation work?

A whole-home fumigation is relatively simple and involves just a few steps to get your home bug-free.

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PREPARATION

Your home is prepared and tented, using tarps and/or the tape-and-seal method. If only furniture or belongings need treatment, a moving truck, storage pod or fumigation chamber at the pest management company’s site can be used.

2

FUMIGANT RELEASED

The tent is filled with a precise amount of fumigant, killing all life stages, including egg, nymph and adult.

3

AERATION AND TENT/TAPE REMOVAL

Finally, the tent/tape seal is removed and your home is aerated.

4

RECLAIM A BUG-FREE HOME

Your home is now bed bug-free.

Steps to prepare

Fumigation takes some preparation on your end. And, yes, you’re going to have to turn over the keys to the pest management company and leave your home for a few days. You need to do a variety of tasks before your pest management service can begin the fumigation. These include:

Making lodging arrangements

Removing items from the home, such as plants
(while the fumigation is taking place)

Turning natural gas service off

Bagging various items, including some perishable food items

Get ready

The Fumigation Planning Guide goes through everything, from the steps before treatment to the steps after treatment — and all the stuff in between.

DOWNLOAD FUMIGATION GUIDE
Tape & Seal
Tenting

Learn what to bag and remove.

Regain Control

Bed bugs are unsettling homewreckers, but you can end their disruption. A pest management professional can fumigate and restore order to your home and life.

Although fumigation can eliminate a bed bug infestation, bed bugs can remain a problem if they’re unknowingly reintroduced after a fumigation. Your pest management professional can help you take steps to avoid reinfestation, including what to look for when traveling or at home, and scheduling regular professional inspections after fumigation.