Free your home from bed bugs in easy 5 ways

In UK Bed bug infestations are very common . Bed bugs don't only affect the quality of your sleep but can also cause severe itching that can lead to secondary infection which is why making your home bug free is of utmost importance most especially if you have young kids. Babies have very sensitive skin and a single bug bite can cause inflammation that can lead to more serious skin problems.


Here are five basic techniques to keep your home bug free :

1. First, know how to spot these bugs. By appearance a newly hatched bed bug would look semi transparent and is of the size of a poppy seed. Meanwhile adult bed bugs would look flat and about the size of an apple seed. From a light tan hue these bugs would turn into rusty red when they're already full grown.

Since they feed mainly on human blood expect to see them in mattress seams and tufts, sheets, pillow cases and several upholstered furniture. Baseboards of walls as well as crevices in furniture are their favorite spots.

2. Vacuuming and washing all beddings, fabrics and clothes are also effective in removing these pests.

3. If bed bugs are still there even after you've done all the tips above then it's time to shift to another method of extermination. You can stir up a simple mixture composed of tea tree oil and water in a spray bottle and then lightly mist the places where you suspect these pests to be present.

4. Sealing wall cracks and crevices using caulk is a great way to prevent such pests from coming into your home.

5. Another technique is to kill the these pests with a change in temperature. They weaken and eventually die if continuously exposed to extremely low or high temperatures. To expose them to high temperatures use steam vapor when cleaning all fabrics and walls in your home. If you don't have access to steam cleaning using hairdryers and irons on mattresses and any other possible bug hotspots is also widely used. Just make sure that you expose the bugs to sudden temperature changes so that they will not have the opportunity to scatter and hide in other places.

If you must revert to pesticides choose the ones that are least toxic and have been created specifically for bed bugs. Professional exterminators should be able to give you sound pieces of advice on the best products to use. Also use pesticides sparingly because no matter how safe they are marketed to be they will still contain chemicals that could affect your or your family's health.