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Heat Treatments Kill Bed Bugs – GreenTech Heat

Posted on February 28, 2018 by admin Click Here For Article

Begin Killing Bed Bugs in Less Than 15 Minutes

Pesticide-based indoor bed bug control methods raise concern over the safety of occupants. Our affordable heat treatment systems offer you the ability to perform bed bug control work without relying on toxic chemical residues. Heat can be used to kill every type of bed bug and their eggs. Additionally heat can kill bacteria and viruses.

Achieve a proven thermal kill for bed bugs with GreenTech Heat Solution's state-of-the-art technology. Our state-tested technology creates heat convection currents which transfer air throughout the room, forcing heated air molecules to transfer their energy into every surface of the room. Developed and perfected by Michael R. Linford PhD, our equipment is designed to be a complete bed bug heat treatment system without sacrificing quality or capability.

Heat is the only truly organic bed bug control treatment method. Other companies would have you believe that their pesticides are organic or come from natural sources, but every applied pesticide carries with it some level of toxicity. Heat treatments are completely non-toxic and leave no chemical residue, eliminating your exposure over potential client health concerns.

Each ePro heater can treat up to 400 sqft. Electric heat treatment packages with the ePro electric heater require 45 amps to operate a full power and run on 120v power. There's no need for a generator system with GreenTech ePro heaters. Each ePro combines a 3500 cfm fan and 6 heating elements 7 amps each in one powerful unit. You will use 6 power cords per each ePro. The electric system is a "closed" system which means it recycles the heated air inside the structure. A technician does not always need to be present with electric units. You can set up your treatment area, close the door and check on the treatment at a later time.

Each Titan heater can treat up to 3000sqft. Propane heat treatment packages will need to have access to outdoors to stage propane heating unit. The heat from the propane heating unit is "ducted" into the room from outside the building. Propane units are faster to achieve the thermal temperature than electric units and will take less time to perform a treatment. A technician must always be present to monitor the heater and the treatment. The Titan propane is highly efficient and penetrates the structure very well, cutting down treatment times. Propane systems will require a propane tank and hoses. A typical 25 gal/100 lb tank will supply enough propane for the entire treatment.

The full details of heat treatments are provided in our Heat Treatment Field Guide. This is a basic approach to performing a heat treatment.

The same process for treating bed bugs will also kill, and in some cases, completely eradicate other organisms.

Heat systems affecting heat treatment run times and methodology.

Equipment used: ePro electric 400 package

Equipment used: Titan propane 3000 package

All efforts should be taken to preheat a structure prior or during set-up of heat treatment equipment. Starting with a pre-heated room achieves faster arrival times for lethal temperature resulting in less treatment time, and higher productivity.

Please refer to our full listing Compendium of Thermal Death Points in our References tab under Technical support / support docs PDF. The death point data listed was taken from laboratory tests, not from field applications.

Bed bugs are widespread and have been found in houses, apartments, hotels, schools, hospitals, dormitories and movie theaters. They use their straw-like mouth parts to suck blood from warm-blooded animals such as humans, bats, and birds. Adults are oval-shaped, flattened front to back, and wingless. At maturity, they are 4-5 mm long and 1.5-3 mm wide. They are light brown when hungry but after a feeding on blood, their abdomen looks bright red, red-brown, or blackish. Bed bugs may be mistaken for small cockroaches but unlike cockroaches, which scavenge human food, bed bugs feed only on blood. They remain hidden during the day and actively feed at night. Their bites are painless but the bite wounds can be extremely itchy for days later. If disturbed, alarmed, or crushed, they leave dark stains (fecal spots), often on sheets and bedding.

Bed bugs have three stages in their life cycle: egg, nymph, adult. Adult females lay eggs on rough dry surfaces near their hiding places, either singly or in small clusters. One to four weeks later, the nymphs hatch from the eggs and seek a host animal from which to feed. As nymphs eat and mature, they outgrow their skin, grow a new skin layer (exoskeleton) beneath it, and shed the old one, a process called molting. Following each molt, the nymph is a little larger. After the fifth growth-molt cycle, usually 4-6 weeks later, the bed bug reaches full size and is an adult. The process of changing body forms while maturing is called metamorphosis.

At night, bed bugs travel from their hiding places to feed on sleeping host animals. They insert their long needle-like mouthparts into the skin, inject saliva which digests blood cells, and drink up the digested blood. As the abdomen fills with blood, it turns bright red, dark red-brown, or blackish. After feeding, they retreat to their hiding places. They typically feed every 5 10 days but can live up to 8 months without feeding.

Unlike many insects that feed on human blood, bed bugs are not known to transmit (vector) any disease-causing bacteria or viruses (pathogens). Reactions to bed bug bites very among individuals. Many victims show no signs of bites. Others dont realize theyve been bitten until rash, redness, or swelling appears around the bite, sometimes with intense itching.

Bed bugs are active at night and are adept at hiding in dark places during the day. They most often hide in crevices and in spaces between mattresses and box springs, on bed frames and headboards, and between couch and chair cushions. They are less commonly found in dressers and nightstands, in and on luggage, in electrical outlets, and among clutter. Once they infest a room, they often travel to adjacent rooms.

Proper sanitation practices and diligence can help prevent bed bug infestation.

During an open system treatment with propane heaters, vent the building out the door the Titan directly ducts into. This will begin to preheat the air around the heater, improving heat buildup and reducing treatment times.

Your equipment packages and training program have made the biggest difference in our upward growth and customer satisfaction that we enjoy today.

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"Heat does not have many limitations with respect to the number of items treated and the area to be treated. There are no chemical residues to consider and, compared to gas fumigation of areas, margins for safety are considerably greater." - Michael R. Linford PhD

We've taken all of the guesswork out of eliminating bed bugs by creating packages specially designed to meet the needs common in your industry.

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Unlike other heat treatment product manufacturers, we provide full heat treatment training and technical support from our experienced team of pest control professionals and trained staff. Learn to get a kill in one treatment while doing so safely and without damaging the structure or its' contents. Our knowledgeable staff developed this technology is prepared to handle even the most in-depth questions. Our experienced staff will offer you the best and most honest recommendations for your bed bug pest control needs.

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What Not to Do for Bed Bugs – University of Florida

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Faith M. Oi, Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Eddie Connor, Marty Overline, Brian Taggart, and Louis Witherington2

Engorged adult and nymphal bed bug.

L. Buss, UF

In desperate attempts to eliminate bed bugs, people often turn to home remedies that can be fatal. Here is a list of what not to do for bed bug control. The list is comprised of practices that are ineffective or illegal and can be harmful to your health. The following list was compiled based on observations of pest control professionals who do bed bug remediation on a regular basis.

Off-label applications are defined as pesticides used in a manner contrary to the directions for use on a pesticide product. The label directions are considered law, both at the federal and state levels. Thus, using a product off label violates federal and state laws.

Do not use foggers. They are ineffective and not a replacement for a proper fumigation.

Do not attempt to use heat to treat your own home, particularly in combination with flammable materials such as alcohol or any of the products, items or practices listed in Table 1. The combination of heat with do-it-yourself pest control products and home remedies has resulted in structurally destructive fires.

Do not

Make off-label applications of current products and apply them to beds, mattresses or bedding

Mix multiple off- and on-label products

Mix various products with carriers like alcohol, kerosene and diesel fuel

Use tape to seal outlets and apply it backwards, or double-sided tape, to keep bed bugs from climbing up furniture as it is ineffective

Off-label pesticide use is the biggest safety concern that licensed pest control professionals see on a regular basis when they are called in after failed home remedies.

Advice from one pest control professional on succeeding against bed bugs: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is truly the key to success in this battle, the bed area being the most important. The bed must be isolated from the walls, no curtains hanging on the bed, no stored items under the bed, no bed skirts, no stuffed animals kept on the bed. Live like a Marine until the issue is resolved (Overline, personal communication).

The legal repercussions, such as injury to people and damage to property, resulting from an improper treatment will always far outweigh the inconvenience of the infestation or having to live like a Marine.

Chincha ninfal y adulto engullido.

L. Buss, UF

En desesperados intentos para eliminar las chinches, las personas usan remedios caseros que pueden ser fatales.Lo siguiente es una lista de lo que NO se debe hacer para tratar de controlar las Chinches. La lista esta compuesta de prcticas que son ineficientes o ilegales, y pueden ser dainas para su salud. La lista siguiente fue compuesta basndose en observaciones de profesionales de control de plagas, que tratan el control de chinches regularmente.

Applicaciones fuera de la etiqueta se definen como insecticidas que son usados de manera diferente a la indicada para su uso como insecticidas. Las indicaciones en la etiqueta son consideradas leyes, a nivel federal y estatal. Por lo tanto usar un producto fuera de la etiqueta viola leyes federales y estatales.

No use nebulizadores. Estos no son efectivos y no son un remplazo para una fumigacin apropiada.

No intente usar calor para tratar su propia casa, particularmente en combinacin con materiales inflamables, como alcohol o cualquiera de los productos qumicos mencionados en la Tabla 1. Esta combinacin ha resultado en incendios estructurales destructivos.

No

Haga aplicaciones fuera de la etiqueta de productos aplicados a ropa de cama

Mezcle mltiples productos fuera de la etiqueta

Mezcle varios productos con portadores como alcohol, queroseno, y combustible diesel.

Use cinta adhesiva para sellar puntos de ventana ni apliquecinta adhesiva de dos lados para prevenir que las chinches se trepen en los muebles

Uso de insecticidas fuera de la etiqueta es la mayor preocupacin de seguridad que los profesionales con licencia para controlar plagas observan con regularidad, cuando ellos son llamados, cuando los remedios caseros no funcionan.

Consejo de un sabio profesional de control de plagas, para tener xito contra las chinches: Manejo Integrado de Plagas (MIP) es verdaderamente la clave para vencer esta batalla, el rea de la cama es la mas importante. La cama debe estar aislada de las paredes, no debe tener cortinas colgando sobre la cama, no almacene articulos debajo de la cama, no use faldas de cama, no mantenga figuras de peluche en la cama, viva como un Marino hasta que el problema con las chinches sea resuelto (comunicacin personal con Overline).

Las repercusiones legales de daos que son resultados de tratamientos incorrectos, como lesiones a personas y daos a la propiedad, siempre son peores que la inconveniencia de infestacin o tener que vivir como un Marino.

Do not apply the following:

Flammable liquids: gasoline, kerosene, alcohol (drinking and isopropyl), or diesel fuel

Exterior-only or lawn & ornamental products applied indoors

Bleach or other household cleaners

Pesticides from outside the U.S., often ordered online

Sevin dust

Large quantities of diatomaceous earth

Arsenic dust

Store-bought gardening products of all types that claims to kill bugs other than bed bugs

Dursban dust

Cedar oil

Boric acid dust

Moth balls

Oils and soaps used on furniture, this will not keep bed bugs from climbing up

Fine cut chewing tobacco (supposedly an old home remedy, but ineffective)

No applique lo siguiente:

Materiales inflamables: gasolina, queroseno, alcohol (potable y/o isoproplico), o combustible diesel

Productos para exteriores, csped y plantas ornamentales usados en interiores.

Blanqueadores y otros detergents para uso en el hogar

Insecticidas ordenados a travs del internet que provienen fuera de los Estados Unidos

Sevin en polvo

Cantidades en libras de tierra de diatomeas

Arsnico en polvo

Todo tipo de productos de jardinera comprados en las tiendas que dicen matan insectos

Dursban en polvo

Aceite de cedro

Acido brico en polvo

Bolas para combatir polillas

Aceites y jabones usados en muebles para prevenir que las chinches puedan trepar los muebles.

Tabaco de mascar de corte fino (supuestamente un viejo remedio casero)

U.S. Department of Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A & M University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Nick T. Place, dean for UF/IFAS Extension.

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