Looking for best method to treat flat for bedbugs?

Question

I've gutted my flat & had full rentokil treatment but they are back

Answer 1

Bed Bugs
Facts about bed bugs
• Bed bugs are bloodsucking parasites of man and also feed on chickens, bats
and some domestic animals.
• A bed bug bite is painless. It is their saliva that can cause irritation, swelling and
redness.
• They feed at night or at any time if the room is dark.
• They live in bedclothes, mattresses, bedsprings and frames, soft furnishing,
cracks and crevices and under wallpaper.
• Females lay between 200-500 eggs in batches of 10-50, on rough surfaces such
as wood or paper. Eggs are white, sticky and about 1/3 inch long. They are laid
in cracks or crevices, never on people.
• A bed bugs entire life cycle can take between 5 weeks to 4 months, depending
upon the temperature and availability of food.
How can you identify a bed bug?
• Mature bed bugs are between 1/4 - 3/8 inches long, rusty red/brown to
mahogany coloured, oval, wingless insects. Their bodies are flattened, with welldeveloped
antennae and small compound eyes.
• After feeding, they become swollen, longer and dark red to dark brown in colour.
Recognising a bed bug problem
Because they are so small, bed bugs are hard to see. They do leave signs that they
are present, such as black or brown spots of dried blood, eggs, egg-shells and cast
skins on the surfaces where the bugs rest.
Typical resting areas include; under wallpaper, behind picture frames; inside cracks
and crevices near to beds; bed frames; undersides of windows, door casings and
loose mouldings. When there are many bed bugs, there is often a bad smell.

What can you do?

• If you have a lot of bed bugs you should contact either a pest control company
.
• Clean furniture, bedding and mattresses on a regular basis

steam clean or throw away mattresses.

• Repair cracks in walls, windows and doors
.
• Wash legs of beds in soapy water, then coat legs in double sided sticky tape or
petroleum jelly. Alternatively, place the legs of the bed in glass jars or metal
cans.
Bed bugs cannot climb glass or metal easily and as they cannot fly this
will prevent them from being able to feed.
• Treat all hiding places with an insecticide that is designed for bed bugs. Only
apply to mattresses if it says it is safe to do so on the label. Allow mattresses to
dry for several hours before lying on them

GOOD LUCK.

Answer 2

I would start by buying some plastic sealant that you seal windows and door frames with and go around the base of the skirting boards, sealing the gap. Then give your mattress a good vacuuming, wash all the bedding, bed frame, duvet.Putting the duvet in the freezer for 24 hours will kill any parasites.Change your bed sheets every 4 days should bring the problem under control.

Answer 3

give it up and move m8, if rentokill cant rid them , then i think it is a serious deep problem, im sure you will be better off moving, good luck.

Answer 4

back to the BASIC you must treat the out side of you flat first then the in side or they will keep coming back.

Answer 5

get rid of the mattress and buy a new one or get your mattress cleaned by a spoecialt dry cleaner.

Answer 6

Sounds like one of your neighbours have them too and they are coming back from there.