[scott.]

Had customer ring this morning asking about getting rid of fleas...I havnt come accross them before...any idea what to use?..prochem do anything?...

[Ian Gourlay]

Most suppliers sell an insecticide to clear the house of fleas.

[carpetclean]

have a word with nick at solutions  i bought some stuff of him that you spray down after a clean . the house was infested with them ,and all gone. i asked the person weeks later and still no return of the creatures

[craigp]

hi,
                      recently i was talking to a repeat customer she tol me that the year before when i cleaned her carpet she had been looking after her daughters dog and it had left fleas behind she tried everything to get rid of them and she said they dissapperded after i cleaned her carpets.
 
                    i only extraction cleaned them in the normal way, i do recall her telling me to do parts thoroughly were they was.

                    i think it may have been presray.

[Geoff Jewkes]

HWE should kill most of them off, however Chemspecs microban is excellent but expensive.

[Gavin Reardon]

I to have used the Solution one No Insect worked a treat 

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

I sourced my own supply of Pemethryn 25%w/w which was excellent and less than half the price of Extracta's.

Cheers

Doug

[Gavin Reardon]

Hi Doug

Is Pemethryn safe for use with people still in the buliding?

Regards Gavin

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Gavin,

Unless they changed the rules as this was the active ingredient in most suppliers products.

Would be worth looking into.

Cheers

Doug

[carpetclean]

Pemethryn correct me if i am wrong but i thought that after using this chemical the building should not be used for 7 days!!!

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

Permethryn is widely used in spray products etc

http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/permethr.htm

Cheers

Doug

[stevegunn]

Its permethrin but read this before deciding to use it

“ It appears children may be more sensitive to permethrin than adults. Permethrin is almost 5 times more acutely toxic to 8-day-old rats than it is to adult rats.”

http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/pesticides/permethrin/cox-report/cox.htm

[scott.]

never heard of any of this stuff..What about prochem..do they do anything I dont know about?...Its about the only situation I havnt seen covered by them or their stuff.

[scott.]

Just had some advice from prochem regarding fleas...
appearently, you can extraction clean the carpet with whatever, and this only starves the fleas of food from the carpet, hence they move on to other parts of the house...or indeed someone else ...therefore it is recommended that a professional fumigator be deployed firstmost to do the whole premises.....

[carpetclean]

scott as i have already stated try nick at solutions worldofclean in cornwall as he has a friendly totally safe and effective product [ i know i have used it] its called no insect and will not break the bank. a gallon did a large 4 bedroomed house with great results. i did not have to worry about the cat or the young children 7 and 9 . play safe

[stevegunn]

Just had some advice from prochem regarding fleas...
appearently, you can extraction clean the carpet with whatever, and this only starves the fleas of food from the carpet, hence they move on to other parts of the house...or indeed someone else ...therefore it is recommended that a professional fumigator be deployed firstmost to do the whole premises.....

Maybe thats because prochem don't have a product to kill fleas :

[scott.]

I did think of that steve...solutions are based in cornwall and their carriage rates are just too much in my book..I've had one of their products before, and I'm sorry, but it didn't impress me..Further, I have in the past left 4 messages for Nick to call us back on an urgent matter, and 8 months later, he still hasnt.If they had an outlet in the home counties, maybe they would fare better. Enough said......  I did think of just doing an extraction, however if the fleas do, as stated migrate elsewhere(and you cant speak for every flea in the country), then who gets the blame? ME....Ironically, the customer has thanked me for being so honest and wants to book me for after the fumigation

[stevegunn]

Scott


If it was so urgent why did you not contact Nick direct

[Doug Holloway]

Scott,

I used to do this type of work but found most of the products ineffective.

I then found the 25%w/w permethryn which worked.

The fleas are relatively easy to kill , but it is important that a residual insecticide remains in the carpet to kill the new fleas which hatch from the eggs.

HWE in my experience does not kill the fleas.

I have not done anything like this recently , would probably recommend using a dedicated company.

Cheers

Doug

[mark_lane]

No-Insect from solutions is permethryn free and safe to use.
                     cheers m\ark