Reviews about the destruction of bed bugs and our comments on them

Cold fog from bedbugs is an effective technology for killing insects. The method is not as popular among users as aerosol insecticides, but it is significantly more effective than traditional sprayers. We will understand the features and principle of action of toxic fog, and also determine the important nuances of using the technology.

What is cold mist for bed bugs?

Domestic bugs inhabit secluded, hard-to-reach places in an apartment or other room. Treating your home with traditional pest control products does not always give effective results. It is difficult to achieve complete coverage of bedbug habitat areas with sprayers and atomizers. Some arthropods die, but some individuals take refuge under wallpaper and cracks where poison particles do not penetrate.

The cold fog method is considered more effective - filling the room with tiny drops of insecticides. To supply the active substance, special devices are used - generators. The temperature of the sprayed cloud is the same as in the apartment, which is why the technology is called “cold”.

The size of insecticidal mist droplets during generator operation is 10-80 microns. The air flow created by the device distributes the working solution over 3-10 m in a matter of seconds. The indicators depend on the class of the generator.

In addition to the “cold” method of baiting bed bugs, there is a “hot” technology. The methods differ in the type of generator used. Comparison of methods:

1. Cold fog generator. The design includes a pump that pumps a powerful air flow and a chemical solution injection system. The insecticide is supplied to the nozzle from a separate container. Under air pressure, a drop of the drug breaks into a fine aerosol.
2. Hot fog generator. It works on the same principle. The difference is in the additional heating of the liquid. The temperature of the disinfectant reaches 70-80°C, the size of suspended particles is 0.5-5 microns.

Cold and hot fog - what's the difference?

When treated with heated steam, the penetration efficiency of the active substances is higher, which means the effect on bedbugs is enhanced. An additional advantage of hot fog is the slow settling of water dust. It is advisable to treat with a “hot” cloud when there is a high concentration of bloodsuckers, or in large rooms. Hot fog generating plants are used exclusively by trained personnel from specialized companies.

Among cold steam generators there are models for home use. However, the effectiveness of processing depends not only on the device, but also on a number of nuances that non-professionals cannot always take into account.

What to do after treatment

After applying cold fog, the client must leave the apartment for 4 hours; after the time has elapsed, it is necessary to thoroughly ventilate the apartment for 30-40 minutes.

• We wash the apartment with soap and soda solution, gloves on our hands, and a mask on our face.
• We wipe everything we touch with our hands (switches, sockets, headboards).
• We wash bedding at a temperature of 60 degrees.
• We sweep dead bedbugs into the toilet.
• We follow other recommendations of the master.

How to prepare a soap-soda solution

Soap and soda solution

The solution itself consists of three components: soda and detergent.

• soda Art. spoon
• detergent or grated laundry soap
• water 1 liter

Mix everything

How does cold fog affect bedbugs?

After spraying, the cloud with the active substance remains in the air for up to 1.5 hours. The smallest particles of poison spread throughout the apartment, penetrate into ventilation shafts, ceiling cracks, etc. The aerosol literally “envelops” the walls and floor with a film.

The toxic composition, entering the body of insects, leads to their death. The spectrum of action depends on the type of bedbug treatment used. In one treatment, you can remove not only arthropod bloodsuckers, but also cockroaches, ants and other insects.

The effectiveness of the work done is largely determined by the type of insecticide. Requirements for pesticides:

• Efficiency - bedbugs adapt to unfavorable conditions, and surviving individuals may no longer react to the same toxins; when re-processing, a new product must be used;
• Safety – it is advisable to check the availability of a certificate of no harmful effects on people;
• No pungent odor - some “aromas” of pesticides remain indoors for months;
• Spectrum of action - not all bedbug poison is effective against bedbug eggs.

It is better to entrust the choice of remedy to professionals who will help you buy an effective poison. The specialist takes into account the number of pests, the time of their appearance, the type of housing, the previous control method and other factors.

Sanitary and Epidemiological Service

It is better to entrust the destruction of cockroaches in an apartment to a special service. Factors contributing to this:

• Specialists use professional equipment, which can be in the form of powerful generators or steam cleaners, and all equipment is certified, in good working order, and will not fail during the process;
• Exterminators know what a cockroach infestation is; based on their work experience, they quickly identify a cluster of insects; they are not afraid if there are a lot of them; in addition, when working they use protective suits that prevent the penetration of toxic substances into the human body;
• The substances used, thanks to which the destruction of cockroaches is carried out with cold fog, are inaccessible to the common person, they are located in the laboratories of the epidemiological service, they cannot be bought in a simple hardware store;
• Specialists using professional equipment will be able to spray toxic components in the most inaccessible places that a person cannot treat with his own efforts.

The Sanitary and Epidemiological Service accepts applications for the treatment of premises in different ways:

• Call the phone number during business hours, available information on the official website, leave a request, agree on the time of work;
• In the form of an application by email.

In addition, the epidemiological service accepts anonymous requests if a cluster of cockroaches is found in an apartment. In this case, specialists go to the specified address and carry out work; the consent of the apartment owners is not required for this.

Preliminary activities: preparing the premises

Preparation has two goals:

• Maximize the safety of apartment residents;
• Allow fog access to the back walls of furniture, corners and the space under the baseboards.

The set of preparatory measures boils down to the following actions:

1. Remove residents and pets from the premises. The aquarium must be insulated, covered with a tight lid and the compressor turned off. The best option is to temporarily remove the aquarium from the apartment.
2. Hide all food in the refrigerator, seal it tightly or take it out. Place all personal hygiene products in bags and tie them.
3. Prepare the living space: remove bedding, move furniture, remove mattresses, roll up carpets, lay out pillows. Open access under the baseboards. Be sure to take out all the toys.
4. Wash bedding and clothes at high temperatures, dry them, seal them tightly or take them out of the apartment.
5. Close the windows, front door and hood tightly.

In apartment buildings, neighbors should be notified about the upcoming pest control. It is advisable that they temporarily block the ventilation duct.

When the room is prepared, wet cleaning is performed - the absence of dust will improve the effect of the toxic chemicals. Active components will not be retained by dirt particles.

It is not necessary to take out indoor plants. Cold fog is an excellent prevention against ticks, scale insects and whiteflies.

Advice from housewives and specialists

Residents of high-rise buildings who have repeatedly encountered infestations of cockroaches, as well as specialists studying these insects, have several tricks in their stock that make pest control more successful. Use these recommendations:

• be sure to use protective equipment - rubber gloves, a respirator with a filter, especially if you use powerful toxic chemicals;
• many housewives claim that cockroaches do not like the smell of citrus fruits, so they advise placing lemon slices or orange peels right in the kitchen;
• Longhorned beetles are able to quickly adapt to toxic substances, so when baiting for a long time, use different means;
• the favorite place for cockroaches is the back wall of the refrigerator, since there are wires there and it is always warm (be sure to treat it);
• In order to create the most unfavorable conditions for cockroaches, it is enough to know about their vulnerable spots - lack of water, so wipe even pipes with cold water every day, as condensation forms on them;
• Another weak point is photophobia, but if you leave the lamps on at night, the pests will quickly get used to it;
• the third critical indicator is the loose fit of the doors to the container, the walls of hanging and floor cabinets, where cockroaches like to hide during the day, so do not leave gaps, but spray them if necessary;
• Boric acid is considered the best remedy, because red-haired “tenants” do not know how to adapt to it.

Before you get rid of cockroaches on your own, carefully study all the methods and means, find a suitable option for yourself and be sure to take into account the presence of children and pets in the apartment.

Experts recommend not to pursue expensive drugs, but to give preference to those manufacturers who have long enjoyed a good reputation.

Killing bedbugs with cold fog

It is better to entrust disinfestation to specialized companies. You can find out the telephone number of services in the city at the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station. Here you can also ask how much it costs to call the SES. On average, the price of the service is from 900-2500 rubles.

If you have a household generator and understand all the nuances, you can carry out the processing yourself.

Step-by-step description of the technology on how to poison bedbugs:

1. Following the instructions, dilute the pesticide to obtain an effective solution. With the “cold” method, concentrated liquids are used against bedbugs.
2. Fill the generator tank with the mixture and connect the device to the power supply.
3. Treat the room. Pay attention to: baseboards, corners, joints between wallpaper. The room should be completely filled with fog - the gaseous insecticide will penetrate the cracks between the sofa cushions and get under the furniture.
4. Wait until the fog settles completely. As a rule, this takes 40-90 minutes.
5. Open the windows to provide cross ventilation. The time of intensive air circulation is at least 60 minutes.
6. Carry out wet cleaning with a soda-soap solution. Use the prepared mixture to wipe doors, furniture, handles - objects that are often touched by residents.

How to use it correctly?

Despite the high penetrating ability of the insecticide, you should still prepare for its use. First of all, you should close the “escape routes” of bedbugs - ventilation ducts, cracks on the floor, near pipes, doorways, and so on. Items that should not be processed should also be hermetically sealed. It is recommended to remove dishes and food from the object being processed. It is acceptable to leave textiles that will need to be washed at high temperatures after treatment.

Some experts recommend hanging bedding and textiles indoors. The mattress should be placed on the floor, leaning it at an angle against the wall so that as much of the mattress area as possible is freely accessible for processing. You can also move furniture away from the walls. Although this is not necessary, the gas will still envelop the entire room. Moving the furniture away will simply make cleaning up after treatment easier. If you know where the nests of parasites are located, they can be destroyed. Only after this use the checker. If there is a fire protection system at the facility, it must also be turned off.

Since insects can also hide in sockets, access to them should be made possible by first turning off the power supply. Surfaces should be washed before treatment - this will prolong the effect of the insecticide. The entire room should appear to be preserved - the smallest cracks, windows, doors are closed. The processing process takes 4-5 hours on average; you need to think about where you and your household will spend this time. As a rule, the unpleasant odor, even after cleaning, persists for up to 5-7 days. If you have allergies, children and pets at home, it is better to look for temporary housing for this period. Cats are especially poorly tolerated by the insecticide.

Activation of a checker usually depends on its type. Some models require the wick to be lit, others are activated with water. It is recommended to activate the bomb in a metal bucket - this will protect the floor in case of strong spread of the reagent. A bucket with a checker is placed in the middle of the room and activated following the instructions. After this, you must immediately leave the object being processed. You can return only after 4-5 hours. Immediately ventilate the room, leaving the windows open for several hours; it is also necessary to carry out wet cleaning using an alkaline solution - add soda or soap to water. It is advisable not to wash far corners and crevices in order to prolong the effect of the insecticide. The treatment is repeated after 7-10 days to destroy insects emerging from the eggs.

Security measures

Ensuring safety is the initial requirement for self-disinfestation. Professionals have special equipment in their arsenal: overalls, a respirator or gas mask, gloves, etc. Without personal protective equipment, there is a high probability of serious poisoning and allergic reactions.

Mandatory equipment for self-processing:

• A high-quality respirator - the particles of the insecticidal cloud are negligible; a regular cotton-gauze bandage will not protect the respiratory tract;
• Plastic glasses;
• Tight closed clothing, shoes;
• Gloves.

At the end of the work, clothes must be washed.

Important! If you feel the slightest discomfort or nausea, you should immediately leave the apartment, wash your hands, face, rinse your mouth and take activated charcoal. If the measures taken do not help, go to the hospital.

Self-application of the method at home

Household steam generator.

The prevalence of this method of killing bedbugs has led to the fact that manufacturers began to produce household steam generators for sale. People are actively buying them in stores. But you need to know: the safety of self-processing housing is greatly exaggerated. The selection of the desired poison and its concentration depends on many conditions, which only a SES specialist can take into account.

An incorrectly formulated solution can lead to allergic reactions and even severe human poisoning. It is difficult to independently comply with sanitary and hygienic standards in domestic conditions. Only an experienced worker can analyze possible places where parasites and their clutches accumulate.

The savings on calling a specialist here are conditional. After all, to carry out high-quality pest control you will need not only a fogger and a toxic solution, but also special protective equipment. As a result, you will pay more, while risking harm to your health.

Further actions after disinfestation

Upon returning to the apartment, it is necessary to perform a partial wet cleaning. Rinse dishes, wipe furniture and appliances. To reduce the chances of bedbugs surviving, the floors are not washed for another 1.5 weeks, and the walls are wiped with a damp cloth after 3 weeks.

The back walls of furniture, corners and baseboards also do not wash for a long time. The product should remain here longer - insects that have hidden far away will come into contact with the poison when they come out. The eggs of females are often hidden in these same places.

If there is a significant population of bedbugs or in old houses with large cracks, the apartment must be re-treated for bedbugs - after two weeks. Some companies recommend mandatory double disinfestation to achieve a long-term positive effect.

If there are cockroaches

If cockroaches are found in the house, it is necessary to urgently begin to fight them. First of all, you need to put the room in complete order by doing general cleaning or even minor repairs. This especially applies to the bathroom, kitchen and toilet. In addition, you need to get rid of deposits of old trash, you need to take out the trash can every day, do not leave food items open on the table, and wipe the sink dry at night.

To destroy parasites throughout the apartment, you need to lay out crayons, scatter powders, and use special aerosols and traps. But treating the room with simple chemicals can only help for a short time. After some time, pests will again occupy the already inhabited space, crawling out of air ducts, baseboards, cracks and other inaccessible places. Obviously, after the ineffectiveness of the treatments made, an important question will arise: “What helps most against cockroaches?” What can penetrate the smallest cracks and destroy pests, their eggs and larvae? This is steam. After its amazing all-pervasive effect, cockroaches have no chance of survival.

Pros and cons of the method

Like any pest elimination technology, cold fog has its own characteristics. Significant benefits include:

1. Efficiency. A toxic cloud covers the room, penetrating the habitats of bedbugs. The effectiveness of the method has been proven in practice - the arthropod population dies within a couple of hours.
2. Fast processing. Fog generators fill the entire apartment with fine aerosol in a few minutes.
3. Versatility. The cold method, unlike the hot one, is applicable in different rooms. With “thermal” spraying, the humidity and temperature in the room increase sharply - this has a negative effect on objects in the house.
4. Wide spectrum of action. Not only bedbugs, but also all household pests are under attack.
5. Safety for items. The cold fog leaves no streaks or stains. However, it is advisable to remove furniture and interior items that are sensitive to high humidity from the room.
6. Availability. The services of specialists are paid at competitive rates. It is cheaper to call a specialized service than to purchase a generator and do the steam treatment yourself.

Disinfection using fog also has disadvantages:

• The need for scrupulous preparation of the premises and “preservation” of things;
• Preservation of a pungent odor for a long time;
• Does not completely kill bedbug eggs - it is advisable to repeat the steam treatment procedure.

When disinsection using a fog generator, sensors, for example, a fire alarm, can respond. Therefore, during processing, the protection system must be disabled.

Important! The method is ineffective when air currents appear that blow away the aerosol. Mechanically driven ventilation devices must be turned off. It is better not to use cold fog in ventilated, open areas.

Hot steam technique

Devices used to process hot steam operate on the principle of a kettle. They heat the solution, it turns into steam, and under the influence of ambient temperature it turns into fog. It is formed both from solutions in a liquid state and from dry substances.

Hot mist from cockroaches has a temperature of 70 degrees, the molecules move much faster than with other indicators, the effect on the insect occurs in a matter of seconds. The steam generator is characterized by high power, disinfection is carried out faster. The size of the resulting particles is 30 microns, they penetrate into the most secluded corners of the apartment. The action of toxic substances is active even after treatment, since the particles work after they settle on the surface.

Hot fog against cockroaches is so effective that they die while exterminators are working. Killing cockroaches with hot fog does not affect the price; it is the same for any substance or solution used.

Reviews about the use of cold fog in the apartment

You can give an objective assessment and understand whether cold fog is effective against bedbugs by comparing the promises of pest control companies with real user reviews. The opinions of those who did the processing themselves or used the services of companies are given below.

Review 1. Evgenia, Krasnoyarsk.

“I didn’t immediately discover bedbugs in the house. Periodically, I began to notice pinpoint bites on the child’s legs, and when characteristic spots appeared on the back, she sounded the alarm. I examined the bed and found a couple of scales under the sheet. I realized that these were bedbugs. The husband decided to eliminate the living creatures himself and, to get rid of bedbugs, borrowed a generator from a friend. We left the apartment for a few days. After returning, three weeks later the bites appeared again. Now we decided not to experiment and order baiting. We were asked to repeat the cold fog treatment and pointed out previous mistakes. It was inexpensive in terms of money, I was pleased with the result - I don’t need to deal with pests anymore, I’ve been living without bedbugs for three months!”

Review 2. Maxim, Novosibirsk.

“I bought an apartment in an old building. After the housewarming, 2-3 weeks later, my wife and I began to notice bites on our bodies. I talked to my neighbors and they had the same problem. We decided to call a specialist together. The exterminator arrived, assessed the situation and offered several options. After consulting, watching videos and reading reviews on the forums of those who destroyed bedbugs, we chose “cold fog.” The guys from the service told us in detail how to prepare the apartments and what to do upon our return. Two apartments were treated in one approach, the service worked efficiently and quickly. After disinfestation, I periodically found bedbug carcasses, probably hatched and exposed to chemical residues. There was no need to destroy the bloodsuckers again; the neighbors are also in order.”

As people's reviews show, after treatment with cold fog against bedbugs, harmful insects die. However, the effectiveness of removing home bugs is largely determined by the professionalism of the performer. Practical knowledge of specialists allows you to select the optimal remedy, determine the exact dosage and prevent the negative effects of the chemical on people. Some pest control companies provide a guarantee on their work.

Video: Using cold fog in a disinfectant

Every day (including weekends) we carry out an average of 6-7 bedbug treatments. Of course, we very often receive feedback on our work. And although most of these reviews simply contain the opinions of clients about the destruction of bedbugs by SanMariDez specialists, some of them in one way or another contain questions, claims, and various misconceptions, to which the reviewers are clearly waiting for an answer.

Exterminator SanMariDez destroys bedbugs

In addition, we receive live feedback on the work of our exterminators directly over the phone: clients call us, thank us, and clarify something. In such cases, we answer all questions and doubts directly. But when reviews are left on third-party platforms (forums, YouTube, social networks), we respond there. And often we encounter the same questions, criticism and misconceptions in different reviews from different people. We collect such reviews and post them all on this page with comments from our disinfectors, sanitary doctors and entomological specialists. This allows many people to dispel certain fears, get answers to questions and make the right decision even before calling the service. We hope this collection of opinions and answers will help you too. So study, and we will add them to this page as new recurring reviews about the destruction of bedbugs appear.

Cockroaches after hot fog

Immediately after treatment with hot fog, the first cockroaches die. The remaining representatives of the colony die within 14-21 days due to the residual effect of the toxic components of the drug. The prolonged effect also helps create a protective barrier against the reappearance of unwanted insects.

Cockroaches that did not immediately die after the hot fog carry toxic substances on their limbs and chitinous cover. They help destroy all other red and black annoying pests in the room.

Reviews about the destruction of bedbugs

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“We ourselves struggled with bedbugs for about four months, with varying success. It seems that you poison them with some kind of Combat, they don’t bite for a week, then it starts again. We search, find a couple of skins, etch all the furniture, another week of respite, and again bites. Finally we got tired and called the service. We were lucky, we immediately contacted SanMariDez, we are very happy about ordering from them. A good consultant on the phone, she explained everything, warned us about everything, offered to destroy the bedbugs with hot fog, but we refused because it was a bit expensive. And our apartment is rented. The master arrived on time, and when he started working, we realized that there would be no living space left from the bedbugs. To begin with, he turned over the bed with mattresses and chairs. He took everything apart: he really just unscrewed the frame under the mattress, untwisted the chair, I didn’t even have time to get scared. And there we saw all the nasty things that were biting us. I didn’t even think that there could be so many of them! There were probably several hundred of them sitting right inside the chair on the plywood. And there were a lot of them on the boards under the mattress of the bed, but less than in the chair. And then the disinfectant removed the baseboard. My husband almost had a heart attack. He doesn’t understand anything about repairs at all, for him to remove the baseboard and put it back in place is a week’s work, but here the master uproots all these baseboards without any pity. But there were bedbugs here and there behind the baseboards. In general, we saw the whole picture as it is, and understood why we could not cope with the bedbugs ourselves. And then the disinfectant began to water it all from his apparatus. Don’t even water, but spray - this method is called cold fog, when a powerful jet is released from the nozzle of the device and covers the entire bed, the entire chair, the entire wall with the baseboard with this solution. Imagine a jet from a spray can, in which they sell products, only ten times longer and wider - this is how the bedbug extermination service treats an apartment. My husband and I specifically took respirators to observe all this, and climbed around the room to see if the bedbugs were dying. They poison really quickly, literally in a matter of minutes. Plus, since the disinfectant was watering the walls and furniture, not a single insect had a chance to survive. I think that with such conscientious processing, all sorts of hot fogs are not needed. The disinfectant said that we had a standard routine treatment, and after it, for the second week now, no one has had a single bite, and we haven’t found a single bug in the house. We conclude that the destruction was successful, we got them out the first time, the hot fog was not useful. Thanks SanMariDez, we can now sleep peacefully again!”

Disinfector's comment

This apartment had a relatively weak infestation: the bedbugs were concentrated in the sleeping areas; they did not have time to spread throughout the room. Single individuals behind the baseboards could be migratory. In such cases, a really high-quality cold fog treatment is sufficient. But this does not mean that hot fog is not needed at all! In cases with severe infestation of an apartment, it is the additional destruction of bedbugs with hot fog that ensures that re-treatment is not required, and it is the hot fog that poisons those bedbugs that cannot be reached with cold fog.

Disinfector with hot fog generator

Therefore, in each situation you need to look at the number of bedbugs, the condition of the apartment and make a decision on the spot - in some places it is hot fog that allows you to save time, effort and money.

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“Finally we got rid of this scourge! Three companies had already been harassed, there was no way they could get rid of us, we were ready to sell the apartment! Thank God they found SanMarieDez. We really liked the way this company works! The master meticulously examines every centimeter in the apartment, finding bedbugs in places where we didn’t even think to look. We were very upset when they told us that we needed to throw out the sofa. Although it is not new, it is good quality, strong, and would definitely last for several more years. But Oleg (disinfector) said that due to old age, bedbugs may be in the filler, and it is almost impossible to get them out of there. It's a shame, we were hoping that the sofa could be saved. And so, it turns out that you need to add the cost of a new sofa to the cost of processing. But I’ll tell you: when we returned to the apartment, we cleaned everything, washed everything that the disinfectant allowed us to wash, had dinner and went to bed right on the floor, we realized what a blessing it is to sleep and know that no one bites you, no one It doesn’t crawl all over you, nothing makes you itch. You can buy a new sofa for this!”

Disinfector's comment

If the room is old or severely infested, the sofa has to be thrown out in half the cases. It’s better this way than poisoning bedbugs again, a second, or a third time and living with them. And you can usually see from the sofa whether bedbugs live on top of it, where they can be removed with the drug, or whether they have already “leaked” into the filler. Purely theoretically, even such bedbugs can be saved, but in practice this makes no sense: more money will be spent on removing bedbugs from them than on a new, intact and beautiful sofa.

Heavily infested sofa

Once upon a time, I tried many times to destroy bedbugs by any means necessary, just to save these “precious rare” sofas, especially when elderly owners cling to them in a panic. Almost always it ended with repeated disinsections, liters of expensive product, and most importantly, a very, very shabby state of the previously not new sofa. Therefore, if now I see that it will not be possible to remove bedbugs from the sofa the first time, I recommend throwing it away. And after such a sofa with its “guests” goes to the landfill, the owners really breathe a sigh of relief.

Review

“Great job, very smart disinfectant. I have something to compare with, I’ve already burned myself before this. Previously, all treatments were carried out in 15, maximum 30 minutes. A specialist from SunMarieDez spent 20 minutes opening all the bedbug nests. He found them even where I would never have looked in my life. I don't even know if this is good or bad. On the one hand, a completely different picture emerged. We thought that we only had bedbugs in the sofa, although we could not find them there. But it turned out that they were in the sofa, and under the linoleum, and under the window sill, and even in the crack on the threshold to the balcony. After processing, it all lay upside down: bent edges of linoleum, a dismantled sofa in the middle of the room, removed baseboards. We were not prepared for this, because after the SES and previous services, everything in the apartment generally remained in place, it was enough just to ventilate it, and that’s all. But this, as I understand it, is inevitable. The main thing is that the bedbugs were eliminated, and after SanMariDez worked, even on the first night no one was bitten.”

Disinfector's comment

To remove bedbugs for sure and the first time, you really need to remove the baseboards, dismantle the sofa, and sometimes lift the linoleum. It may be difficult to put all this in place later, but it is still easier than several more times to poison the bedbugs that are hidden there and which could not be killed if you do not turn it all over. This has been tested in thousands of apartments, and this is the only way bedbugs are removed the first time.

Review

“I would like to write here my review about the work of the SanMariDes service. In short: reliable and expensive. The destruction of bedbugs is truly complete, not a single parasite remains in the house, not a single larva emerges from anywhere, and there is not a single bite after treatment. I can recommend the service to anyone who can pay for its work. But the price is really high. Personally, we had a two-room apartment processed for 4,600 rubles - for that kind of money other companies poison it 2-3 times, and with the same cold fog. Honestly, I don’t know what results other companies give, because I contacted SanMaridez on the advice of a friend, from whom they also removed bedbugs the first time. I think that if we make prices a little more affordable, then the services will be able to be ordered by a much larger number of clients. And so - the well-being and prosperity of the company, the work is really done with high quality, with exactly the result that clients expect. My bedbugs were completely removed, only one treatment was required. This is the main thing for me.”

Commentary by operator SanMariDez

Glad we helped you. The price for services is just the sum of the prices for all components of the treatment: means, depreciation of equipment, disinfector time, transportation costs, taxes, and others. The higher the quality of the work, the more expensive the products, the more experienced and professional the disinfector, the more expensive the service will be. This is simply the law of the market.

We do not invent prices and do not “throw” markups out of thin air. Quite the contrary: wherever we can, we indicate prices at cost and reduce the final amounts as much as possible in order to make high-quality disinfection accessible to everyone. But we calculate the statistics very carefully and know that any unjustified savings results in a decrease in the quality of work and an increase in the number of repeat treatments. For the customer, this means that if he orders a treatment that costs 500 rubles more, he runs the risk that he will still have bedbugs and to remove them, the disinfestation will have to be repeated for half the cost of the first treatment - for 1200-1500 rubles. And at the same time, live with bedbugs for another week or two.

A sofa on one of our treatments, a week after pest control by another service

You wrote that our processing costs the same as 2-3 processing by other services. This is true. But it is also true that after two or three treatments of 1,500 rubles each by other services, people still have bedbugs, and they still have to call us. And three treatments are a hassle, wasted time and energy.

Imagine that you called not us, but a service that promised to exterminate bedbugs for 1500 rubles, but did not exterminate them, you called them again, they came again, said that they would not do anything for free, you paid them another 1500 rubles (in best case), then again, and then you still have bedbugs. Agree, it was precisely to prevent this from happening that you immediately called us, on the recommendation of your friends, and agreed to immediately pay for really high-quality treatment.

You are a competent, sensible person who made the right decision. And we believe that it is better to do our job as well as possible, with the best possible result for competent and sensible people. And the price of such work is already a result of its quality and efficiency.

Review

“I would like to sincerely thank the SanMariDez team, and especially master Konstantin, for their excellent work. In my house, bed bugs were poisoned by 4 (!) services, and they were not eradicated. Even the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station carried out treatment, and the bedbugs returned. This does not count how much I poisoned these parasites myself. I thought it was impossible to get them out. Konstantin explained to me in every detail where, what, when it was done incorrectly and why the bedbugs remained. I found them wherever they were hiding, poisoned them where no one could get them. Before this treatment, I regularly saw bedbugs on the bed or on the floor every few days. Now they are gone. But I still can’t sleep peacefully. It’s probably nervous: I lived with these parasites for four years, I suffered so much that now I just turn off the light, and it immediately seems to me that somewhere someone is crawling on me. I get up, turn on the light, check - no one is there. I toss and turn for half the night, and in the morning I look and see there are no bites anywhere. I understand that there are no bedbugs. And at night everything is new. Therefore, I advise everyone: if bedbugs appear, immediately call a good company and immediately poison them. Don't wait until you develop this fear, because these phobias are harder to get rid of than bedbugs. And I wish SanMarDez prosperity. This is the best company I have ever worked for. Thank you!"

Zoya Nikolaevna, Korolev

Disinfector's comment

Yes, a phobia after a long life with bedbugs is a phenomenon, if not common, then at least widespread. I deal with this every few months. We are regularly called by people who have no bedbugs or bites, but are afraid. And after our treatments, there are calls where neither we nor the customer finds bedbugs, but he is firmly convinced that someone is crawling on him at night. Don't let this happen to you! Remove bedbugs as soon as they appear. And sleep well.

What is this method

The cold fog method for killing bedbugs is practiced by pest control service employees to treat apartments and private houses from bedbugs. Those who have already used the services of such companies know what cold fog is.

This technique is based on spraying an insecticidal agent using a special generator, which is a compact mobile device. It generates a mist cloud with the insecticidal substance used, turning it into particles no larger than 80 microns in size. Due to this, tiny droplets of poison mixed with air settle in an even layer on all surfaces of the room, including not only interior items, but also panels and the ceiling.

This technology for removing parasites is called “cold” due to the fact that the cloud of smoke sprayed as a result has a temperature close to the environment.

Reviews of bedbug repellents

Review

“We killed the bedbugs the first time. As for me, it is the best sanitary service in Moscow and the region. 40 minutes of processing, then the apartment remains closed for 3 hours, then I return to it, ventilate it, sweep away the corpses of all the killed parasites with a broom, and try to breathe a sigh of relief, but it doesn’t work. The smell lasts until the night, I sleep with it all night, I go to work wearing it. Only in the evening does it seem to disappear. Now I breathe a sigh of relief. No bedbugs, no smell. Moreover, I initially wanted to ask for treatment with an odorless product, but the operator said that “scented” products are more reliable. After such complete removal of bedbugs, I trust SanMariDez completely, but I want to believe that in the future they will invent a drug that is reliable and odorless, more suitable for home use. And then the destruction of bedbugs will not cause any negative associations at all. Thank you for your work!”

Disinfector's comment

In fact, even now there are odorless products that are quite effective against bedbugs. And we work with them. But they are quite expensive; processing with them turns out to be more expensive than processing with odor.

Plus, at some sites it is not possible to use these products due to the fact that similar drugs have already been used here.

There was exactly this situation in your apartment - before us here, six months ago, bedbugs were poisoned with a product with a similar active ingredient. You reported this to the operator. Why, in fact, the operator warned against using an analogue. As you can see, the warning was correct - the drug based on a different insecticide worked flawlessly.

Filling the drug into the hot fog generator

And one more thing - your apartment has not been treated with the most “fragrant” product. If the smell disappears within a day, that's good. We often order the most inexpensive treatments with domestic products, after which even with the most careful treatment the house smells for a week. And some colleagues in other services use such “vigorous” preparations, after which their clients call us to carry out deodorization and eliminate odor. So in your situation everything was very delicate.

Review

“A very good master Alexey worked for us. I checked the furniture, baseboards, went to the car, and brought a steam cleaner. I went through all the cracks with this steam cleaner, all over the bed, and boiled bugs started pouring out from under the mattress. This all took about 30 minutes. Then I sprayed the apartment with cold fog for the same amount of time. I don’t know if it was worth doing this, because not a single bug could survive under fallow. And so, without the cold fog, destruction would be even cheaper. Well, okay, the main thing is that the bedbugs were removed. On the first night, it seemed like someone bit me, but my husband didn’t have a single bite, and the next morning I didn’t understand whether someone had bitten me or not. And then we didn’t notice any bites or bedbugs at all. Now I am writing this review three weeks after treatment, there are no bedbugs in the house. And thank you very much for this.”

Tatyana Nikolaevna, Moscow

Exterminator's comment

Do not underestimate insecticides or overestimate the effect of a steam cleaner. There are no bedbugs or their bites precisely because the room is treated with a cold fog with a powerful insecticidal preparation. The steam cleaner killed some of the bedbugs, but it is almost impossible to destroy them all: they sit too deep in their hiding places, and the steam no longer penetrates to this depth. It cools and settles on the walls. Therefore, only part of the bedbugs can be destroyed with a steam cleaner, while the rest must be killed with an insecticide. Actually, this was done, and it was due to this that all the bedbugs were destroyed.

Treating a sofa with a steam cleaner

Advantages

It is no coincidence that dry fog is considered the most effective way to kill harmful insects. Many companies professionally engaged in pest control purchase devices and liquids to create cold steam.

Positive points:

• high speed of room processing – 15–20 minutes is enough;
• microparticles penetrate into any zones and structures;
• long-term inhalation effect is the result of slow sedimentation of microparticles of the drug;
• cold fog envelops all surfaces, including the ceiling;
• no traces after spraying: the drops are so small that there are no stains on cabinets, upholstered furniture, wallpaper, flooring, documentation, folders in office premises;
• the optimal level of humidity is maintained, objects do not experience a negative impact (the surface does not get wet);
• the residual effect of the insecticide lasts from 40 to 60 days (depending on the brand of the drug);
• product consumption is reduced several times compared to traditional processing;
• no need to move furniture: microparticles “cover” the entire treatment area;
• there is no human contact with dangerous insecticides;
• “fog therapy” against harmful insects helps even in cases where compounds with a high toxicity class are ineffective.

Ways of penetration of cockroaches

Where and why do cockroaches come from? There are plenty of ways for parasites to enter a residential area.

Insects can leave their previous home after persecution or enter the apartment through garbage chutes, ventilation ducts or through existing cracks. If the conditions of stay turn out to be favorable (plenty of food and drink, comfortable temperature, the presence of secluded corners), cockroaches will happily continue to live and breed in a new place.

An uncleaned table, a dirty trash can, exposed food, a wet sink, a small puddle on the stove or a leaking tap are factors that encourage cockroaches to firmly establish themselves in an apartment with such “ideal” conditions.

Disinfection against cockroaches by the SES service

In many ways, the difficulties of self-harassment are due to the fact that red and black cockroaches try to get into the house by any means. They run from neighbors, come from basements, through technical holes and cracks in the walls. Arthropods are especially attracted to dampness, mold, and garbage cans that cannot be kept out for a long time.

Ordinary dusts or aerosol cans, which a person uses most often in the fight, may be powerless against such an invasion. Do not forget about the dangers of many insecticides. Some of them are very strong poisons and can cause serious health problems. The main symptoms of poisoning are nausea, vomiting, headache, and breathing problems. In the most severe cases, the patient loses consciousness.

But even if the exterminator observes all safety measures, the smell may remain for a long time, causing allergies in family members. It is especially not recommended to kill cockroaches in Irkutsk apartments yourself if there is a child in the family. Pregnant and breastfeeding women, older people and those who experience respiratory problems can also be harmed by self-harassment.

Killing cockroaches without an odor is unlikely; even the least toxic chemicals often have a strong aroma. In such cases, treatment with cold fog or other professional methods becomes a real salvation.

There are several arguments in favor of ordering the extermination of domestic cockroaches at the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station of Irkutsk:

Professional pest control of cockroaches in Irkutsk will allow owners to preserve property: the products used do not leave marks on upholstered furniture and other surfaces. But the main thing is health and nerves, which can be preserved thanks to SES specialists.