Bedbugs in the apartment are a frequent phenomenon today and quite problematic. After all, even a small number of bugs in a short time will turn your home into a klopovnik and will deprive all your household of peace and sleep. Since they multiply at lightning speed.
It is not easy to destroy this army of blood suckers, since the insects build their nests in hard-to-reach places and it is hardly possible for humans to find them all. To effectively combat the brown plague requires complete disinsection of the room with pesticides.
This can be done by resorting to the help of professional sanitary epidemiological services, or to process the apartment independently.
To achieve maximum results and to avoid repeated treatments, a number of measures should be taken indoors. How to prepare an apartment for processing from bedbugs will find out in this article. Also tell you how many bugs die after treatment?
Preparing a living room
It is necessary to prepare an apartment for treatment with pesticides, regardless of whether the professional disinsector or someone from adult family members will work. So how exactly the effectiveness of the disinsection procedure depends on proper preparation of the living space and getting after it the maximum result.
How to prepare an apartment for the disinsection of bedbugs:
- clean the apartment, remove dust from surfaces, disassemble deposits of things;
- curtains and curtains removed from the eaves and immediately wash, as they can be bugs;
- bed linen, which is not subject to spraying (unlike pillows and mattresses), also needs to be cleaned in advance at a sufficiently high temperature (60-90 degrees);
- if there are carpets, paintings, posters, frames with photos on the walls, they must be removed, but not removed far, as they will also be processed;
- furniture, including soft move away from the wallsto allow easy access to the disinsector;
- remove things from the cabinets (it is advisable to clean them all, as insect eggs may be in the clothes), shelves inside the cabinet will also be treated with a solution;
- to pack the dishes in plastic wrap and put in a separate box;
- Food (cereals, sugar, flour, salt) put at the time of disinsection works in the fridge;
- plastic film cover electronicsas the solution may damage it;
- if the apartment has an aquarium, it is better to bring it to the neighbors. If this is not possible, tightly cover;
- remove from the apartment all residents in it, including pets;
- de-energize the wiring at the time of the work, as the sockets will be processed;
- tear off baseboards from walls, carefully peel off detached pieces of wallpaper (if any), since there may be bugs' nests behind them;
- leave free access to the faucet;
- tightly close all windows and doors;
How to clean the apartment after treatment from bedbugs?
Cleaning the premises after disinfection of bedbugs, when they die, should be started no earlier, than 6-8 hours.
At first apartment airs 3-4 hours, leaving at this time wide open all the windows.
How to get rid of the smell after being bullied:
- bedbugs are collected by vacuuming throughout the area, after which the bag with their remains is burned;
- wet sponge dipped in soapy water (soap and water) carefully wipe all surfaces (especially kitchen countertops);
- wash the floors, trying not to affect the baseboard;
- upholstered furniture and beds should be vacuumed. Do not wash these items. In their folds and crevices should remain a bit of insecticide, which will serve as prevention of the appearance of bloodsuckers. The expiration date is usually long lasting for all chemicals (from 3 to 6 weeks). Pillows and blankets, as well as soft toys, should be washed;
- pictures are wiped with soapy water, carpets vacuumed both external and seam surfaces with high power;
- it is not recommended to wash the upper part of the walls, as well as the floor and ceiling plinths for 3–6 weeks, until complete destruction of the pests;
IMPORTANT! Cleaning after disinsection should be carried out in rubber gloves!
Preparing the room for the complete treatment of insect chemicals is very important. If you walk up to her carelessly (leave the furniture in place, do not free the wardrobes, do not remove carpets from the walls), access to some pests will be unavailable, and therefore after a week the bugs will again celebrate housewarming in your apartment.
We hope now you will do everything right, because we have given clear instructions on what to do before and after processing.
They answered the questions: how to get rid of the smell of chemicals and after treatment of bedbugs after which time the bugs die?
If you decide to carry out the treatment yourself, here are the main remedies for bloodsuckers: sprays Clean House, Raid, Raptor, Combat, the most effective drugs that need to be diluted in water and spray room, this Geth, Forsyth, Fufanon, Karbofos and Hangman.
