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04 September 2015

Approaches To Bed Bug Removal Companies In Chicago

By Kenya England


There are approximately twenty thousand pest controls and management companies out there which make it very difficult to identify and choose the most efficient of them all. These firms are not formed or operated the same way and each company has its own ways and techniques to get rid of pests. Bed bug removal companies in Chicago use different techniques to eliminate this annoying and irritating pest.

The following are steps one can use to narrow their options down to at least three or four companies. One can decide to use telephone directories and web to locate and contact several pest control firms in their area. Some firms may clearly designate themselves to being bed bug experts but such branding should not be a deciding factor but a mere indicator.

Ask for information or documents that prove they have worked with several clients on the same matter. Ask the manager to produce a written document detailing their protocol of treatment. Try and get information on the type of products the company uses, how they follow and monitor treatment process and lastly ask the manager to give you their pest references. After contracting a pest control company they will immediately carry out preliminary inspection to assess the level of infestation and they should certainly give you the following important information.

If an apartment is found to have bedbugs then the adjoin units either on the right side, left side, below and above are supposed to be infested also unless proven otherwise via monitoring and inspection. Asking tenants if they have such pest in their apartments is considered not enough since many of them do not know the status of their own rooms.

The company should use IPM approach to pest control. The following methods are believed to produce good results in managing pests. First is inspection which is done by pest control firm contracted. They are required to carry out a thorough inspection on suspected home or room to get a clear view of what they are up against.

Try and ask them about any national, local or state pest management associated that they are members of. This association regularly evaluates the member companies of pest control protocols and also practices that they use. Some major associations that one should closely look for are NPMA, BBB and also bedbug FREE.

Inquire on cohesive pest control approach that the firm use against such pest. A company should have the following procedure to use. They should use multidisciplinary approach besides using pesticides and these are steaming, cleaning, vacuuming, heat, cryonite treaments, fumigation and utilizing mattress covers instead of just spraying pesticides. The company should always insist on thoroughly inspecting the place before issuing a client with final price. This is to avoid or eliminate chances of underestimating the price and to know the level of infestation.

Firms should not have flat fee for the job and instead they are supposed to price the job according to their findings. The firms are required to educate clients on bed bugs, enlighten them on their inspection findings, brief them on what their work entails and teaching them a thing or two on pest control. It is also part the firms duty to provide written report of inspection and also a report on strategies to be used. Lastly use a methodology approach for clearly determining if the infestation has been eliminated.




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