A residual insecticide is required these are controlled products and training is a requirement. Promite may kill bed bugs if it comes into direct contact with a bed bug within a certain amount of time, as would a lot of things, but there are specific reasons why things need to be done a certain way and promite is not a recognised method of control for bedbugs. Bob go to
www.bedbugscardiff.co.uk. Bedbug bites are quite distinguishable from other bites. If you would like to give me a bell I am quite happy to discuss the matter with you. I do get a lot of call outs for supposed bed bugs which can turn out to be , mosquito's, fleas, heat rash, or quite often shingles. This is one of the reasons that training is so important you cannot expose people to insecticides for no reason and if bed bugs is not the problem, then no amount on insecticide is going to cure shingles or heat rash. There is also strong legislation now on what can be used on things that the body is likely to come into contact with.
Because of the breeding rates of bedbugs action sooner rather than later is advised it is not something that they can do themselves, we do go into some pretty desperate situations where people have even used blow lamps and burn all the surfaces of their furniture etc but it will not work. Some other bright spark suggested freezing them but if is not possible to seal off and freeze an entire few bedrooms.
If you can ascertain it is bed bugs then a professional treatment is needed
By all means give me a ring Bob I would be quite happy to have a chat with your friends as bed bugs do not just appear they have to be brought in and there may be an association that can be tied up with the occurrence if bedbugs is the case.
A trained person can smell an established bed bug infestation as it has an aroma similar to almonds.
Peter Maybury
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com