Bed Bugs- What You've Been Told is Totally False

If you have bedbugs (and if you do then I’m so sorry) then I recommend not using the chemical treatments. These supposedly just scatter them everywhere, causing them to spread. The two treatments that work reliably seem to be: - Whole building heat treatment, but this is the nuclear option as it involves heating the entire building (including cracks and crevices) to 60c - Repeated steam treatments. Superheated steam kills them on contact, but doesn’t scare them away. Any remaining bugs will gravitate towards sleeping areas and can be got by repeating the steam treatment within a 2 week window which is how long their reproduction cycle takes. Source: [link] I did a lot of research on this topic after an unfortunate encounter with bed bugs while travelling, and this was the most reliable source I could find. EDIT: the Mark Rober video linked below ( [this video] ) also contains much of the same advice.