by Tommy Underhill, GreenTech Heat
August 7, 2020
The short and simple answer: Yes, heat kills bed bugs (and other insects, too!).
If you’ve ever spent time in the desert, you know it gets hot! A quick look around and you can see the impact heat has on the environment. Most insects and other animals are active at night and spend the days sheltered away from the heat.
Slightly hotter than the desert
Temperatures at Lake Havasu, Arizona can reach 120°F during the summer. Add in brisk wind, and the heat index can feel like 130°F. At this temperature, the crazy humans are the only animals out and about— everything else must be smarter and is sheltering below ground to avoid the heat!
This is the temperature range we achieve during a heat treatment: 120°F to 140°F. Most insects and their eggs cannot survive in this temperature range for more than a couple of hours.
In fact, many allergens, bacteria, molds, and viruses will also be killed at these temperatures. Not only does a bed bug heat treatment kill all bed bugs, your home ends up smelling fresher and is a healthier environment following the treatment.
Why trust a heat treatment?
- Heat naturally kills all bed bugs in a single, one-day treatment: adults, nymphs, eggs. Because heat kills the eggs, there are no future generations to bite and pester your family.
- Just like cooking with a convection oven, we get everything up to lethal temperatures and then hold that temperature long enough to kill all the bed bugs— adults, nymphs, and eggs. All furniture, furnishings, drapes, electronics, clothing, bedding, mattresses, and structural materials— including walls— reach lethal temperatures. There is no where for a bed bug to hide and they’re all killed the first time. That’s why we use heat for a 100% kill.
- Heat is 100% safe to the contents of your home. Anything that has been shipped by truck or ocean container has already been exposed to the temperatures in a bed bug heat treatment. The interior of your home gets about as hot as the inside of your parked car on a hot day.
- Heat has no chemicals or pesticides to irritate you or your family. Heat is safe for your dogs and cats. Heat has no allergic properties. Your home is freshened after a heat treatment.
Give us a call at 405-698-6090 and schedule a pesticide-free heat treatment today. Armor & Shield will bring a little bit of the desert into your home and kill all your bed bugs in a single, one-day treatment. You don’t have to live with bed bugs.
Don’t take our word for it
The guy that owns this place is so amazing my water went out and I I have 7 month old babies at home and him and his family was amazing and brought me some water and wipes for me to take care of my babies this guy and his family has a big heart and I'm so grateful for them.
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February 21, 2021
