Hotels and apartment buildings pose some of the greatest challenges for bed bugs exterminators. While chemical pesticides have traditionally been used to control these unsettling invaders, they generally require several treatment sessions and leave behind potentially harmful fumes and residues. And thanks to an increased resistance to pesticides, these substances are becoming less and less effective at battling major infestations.
Fortunately, one Dallas pest control company believes that pesticide is the wrong approach to bed bugs, and instead offers a clean, safe, heat-based alternative. Why should you choose ThermaPureHeat® to get rid of bed bugs from your Dallas hotel? The answer is simple, says Dallas bed bugs control specialist Mark Kellner of ThermaPure Texas. “It works,” he says.
Fast and Effective
One of the biggest advantages of ThermaPureHeat® to control bed bugs is the fact that an entire infestation can be eradicated in a single treatment. Pesticides are limited, says Kellner, in their ability to control a major bed bug problem. While they are relatively effective at killing live insects, they cannot penetrate bed bugs’ eggs. This means that several treatment sessions are usually required, spaced several days or weeks apart, in order to completely eliminate the problem. These treatment sessions must be timed so as to kill newly hatched bed bugs before they have time to reproduce. “It’s really just guesswork,” says Kellner. “It’s very difficult to get the timing right so that you don’t keep leaving behind unhatched, live eggs.”
In contrast, ThermaPureHeat® can penetrate the bed bugs’ eggs, killing them along with the live insects. This means that a single treatment session rids the affected area of bed bugs completely-and that affected hotel rooms are back in service faster than they might otherwise be, with no need to worry about re-treating.
Cost-Effective
Thanks to the unique ability of ThermaPureHeat® to penetrate everything within a structure (including drapes, wall cavities, bedclothes and mattresses), there is no need to replace anything inside the affected area of a hotel before or after the treatment. Often, pest control companies recommend discarding mattresses and other soft items from bed bug-infested areas in conjunction with employing pesticides to kill remaining bugs. This is not only inconvenient and time-consuming; it can also become extremely expensive. “ThermaPureHeat®,” Kellner says, “is able to kill bed bugs and their eggs, wherever they’re hiding, in a single treatment.”
Discreet
When battling a bed bug problem, Kellner says, hotel owners want to work with a pest control company that operates with the very highest degree of integrity and professionalism. It’s important to resolve the problem quickly and effectively without drawing the attention of guests or the media. “There’s nothing on our trucks or our equipment,” he explains, “that says anything about bed bugs. We understand that part of our role is discretion.”
Green
The use of ThermaPureHeat® to control bed bugs, says Kellner, also eliminates any of the health and environmental concerns associated with pesticide use. “It’s totally green and totally safe,” he says. “Just pure, clean heat.”