How to Prevent Bed Bugs in Your Home

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Worried about inviting bed bugs into your home?

The focus of this article will outline the best prevention methods for avoiding an infestation of bed bugs and how the professional team at Sun Dry can help.

Preventing Bed Bugs: Tips & Tricks

While bed bugs can be tricky to get rid of once they’re in your home, there are several things you can try in order to prevent them. In this section, we’ll discuss it further.

Recognise the Signs

One of the most important things you can do when it comes to preventing bed bugs in your home is to familiarise yourself with the common signs of their presence. You can use this article for reference and hopefully get on top of an infestation before it becomes a real problem.

Clean Regularly

Cleaning and vacuuming your home on a regular basis will help deter most pests – including bedbugs. You should make an effort to keep this routine because even if your home looks clean, the pests will still be attracted to unseen grime and germs.

Be Vigilant When Travelling

Bed bugs can come from anywhere; they don’t just live in hotels. But you should be especially vigilant when travelling (even if it’s within Australia or Queensland). We recommend:
– discussing bed bug policies with your accommodation provider
– using luggage with a hard outer shell
– washing your clothes and luggage as soon as you get home
– packing and unpacking away from your bedroom (the bathroom is a great alternative as you can identify pests under brighter lights)
– using individual airlock bags to store your clothes

Keep Power Outlets Covered

Power outlets can make fantastic hiding places for pests like bed bugs as they are attracted to the darkness.

Use Mattress Protectors

Using mattress protectors is by no means a complete prevention method. But it may act as an extra layer of defence if you want to avoid a full-blown bed bug infestation.

Take Care with Second Hand

Collect second hand items like books or furniture? When bringing them into the home be sure they have been thoroughly treated and there aren’t any bed bugs lying dormant. This is especially important if buying something you want to add to your bedroom decor.

Avoid Home Remedies

The problem with home remedies for bed bugs is that they can almost be as bad as the infestation itself. Home remedies are everywhere and they are hit-and-miss in terms of effectiveness.

The best advice we can offer is: if you have a bed bug infestation – or think you might have one – arrange for a professional treatment.

Book Inspections

Even if you don’t think you have bed bugs (or other pests in your home) it’s good practice to arrange for regular pest inspections. Having treatments performed frequently by professional inspectors has been proven to circumvent pest infestations and protect your home.

How Sun Dry Can Help

When you need an expert in pest control, you can’t go past our experienced team at Sun Dry.

At Sun Dry, we’ve been working in the pest control industry in Brisbane for decades. Our team members are professional, highly trained and will complete your work as efficiently as possible.

To arrange for a treatment against bed bugs that will actually work, contact the experienced team at Sun Dry today.