General Pest Control
The quarterly barrier program that keeps the rest of the structure protected year-round.
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Where They Hide
A bed bug problem is a hiding problem
Bed bugs are not a housekeeping failure — they arrive on luggage, secondhand furniture, and visitors, and they settle within a few feet of where people sleep. Missing a single harborage is enough for the population to rebuild, which is why the inspection matters as much as the treatment. We work through the room methodically, treat the harborages we find, and keep monitoring after we treat.
Homes
Apartments & rentals
Mattresses & bed frames
Adjacent-unit inspection
Why They Come Back
Store-bought fixes scatter them; they rarely finish them
A fogger drives bed bugs deeper into wall voids and furniture instead of eliminating them, and it seldom reaches the eggs. What looks like success for a week or two is usually a population that moved and then matured. Every survivor is a restart.
Bed bugs also hide in places that are easy to walk past — the seam of a box spring, the underside of a headboard bolt, the lip of a baseboard, the frame of an upholstered chair nobody thinks to open. A thorough inspection is the only way to know how far the problem has spread before deciding how to treat it.
Where we look
- Mattress seams, tags, and piping
- Box springs and bed frames
- Headboards and wall fixtures
- Baseboards and carpet edges
- Outlets and switch plates
- Upholstered furniture near the bed
How It Goes
Inspect, treat the harborages we find, then keep watching
How treatment works
We inspect first and map where the activity actually is. Our licensed technicians then treat the harborages we identified, applying professional products strictly according to their labels, and your technician will tell you if any area needs a short re-entry window before the room is used again. If the job calls for any preparation on your side, we let you know in advance. After treatment we monitor — because with bed bugs, the follow-up visit matters as much as the first.
Homes, apartments & rentals
Bed bugs do not respect a lease line. In apartments and multi-unit buildings they move through wall voids, outlets, and shared plumbing runs, so treating one unit while the unit next door stays infested rarely holds. Landlords and property managers get the same approach as homeowners: inspect the affected unit, inspect the neighbors, and treat what the inspection actually shows. Our general pest control program covers the rest of the building alongside the bed bug work.
FAQs
Bed bug questions
What are the signs of bed bugs?
Bites that appear in lines or clusters, small rust-colored spots on sheets, shed skins, and dark specks along mattress seams, headboards, and baseboards. Bed bugs hide close to where people sleep, so the mattress and bed frame are the first places to look.
Why do DIY bed bug treatments usually fail?
Store-bought foggers scatter bed bugs deeper into walls and furniture instead of eliminating them, and they rarely reach eggs. Bed bugs also shelter in places most people never think to open. Anything short of treating every harborage lets the population rebuild.
Can bed bugs spread between apartments?
Yes. They travel through wall voids, outlets, and shared plumbing runs, and they hitchhike on luggage, furniture, and laundry. In apartments and multi-unit buildings, treating one unit while an adjacent unit stays infested rarely holds, so the neighboring units should be inspected as part of the same job.
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