Heat can rid a home of bed bugs in a single day, a real advantage when the crew is coming up from the valley floor. The team brings in commercial heaters and fans and tracks temperatures with probes placed inside mattresses, cushions and along the base of the walls.
Why Heat Works
Bed bugs and their eggs die when held at a high enough temperature for long enough, and no population can become resistant to heat. Our technicians generally keep the coolest spot in each room at about 120°F or more, turning mattresses and shifting cushions so the heat reaches every layer.
The Treatment Day
- Set upItems that cannot take heat are removed, then heaters, fans and sensors are placed.
- Ramp upOver a few hours the heaters push every room toward the kill range.
- HoldThe crew watches readings and moves items until every pocket is hot.
- FinishOnce things cool, the crew goes over its logs and may treat edges with a residual.
Heat in Older Angwin Houses
Much of the housing in 94508 went up between the 1940s and the 1960s, and drafty wood windows and thin walls can bleed heat. Ask whether the crew brings a generator or needs a particular electrical panel, and for duplexes or units with shared walls, ask how the space next door will be handled.
Remove These First
- Pets, plants, aerosol cans, candles, lighters, ammunition and medicine.
- Photographs, records, crayons and anything else that can melt or bend.
- Any electronics or instruments the crew asks you to take out.
- Clothing and bedding usually stay put unless the crew says otherwise.
Questions About Heat Treatment
Do we have to sleep somewhere else after a heat job?
Rarely. Once the rooms cool and the crew reviews its temperature logs, most families are back in their own beds that night.
Could we just turn the furnace all the way up?
No. The EPA notes that household heating cannot get every hidden spot hot enough for long enough, and running a furnace or woodstove that hard creates a fire risk.
How it works: Bed Bug Control CA is a licensed California bed bug service. Our team sets a visit time with you in Angwin. You get a written quote before any treatment.