At Bed Bug Authority Canada, our professionals use a combination of heat treatment and minimal pesticide application to treat bed bug infestations across Ontario. This safe and effective approach that our Toronto bed bug heat treatment experts use is guaranteed to provide the best and most thorough result: complete eradication of the infestation!
Bed bugs are notoriously difficult to eliminate, which is why hiring a professional exterminator in Toronto is essential for this type of infestation. DIY efforts often yield limited results, making professional intervention critical.
Our Toronto bed bug heat treatment professionals use high temperatures, combined with carefully targeted applications of EPA-registered pesticides, to completely remove bed bugs from your home. This two-step process effectively kills bed bugs at all life stages, from eggs to adults, allowing us to guarantee exceptional results for every treatment, with warranties available for up to 90 days.
Call us today if you are dealing with a bed bug infestation, and we’ll be ready to address the problem with precision and care.
We use advanced pesticides where resistance has not yet developed, ensuring they remain effective against current strains of bed bugs.
The pesticides we apply are safe, approved by the Ministry of Health and Environment, and are used only in minimal amounts alongside our heat treatment process.
As bed bugs evolve, they can develop resistance to certain pesticides, which can make infestations harder to eradicate. If an infestation isn’t thoroughly eliminated, the remaining bugs can become tolerant of the pesticide, forming a resistant strain. Using heat treatment, we raise temperatures in your home to levels that kill bed bugs in all life stages. This high-temperature process significantly reduces the risk of resistance developing.
Heat treatment involves increasing the temperature within your home to 45°C or 113°F and higher, effectively eliminating all bed bugs. At these temperatures, all life stages of bed bugs die within minutes, ensuring thorough extermination throughout your home.
The heat treatment method poses minimal risk to human health and the environment. Our Toronto bed bug heat treatment experts can also treat confined spaces, such as vehicles, as part of our service to prevent re-infestation. This method, requiring no prolonged evacuation, is completely safe for children, pets, and the elderly, as it uses minimal pesticides and no hazardous chemicals.
Our bed bug removal system employs purpose-designed gas heater units for complete safety and efficiency, leading the industry in effective bed bug extermination.
Though some competitors may question the efficacy of our heat treatment approach, our track record and commitment to quality assure the best outcome for our clients.
Our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach combines heat and chemical methods, as each method has its own strengths. While heat effectively kills exposed bed bugs, it does not leave a residual effect once equipment is shut off. Chemical pesticides, however, offer residual protection, remaining effective for weeks or even months after application.
To maximize the effectiveness of the heat treatment process, it’s essential to collaborate with our technicians. The treatment area needs to reach temperatures as high as 66°C (151°F). It’s helpful to identify the areas where the infestation is most concentrated to focus our efforts. Some items sensitive to heat may need to be removed, protected, or treated separately.
Comparable Temperatures:
Please remove faceplate covers on electrical outlets and switches in the treatment area to help hot air flow into wall voids. Additionally, move all furniture 4 to 6 inches away from the walls, leaving a clear space in the corners of each room for fan placement. Do not pile items in the center of the room. Beds and couches should be fully accessible.
To allow for optimal heat penetration, remove clothing from suitcases, boxes, totes, drawers, and shelves and hang it in closets instead. Avoid placing these items on floors, in bathrooms, or in kitchens.
Excessive amounts of clothing should be bagged and treated separately, either in a dryer on high heat or at a commercial laundromat.
To ensure airflow and prevent bugs from hiding, cardboard boxes should not be stacked and should be raised off the floor.
Any vacuum cleaners used to clean bed bugs should be left in the treatment area for thorough decontamination. Small heat-sensitive items can be stored in the fridge or oven, but remember to remove them after the process.
Before leaving your home on the day of treatment, dry the clothing you plan to wear at the highest setting for at least 30 minutes to ensure any bed bugs are eliminated.
This treatment combines heat remediation with targeted pesticide applications. A desiccant dust is first applied under and behind the baseboards of perimeter walls as a preventive barrier against migrating bed bugs. Then, the temperature in your home is raised to lethal levels, eradicating all active bed bugs.
After the heat treatment, a liquid residual pesticide spray is applied to all cracks and crevices along the baseboards of perimeter walls for continued protection.
Please Note: A 6-hour re-entry restriction is required after pesticide application.
Total treatment duration is approximately 14 hours.
Condo, Apartment, or Multi-Dwelling Units
The property owner, manager, or superintendent must be notified and fully informed. Additionally, the service elevator should be reserved for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening.
The building alarm system will need to be placed “on test” for the treatment duration.
Bed bugs are of the Cimicidae family of insects because they are parasites that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded mammals. They are the most well-known species in this family and are scientifically known as Cimex lectularius. Once bed bugs have a human or animal host, […]