Bedbugs

[DIDO.1 22,847]

Does anyone use a fogger for bedbugs?

 

I do a survey visit and 3 treatments. The other day I did a Survey and was due to start treatment when I received a phone call to say the council could do it in one visit 'they use a special fogging machine that gets into all the areas you can't treat'

[BRY 79]

Nope how can the microcapsul get everywhere ? Without lifting lateness bedframe bedside cabinets etc

[Torquemada 288]

Fogging isn't effective for bed bugs. There was an article in Pest Magazine a couple of years ago, a study in the US showed it just spread them around as they fled the insecticide and retreated deep into the fabric of the building.

[DIDO.1 22,847]

....but the council promised it was a super duper fogger that got into places I cant

[Torquemada 288]

Well you can't win them all, you know the score mate, some jobs don't come off for a variety of reasons, just roll with it...

 

No doubt the bugs will be return, however in my experience you rarely get called again as the customer is too embarrassed!

[DIDO.1 22,847]

Yeah I agree with that! Not getting the call back lol

 

I'm never bothered about loosing a bedbug job...Iv got plenty of jobs I enjoy more

[budgie123 163]

There has been a lot of discussion and debate about the positive or negative effect using a ULV can have on bed bug treatments.

 

When these questions first started coming out questioning the negative impact it could have due to the fact it is a pyrethriod which could drive bed bugs further into harbourages because it is an irritant.

 

I stopped using ULV and evaluated what impact if any it had on resolving a bed bug infestation.

 

The conclusion I came to was jobs definately took longer to resolve and I reverted back to using the ULV on every bed bug treatment and visits reduced .

 

Some of the research and information which I read is excellent but there are times when you have to make your own decisions.

 

What does surprise me is how difficult jobs with low level actiivity are to resolve taking as much time and effort as jobs with a high level of activity.

 

Another hard lesson I have learnt is never treat a property in isolation if it adjions to another.

 

A low level of infestation can mean one of two things a recent arrival of bed bugs in the premises or as I have found out sometimes a very high level of activity in the next door property.

 

The only thing that resolves a bed bug job is 100% commitment to achieving control,a good work ethic, a thoroughness that no other pest control treatment comes close to and an ability to comunicate with customers what role they play in the process.

 

I take my hat of to the companies who specialise in treating them and thats all they .

[DIDO.1 22,847]

On my survey visit I am talking to the customer as much as looking at the job....any issues with communication and I walk away

[unclepesta 101]

direct hits are what gets results not blanket treatments

 

find that crack and they wont be back lol

 

the blanket spray of the room that most techs do at the close of the treatment is the result of anxiety lol

[unclepesta 101]

remember that bedbugs can stay hidden in a crevice for months without feed once its been through its moults that is. fogging and blanket spraying subdues movement of these insecticide sensitive bugs.

 

you probably will bet called back a few weeks or a few months later after fogging or blanket spraying.

[stormyboy 1,352]

I remember a recent post where someone treated loads of rooms in a day with a fogger, one every few minutes. There is no way anyone can effectively treat BB in that space of time. There are no shortcuts with these insects....

[Deker 3,478]

Yeah I agree with that! Not getting the call back lol

 

I'm never bothered about loosing a bedbug job...Iv got plenty of jobs I enjoy more

 

:yes:

[j j m 6,564]

Horrible things