Heat Treatments for Bed Bugs & Why You Don't Want One! - The Simple Truth

[@cleetx3546]

Heat treatment ruined my life! The guy overheated our house for several hours while he was gone. Every seal in our tiny little farm home was melted. The shower shrunk and cracked, and the wax ring under the toilet melted, and the toilet started leaking between the linoleum and the subflooring. Also, a rat came in, I guess, in the contractor's equipment. During the heat treatment, the rat electrocuted itself underneath my refrigerator. The bizarre apocalyptic events that began in the aftermath are hard to coherently articulate. Mold, sand fleas, mites, and wood boring beetles were all things that I quickly got a crash course in. The heat treatment was in May of 2018 and here we are August 2023, still suffering the consequences of that horrible decision. We could no longer live in that house and had it hauled off of our farm in 2019. I am curious if anyone knows if it is possible that the heaters could have caused radiation damage?

[@faceones]

Ya it don’t worki lost 8k doing heat treatment I used freeze and non toxic treatment 700 dollars gone in few weeks

[@VaLz777]

@@faceonesso what exactly did you use please?

[@leninmercedes6567]

Great informative video. Ty. I live in nyc. My next door neighbor apartment is infested with bedbugs. She is mentally disabled. She has had them for 5 years now. No one from the building or city has helped. In those 5 years. I got bedbugs twice from Her. I treated with crossfire. Thank God I kept them at bay……. I went to her apartment and did a sporadic treatment. Not a full detail one. So far I’m still good

[@angelsndaisies6188]

That was so nice of you to do that for her!

[@briankaz8786]

I think there should be a trailer or box truck that could be rented, designed to heat up inside, so you could put your furniture in it and the kill bed bugs. You could finish off with chemical.

[@Najerai17]

Thank u this video was very so much helpful, I’ve had two heat treatments in 2 weeks and still have bed bugs. Today which makes the 3rd week, pest control is coming today to do a chemical treatment. In between time i constantly sprayed alcohol and sprinkled the D. Earth powder and that still didn’t work. If u spray alcohol i heard it’s ONLY effective if it’s sprayed directly on the bug , and i never saw any living bed bug moving cause they don’t come out in the day time . Good luck everyone and i hope u get rid of bed bugs cause this is truly stressful. This video is very educational. Thanks

[@spongebrained]

Whatever you do, don’t use alcohol, it is really flammable and not a fun experience if it’s all over your house.

[@Larry11181]

My chemical treatment was $800 and I had a small infestation after about 3 days the bites stopped. It was well worth it. My dad had bedbugs very bad a few years ago so I knew almost immediately that it was bedbugs and how bad it could get so I acted right away.

[@None-mb3jl]

All I can do is cry! 😭

[@donfaulkner852]

I feel you. The landlord here and their bug guy charged the neighbor $425 to come in and heat treat 3 months ago, 2 months ago I emailed the landlord and the bug guy came over and said thelittle red bugs were NOT bed bugs, and he told me to stop spraying because my chemicals would make his treatments fail. A week ago my next door neighbors house was infested. Luckily I had kept spraying or my house would be worse than it is. They charged him over $500 for heat treatment. When they were getting ready to heat treat I told them they were coming in from the hole where the plumbing is between both apartments and my front door. The pest guysays they can't do that and the landlord says she won't put up with me disrespecting the bug guy and proceeds to tell me they are going to heat treat my house and she'll put me on a payment plan. They have been over here harassing me for 2 days, screaming and cursing at me and I had to go outside and make them leave. I am going to find a way to make these criminals stop tomorrow.

[@paulfranklin4623]

Very informative video,,,,,I was thinking about heat,,,, I think I have changed my mind

[@dfcalles]

I actually found your video as I was trying to find a rental facility for one of these heaters. Glad I found your content.

[@cashnicole816]

Every point you mentioned is the reason I’m hesitant on heat treatment. If I spend 800 on heat treatment I will be so upset if they came back and ruined my tv’s and wasted my cash

[@yodabolt1247]

Had infestation in one bedroom on second floor of the house. The mattress and box springs were old and ruined anyway so we packed it all up in sealed 5mil bags and got rid of it six months ago and cleaned the room. Still thinking of a house-wide Crossfire treatment before we utilize that bedroom again.

[@ANNBORIS-h8r]

Yes. Get rid of the mattress in a cover.

[@Daniel-oy4gu]

Oh wow glad I watched this before ordering the equipment to do heat treatments.

[@brandonssmith22]

Glad i found this video, last week we noticed 1 bed bug on our one couch. Called an exterminator and he checked the whole house and only saw 2 on the couch we first saw the one on. He told me, he believes it was a few that localized to the couch due to everyone laying on it. We got new furniture and he is coming to chemical treat the living room as he said that we caught it very early! We were going to go with the heat treat. But he said he doesnt believe in it as well. And for something like our situation. A chemical treatment will do the job

[@robertduncan2742]

A truthful person, steam should work in one area.

[@kevinl3235]

Thanks for the honesty and useful information, definitely helpful. God bless you my friend.

[@Irishgirlz]

Omg!!!! I’m going thru this right now!!! Single mom and $6000 into this and it still didn’t work my 2 yr old and I have lost everything due to this! My savings and job included! 😭 listen to this man he’s 100 on point! Miserable in California

[@tyffanypoudrier2826]

So happy I watched you , I had the problem years ago. The building never got rid of them! Had to throw everything out and move ! Apparently after over a year and extermination being exterminated about once a month they didn’t die! Now my friend has them and she also lives in a building !

[@bill8794]

Never did the heat treatment to the house itself, because I had read extensively about it, and knew about the bugs running to the cold spots. However I did use heat for all the items that could survive it. I built a DIY bed bug oven like the one shown on reddit, with foam insulation boards, and 2 small lower power heaters, clothes that could go in the dryer would be washed and dried at high heat. Anything else would go into the bed bug hot box at 130+ for at least an hour, couches, beds, dressers, electronics/blu-rays/etc (less than 140 degrees for sensitive items). I used several wireless thermometers that attached to 1 base to confirm temp in at least 3 spots. Of course I used poison for the house itself, Bedlam Plus to be exact, and sprayed around baseboards of walls in every room and around beds/chairs routinely, all together with homemade interceptors as well to deprive them of the source. It took quite some time as I wasn't very thorough the first time and did things incorrectly, by just clearing out the first room and spraying. While nothing ever appeared in that room again, they migrated to other rooms. So after awhile of fighting this with only poison, I decided to go barebones and store everything non-essential in a temporary structure outside. Started with spraying consistently, then heated anything left in the house, then heated everything outside and brought it back in. The whole thing took longer than it should due to the lack of vigilance in the beginning. However after only a couple months of adding heat and being vigilant and completely thorough, with both methods combined things cleared up. I did use interceptors, and occasional additional methods sparingly as well, but mainly bedlam and the hot box handled a massive infestation in just a couple months when done correctly. Now if I get anything used/thrifting I hotbox it before bringing it in. It's a much smaller box, as the original was 8x8x4 so very impractical when we didn't have a free room for cleaning. If I'm ever at a hotel and feel like somethings off, all the clothes go in the dryer, and any other items in the box. Haven't seen a single one to this day, also helped a friend with a roach issue by heating their stuff although to higher temps as roaches are a bit more resistant. I am happy with the hotbox, as a method for prevention, it gives me piece of mind knowing anything coming in on higher risk items is a goner.

[@brittanymanning1086]

Hi! I had a question We had a professional company come and spray three times, and the bed bugs are not going away if anything they're getting worse we've sprayed they've sprayed we've washed everything multiple times wrap the bed what else can we do

[@sammax4245]

You are bringing them home from somewhere after the treatment

[@stevenmoss8027]

I’ve had 2 treatments for bed bugs, and I’ve still got them

[@fevensimna6212]

What treatments do you have

[@martymcfly9232]

What about combining heat and chemichal treatment?

[@elizabethwarren4496]

God bless you for your honesty!!!

[@BBFirefly420]

I have a question for you; I’m about to have my living room and two bedrooms treated professionally (they’re using chemicals) because those are the infected areas. We’re taking everything out of these rooms, I mean everything, it’s going to be empty in all three rooms. How effective do you think the treatment will be? Do you think I’ll have to do more treatments? And do you think they’ll migrate into my kitchen? I’m trying to get the house as empty as possible so they can’t go anywhere else when being treated!! And after they treat my house, how long should I wait to vacuum my carpet and clean the house up? I don’t wanna clean too soon after the treatment is done because I don’t wanna ruin the effectiveness of the treatment! This is my first time really dealing with this!

[@Peledex-PestControl]

Completely agree with this, I do a 3 visit chemical treatment and guarantee it I rarely get any call backs so I can’t see the justification of charging £1,000+ more for a heat treatment.

[@jonetthomas8172]

This has been a living nightmare! Been going thru this for a year and a half! Done 3 companies 2 with chemical liquid and 1 with heat! And I still have activity! This is insane! Is this hopeless?

[@Sev12Cat]

you still have them? you might have to get a new house

[@VaLz777]

Did you ever get rid of them?

[@yangsfamily3044]

I used crossfire but bedbugs still coming out at night . And find them on bed

[@Bazza1968]

I've spent a week at my mums house redecorating her living room and laying laminate flooring for her discharge from a psychiatric hospital.... We then started deep cleaning the house from top to bottom and to my horror we have found what we think are bed bugs(I say think, because they don't look like the exact shape/size I'm seeing on videos, much smaller unless they are not adult yet), but not bad as there's been very little use of her bedroom in the last 6 month. The other room was occupied by my filthy junky brother who has just moved out (it will be him and his manky mates who have used this room occasionally who probably brought them in) and I have gutted that room to repaint and floor it, and change all electrical fittings, but now I've discovered this I'm going to gut this other room and bin off all of the furniture. Ordered D.Earth and a steam clothes sprayer from Amazon and will get some traps. Partner won't go back to the house so I'll sleep in each room on a polished metal legged camp bed/sleeping bag with a ring of D. Earth around the bed and set some traps at the bottom of the legs to entice the f***ers out and get an idea of what the situation is....I called a "reputable" company and they were advising 2 grand heat treatment, but as a builder I know how houses are constructed and there seemed no logic to heating up rooms with drywall/plasterboard as it is used in basic fire insulation anyway, and as you say the temperature in these nooks and crannies will not achieve the recommended kill zone without destroying the rest of the fabric of the building and fixed/moveable contents.... Once I establish the extent of the problem I'll consider chemicals.... might also crank up the heating as it seems cold rooms slow their metabolism and they live longer....

[@coolhluke8089]

I moved into a place with a prior infestation and I used diatomaceous earth and put duct tape backwards on the legs haven't had a problem since

[@rwm1980]

great idea, didnt think of that

[@RAYZ4039]

The building where I'm at has been treated with chemicals for bedbugs almost ten times in the last year. Apparently you and I live in extremely different worlds BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORKING.

[@GreenAkersPC]

Chemicals doesn’t help anyone. Which pesticides have been used in your apartment?

[@charlenewilliams9684]

Thankyou for all of your information I have had 6 different exterminators do a bed bug inspection with no success in finding them I have been struggling with the crawling and biting for several months now I would greatly appreciate if you could tell me what it possibly is that I have going on .Sincerely , Charlene

[@djratino]

I had a sofa that kept getting bedbugs. There used to be a heater in the room that drawed the baseboard out 1/8" or so. I siliconed the crack shut, resprayed, and none has returned since. So yes, they can hide in tight areas and keep reappearing. Quick question... If a neighbor has thrown a mattress out across the street, is it possible for them to travel house to house on a warm, not hot day? I know cockroaches can if you live fairly close.

[@GreenAkersPC]

Bed bugs don’t really travel

[@decemberlove1221]

@@GreenAkersPC I heard they travel, so how they get to people houses

[@jack8162]

@@decemberlove1221 they travel by being on clothes or in luggage or bags. Thrift stores, garage sales, having guests over, etc are how they get into different houses

[@boganshazz821]

Mine travelled from.next door, we share a wall.

[@donfaulkner852]

what can we do about companies giving out false , dangerous info

[@IvanRodriguez-tw5tp]

Thanks Jason i will try to buy this product because i am starting to seeing some bed bugs but finally thank god is not severe finally my walls are clean my matress is not that severe but i want to prevent my home so bed bugs dont keep spreading in my house so i will try this product i apreciate so much your hard work explaining and making videos for the comunity on how to prevent something or stop something that can harm the community

[@meridianwinter2842]

I am seriously curious about what is your response to Mark Rober's video on bed bugs? Which was diatomaceous earth and heat were the most effective at getting rid of bed bugs. They did tests and consulted an expert, is all that information wrong then? Not trying to advertise them, we have bed bugs from one of the other tenants and i am trying to research the best stuff to use, as well as, work with our apartment building. Not sure who to trust now on what to do 😅

[@GreenAkersPC]

I actually did a reaction to this video live on a demonetized video and it was flagged for copyright even though it’s free use to react and point out flaws in research. It’s a real shame honestly. But to answer your question de and heat are not the most effective methods to kill bed bugs. In fact in the video they had aprehend on the table of all the methods to use on the bed bugs and when it came down to the study they curiously omitted the aprehend from the study. Why? Because it’s amazing at killing bed bugs and they were selling heat treatments and DE not the truth. It’s really very sad.

[@rwm1980]

@@GreenAkersPC qhat chemical do u use?

[@notmycupotea]

Thanks for sharing you knowledge!

[@chantellelouisex903]

I had 3 chemical treatments done by a company , threw old beds and mattresses away threw away all my carpet put bed bug mattress protection on decorated throughout new skirting boards filled holes and I still have them I’ve used sprays , bombs called the company who said my warranty is ended and I get £20 off for another treatment !! Was considering paying for heat treatment dunno what else to do at the end of my tether spent thousands 😢😢😢

[@GreenAkersPC]

It’s important to know exactly which chemical was used. Some pesticides require months of applications where others require maybe one or two treatments

[@rhettcollins8682]

Heck with the picture frames. My client is asking me to replace $40k worth of cabinets because the heat peeled all of the edge banding off the doors and faces of the cabinets. Ever heard of this happening ?

[@GreenAkersPC]

I have. It’s why most exterminators will have the customer sign a waiver and why I don’t do bed bug heat

[@VaLz777]

See this right here is a logical way to explain the difference in heat treatment vs chemical treatments!!! Just to imagine one hitching female into your home again!!!

[@ZZ-tx3mb]

Great advice. Just saved my mum a fortune😮❤

[@patrickbuick5459]

My concern and issue is things like winter boots, office chairs, and equipment that can't be washed and dried. I also have been sleeping on an air mattress on the floor, so i guess that defeats the barrier idsa somewhat.

[@summerrocha2498]

Thank you so much for this video! I really wish you had a location here in Texas because I'd hire you right away! I almost hired a company for a heat treatment that was going to be 2,500! I do wish i found this video earlier before I spent so much time and money on bedbug products from home depot or walmart. Thank you! I got 4 children as well and they are getting all bitten up poor babies. My husband and I are going to tune in on your live channel. Any recommendations on how to keep out KISSING BUGS?

[@xwhatever33x]

If like to know where to spray.

[@AshleyTaylor-k7k]

What do you use in the walls to treat bed bugs?

[@jackiedayton7530]

Does heat treatment work if it is done in a moving truck? We are moving and was thinking of doing the heat treatment while our belongings are in the truck?

[@Xabbie.]

lol a car can get to 125 on a 85-90 degree day

[@juliettefong121]

have you ever worked with spraying cold? what was your experience? I feel it would only work when you spray the actual bugs but wouldn't reach in the cracks/walls, I'm I right?

[@VaLz777]

Ok using Crossfire what do you think about mixing an IGR with the crossfire?

[@RickZepp]

Hi Jason. Love your videos. Have you heard of permithrin? I hope I'm spelling it correctly. My local pest control company uses it. I do not want to sign up with them if you've had bad results with permithrin.

[@brocklanders4684]

Hey i got a question for u does that permithrin work that's what they sell at my pest control place they been in business for close to 50 years they swear by it

[@janaloya8761]

What’s the recommendation inside the walls? please

[@alyssarutherford1643]

What do you recommend for apartment bed bug issues?

[@carriesanders508]

It seems that all pest control doesn't want people to treat themselves. What would one do if they can't afford professional extermination?

[@GreenAkersPC]

Buy crossfire and DIY. I have a lot of videos here on my channel that help people to do just that.

[@dianewendorf2242]

We were quoted $3000 for a 900 sqft home with a basement (not oncl in sq ft) too much for a chemical treatment? Incl 1 yr quarantee. And need to be out if home with cat for 6hrs. Does that sound reasonable?

[@TheBreakCrush]

Is cypermetrine efective? Idk how its written. But its supposed to be the best i can get for bed bugs

[@c2h2o9c9olate]

You forgot to mention one very important thing. No matter if you use heat or chemicals if you eliminate all bedbugs all is lost if someone comes into your house carrying just one pregnant female bug on them. Then you can start all over again. There is nothing worse than a pregnant female of any species, including human!

[@myblacklab7]

That got a chuckle out of me. (No offense to pregnant women, who are wonderful, glorious creatures with soft skin and dazzling eyes).

[@coolhluke8089]

EVERYTHING he said I figured out about heat treatment.

[@robertduncan2742]

Wheres your link for items please, thanks for beung straightforward in things you seem like a caring person who does his best

[@GreenAkersPC]

www.amazon.com/shop/greenakerspestcontrolllc

[@user-by5xw9gp5s]

Thank you. I was in the process of scheduling a heat treatment.

[@williambray8717]

I have tried both products the one you recommend spray wise and I’ve been fighting it for over a month. I just like to know what is the endgame eventually when will it stop. I have applied to product a couple times.

[@barbaracroft9999]

I live in South Georgia and I bought spray from a commercial company me and my kids are getting at up but I can not locate them they was in one room burnt the whole room so I know it’s bed bugs but I can’t locate them been stressing every 3 days for a month now they chemical is zenprox ec is this effective to kill them??

[@HeadlessMaruder]

Can you come to louisiana? Cause honestly you seem like the best option

[@ckenig1]

How do you feel about cimexa? As a desiccant treatment? My daughter was hospitalized for a month and she was getting bitten. I cannot find them in her room, i did go ahead and treat with cimexa via a puffer and have been washing everything that will fit in the dryer. Threw out her pillow. We’re home going on 4 weeks, hopeful we caught it early. I’m in Dallas, if it’s relevant. We’re treating the whole home, essentially. Do you make recommendations on companies? Or do you advise crossfire only? What is the difference between cimexa and crossfire?

[@Travisg5]

Don’t use cimexa just use the crossfire

[@MsFritz27]

Thank you for sharing this content. By any chance do you know a reputable company or person in Brevard County, FL that can assist with bed bug chemical treatment?

[@trucker_jayycee]

Help . I have bed bugs in my semi truck !

[@GreenAkersPC]

You can treat the truck with crossfire just like a house and it works well

[@donvito2682]

I just moved into a one bedroom unit. Within the first 24 hours I discovered bed bugs in every room in the apartment including the closets. I also had bug bites on my legs. My landlord denies that there were any bed bugs in the apartment before I moved in. She said that the pest inspector told her that bed bugs cant survive in a vacant unit without a host. I know that this is false. Bed bugs can survive many months without a host. My landlord believes what the pest inspector said and wants me to pay for the exterminator. Im expecting a call from the exterminator in a few hours. I dont know how much its gonna cost but Im worried that I may not have enough money to pay for it. Ive never had bed bugs before so this is new to me. I always thought that it was the landlords responsibility to take care of problems like this. It pisses me off to know that Im expected to pay for something that is not my fault and not my responsibility.

[@leroyjenkinz9791]

I'd look into state& federal law"landlord tenant act" I believe it's their responsibility &you shouldn't have to pay for it. Dealing with a bed bug problem myself,that brought me here.

[@donvito2682]

@@leroyjenkinz9791 It cost me $1300 dollars to have my apartment treated for bedbugs. There was an infestation there before I moved in but the landlord blames it on me and had me pay for it. I always thought that it's the law that landlords take responsibility for pest control. I wouldnt know how to go about filing for legal action or how to take the proper steps at winning a case like this. I've never had a bedbug problem before.

[@PlatClapper]

@@donvito2682 If you fail to act on it, your window will close. Don't run away from taking action because law and filing stuff is scary. Otherwise enjoy screwing yourself over and being a pushover to others who can pressure you in similar ways to save money. That was illegal and i hope you took pictures with dates and timestamps. RESPECT YOURSELF AND BE AN ADULT FOR FUCKS SAKE

[@cybercheese3]

It is their responsibility... Just withold rent until they pay for it. 😅

[@lahmmmla]

would you recommend crossfire for vehicles as well? what do you think about nuvan pro strips for cars?

[@GreenAkersPC]

I use crossfire in cars

[@tigersblood12212012]

​@GreenAkersPC how can I get crossfire in New York state? I can't find anyone to ship here. Is there an alternative product that I can get in New York state? My living room is knotty pine so I have about 260 square feet of seams

[@Paul-j4q]

What do you think about heat treatment in Flour milling industry? Like Thermonox, Thermopest?

[@GreenAkersPC]

I think it won’t work

[@Paul-j4q]

It's curious because it's widely used in Europe, but there are no records in the USA

[@dwightcarver1228]

Pretty decent convo🏆🏆🏆💪🏿👍🏾

[@justingardin933]

What chemical do you use my landlord is heat treatment in 3 days they are paying for first time then tenants responsible if found again at 1000 per apartment

[@GreenAkersPC]

I use Crossfire bed bug pesticide

[@LeslieSchwier]

So if u have them in the wall u can get rid of them too

[@sureiaionescu7343]

Is it possible to get rid of bed bugs in a car??

[@MidwestPest-g4s]

What are your thoughts about companies that use heat, but use cimexa dust and or crossfire inside of outlets, baseboards, voids under sinks/washer machines ect. ?

[@spencerlatham5632]

What chemical do u use?

[@GreenAkersPC]

Crossfire. It’s in the description of this video

[@TeeTee-x6x]

I have a bed bug problem and I’m going to try to fight it on my own. I’m going to order the crossfire products today in the meantime I gotta catch the live streams! Don’t wanna go just spraying without following steps

[@GreenAkersPC]

Try this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z362oIGrp5mabqc

[@bryanutility9609]

Good info! Question: So you spray toxic poison all over my 1 year old children’s mattresses, floor, & stuffed animals that gets in their eyes and mouth?

[@GreenAkersPC]

What!?! Who does that?

[@bryanutility9609]

@@GreenAkersPC haha your other video I just watched explained safety. But yea I’ve got to spray everything & my kids get into everything and they put everything in their mouths.

[@GreenAkersPC]

You don’t “spray everything” that’s not correct. I have 4 kids and none of them lick baseboards

[@bryanutility9609]

@@GreenAkersPC every toy hits the ground & every toy gets chewed on by toddlers. …My only concern. Ordered the spray yesterday! Thanks for all the info.

[@GreenAkersPC]

Once dry, pesticides don’t transfer to belongings and you should never treat an entire floor for bed bugs anyway it won’t work

[@Spookys1978]

Are there different kinds of bed bugs?

[@Febreze99]

Green Akers pest control llc I'm a truck driver and there are a few bed bugs left after I used Harris. Do you recommend I buy an ozone machine

[@GreenAkersPC]

Ozone machines are snake oil

[@allenpardon8211]

I bought a commercial ozone generator and not from Amazon and I specifically asked if it would kill bed bugs and his response was, we don’t advertise it but it will kill insects so I spent the money and to be honest some die and some don’t so you will have to do it on a schedule in which I haven’t figured out yet so if this crossfire works, I would say get it.

[@childofgod9662]

They chemical treated my house 4 damn times and I still got bugs wtf do I do?????

[@GreenAkersPC]

What chemical

[@nikhilmoharana]

Can we do chemical treatment when we have got babies at home?

[@GreenAkersPC]

I treat homes with infants all the time

[@philfrizzell4571]

I thought you come back in ur home or apt within 2 or 3 hours after heat treatment

[@amandamaclachlan875]

Hi Jason new view of video we're expecting small cases of bed bugs our self where we're rent from they want to do a heat treatment. They expect us to have place ready short time frame we're young family we have three levels for our home to get ready we have lots of stuff to get ready. How to people who young children are supposed get it all done with no help. We're unsure about if we'll have it ready for the deadline.

[@crystalward1896]

What can I buy please I’m going insane

[@PrimeSolutionsTX]

Great info!

[@crishall631]

What are the chances of bed bugs laying dormant for 7 months then re emerging.

[@GreenAkersPC]

This only really happens when no food source is present

[@crishall631]

Thank u every bite I get scares me to death

[@boriqua1973]

How toxic are these chemicals??

[@northsouth2305]

I did a heat a treatment and it did not work

[@RatfromNadeaust]

I had bites in my arms and I was wondering what they wore, until I was watching a movie and I saw a bug crawling and I was like wtf and I used my phones flashlight and I saw a bug and killed it, and I then googled and it was a bed bug. I inspected my whole matress and funritures and nothing... should I still be concerned if I only saw one? after I killed it the bites stopped.

[@GreenAkersPC]

If it were my house I would treat but that’s me

[@RatfromNadeaust]

@@GreenAkersPC thank you !! Will do!! I’m thinking of pursuing the career in pest control here In California. About to buy the Truman's Scientific Guide to Pest control

[@chrisjackson6605]

Does phantom work for the bugs

[@GreenAkersPC]

I’ve heard in some cases it does but I don’t use phantom for them

[@lisaaddison6936]

Thank you jason

[@lukeprobert630]

Heat treatment dose not work it just makes them run behind walls de is a good way to keep them down but still need chemicals also and your problem should be gone

[@DennnisMAY-wl7iy]

I got it all messed up dammm, sprayed crossfire over compleat exterior and I know I did that right, well wife insisted on company to do inspection/treatment, soooo I sprayed CF them waited 5 HR and I vacuumed the D-earth we had put down earlier, so Termanex man came he did not look very hard at all ,I ask what do ya think he say he not see anything. I GAVE THE PHONE TO WIFE , and started talking treatment,when off the phone I ask termanex man what do ya think he say well if we see 1 bbWe recommend treatment, 1400, they coming Friday, but I tell ya I been looking well digging in carpet by baseboards and I seen 2 in hall 1 in carpet by baseboard. And a couple more. the termanex man did not look very hard at all. Or maybe it's me I think the DEarth scare him . He commented a bit on putting it down but .I still think he not look hardly . And I'm well scared to sleep because I think I can here them and some I think I see are very small and light , like a peace of salt.its it a NEW strain . Any help ,words please., sorry i spell bad.

[@DennnisMAY-wl7iy]

No sleep day 3

[@GreenAkersPC]

It takes up to 4 weeks for all the bed bugs to die off

[@robertwilhelm9110]

I had a heat treatment and I still have bed Bugs now they (the exterminator) have to come back to do it.

[@michaelrhodes9178]

Thank you

[@robertwolfeii615]

Wish your were in Texas

[@chellemoore7571]

Does diatomaceous earth work?

[@GreenAkersPC]

Not really

[@gingerporter1473]

Doesn't work for us

[@JohnDoe-gq3tm]

Washing clothes inside out may help some.

[@ItsYoGirlCookie]

So this company I know they do heart treatments and they said it works now I feel like arguing about it 😂 I going to show them this video

[@aj7377]

Hello sir, thank you for this informative video. I am curious though if heat treatments are completely useless though? I have a small infestation, nothing major, but i am thinking of having a heat treatment done. Its a small company, only one guy and he guarantees that it will solve the problem. Should i back out or go through with it?

[@GreenAkersPC]

Personally I wouldn’t do it but that’s me. The mild cases don’t really need it and I can’t understand the argument that it’s the only solution when I use crossfire and get better results than heat treatment guys

[@VaLz777]

Just curious if you used the heat treatment or went the chemical route? Personally I would NOT use the heat treatment and save my money as well as my money from damaged items in my house. People can get bedbugs more than once!

[@ryaniam22]

I don't see why any exterminator can't do both a pesticide treatment AND a heat treatment. Pretty ridiculous its that expensive for this crap. Pesticides are cheap

[@GreenAkersPC]

Heat is very expensive. Pesticide is cheap. Doing a heat treatment and pesticide treatment just admits that you need more than heat to do the job

[@coolhluke8089]

What does chemical treatment cost?

[@justified1free2]

Does Diatomaceous Earth work?

[@GreenAkersPC]

I don’t recommend it ever

[@3life83]

@@GreenAkersPC Why?

[@Lavica369]

Thank you