Getting Rid Of Bed Bugs

Wester

How do you get rid/kill these type of bed bugs they are brown in colour and oval shaped in size and give of a filthy oily smell

Any ideas how to get rid of them

maninthestreet

They are destroyed by temperatures over 46 degrees centigrade - but not much chance of getting that sort of temperature in your bedroom, even in a heatwave with your central heating on.

Mini_Bear

Get rid of the mattress, sheets, duvet and all, clean the carpets thoroughly (or rip up and replace) and start again.
Clean all pets thoroughly.

Pauls

Ring your local council, None of the sprays/chemicals you can pick up from a supermarket/pet shop/vets etc will touch them.

It's advisable to catch one and take it to your council offices. Ours will (or at least used to) deal with bedbugs for free, but will charge for other kinds of bugs etc.

In the meantime I'd suggest you sleep in a filled bath, and don't cut your finger nails for a while (you'll need them for a serious amount of scratching) :eek:

moonrakerz

maninthestreet wrote: »

They are destroyed by temperatures over 46 degrees centigrade

Just been reading Bill Bryson's latest book.There is a section in there on how things like Bed bugs and Lice have become a major problem again in recent years.
One of the factors causing this is washing clothes at lower temperatures to "save energy".

He quotes Dr John Maunder of the British Medical Entomology Centre:

"If you wash lousy clothing at low temperatures, all you get is cleaner lice"

snugglepet20

Steam cleaner and wash bed-linen at 60 degrees minimum.

sharkie

had this problem in my btl 3 years ago.

Tried daily steam cleaning, diy killer spray, diy killer powder - did not help.

End of the day, at the same time got: virtually all metal beds (no cloth box ones), got the occupants to boilwash their clothes and got in southwark council (£150) to spray poison the place.

One positive factor is that I already had laminate floor, so no way for the bugg!rs to hide.

DDT apparently work well, even though it is banned. Not that poisonous to humans either, but did not have a source

I personally would not recommend that council affiliated service again, due to attitude towards the tenants when spaying and then refusing to come back for a free visit due to a tenant leaving a box on the floor

Ms_Chocaholic

Is this thread making anyone scratch?

Seriously, contact Environment Health who will be able to point you in the right direction and may offer (free) services to get rid of the blighters.