{"id":3055,"date":"2019-07-26T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp-www-bedbugbbq-com.msgsndr.com\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2019-07-26T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:00:57","slug":"bed-bugs-in-apartments-why-its-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/bed-bugs-in-apartments-why-its-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Bed Bugs in Apartments: Why It\u2019s a Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations!\u00a0<\/span>You Got Your First Apartment!<\/span><\/h3>\n

You\u2019re all moved into your apartment and getting ready to go to sleep – but wait, what are those brown spots on your sheets? Looks like the moving blankets you used gave you bed bugs. No problem<\/i>, you think to yourself. <\/span>I\u2019ll just get a DIY pesticide and take care of this.<\/i> That\u2019s a common first thought – but is it that simple? Unfortunately, the short answer is no.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Is This Such An Issue?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Bed bugs in apartments, condos, dorms, and other spaces where lots of people are living in close quarters to another and sharing walls can be a huge problem. As you probably know, bed bugs love tight, dark spaces. What you might not know is that they can get through walls by using electrical outlets, small cracks, or other spaces in the wall. So let\u2019s say you call Bed Bug Barbeque<\/a> and they come out to heat treat your apartment. When the bed bugs sense the room getting warmer they know they won\u2019t survive if they stay where they are. That\u2019s when they find cracks in your wall. They\u2019ll use them to escape into your next-door neighbor\u2019s apartment. Your neighbor will try to treat the infestation and the bugs will do the same thing – right back into your apartment and you\u2019re back where you started, with bed bugs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What Should You NOT Do?<\/span><\/h3>\n

First of all, going to Home Depot and grabbing a can of pesticide and trying to eliminate the bed bugs <\/span>will not work.<\/span><\/i> The reason this won\u2019t work is because bed bugs are rather clever pests. They have access to a million hiding places in a living space, and it\u2019s next to impossible for you to find and treat them all. Can you imagine spraying Raid directly into your electrical outlets? It\u2019s just not a good idea. This is something you need a professional to come and do, rather than trying to perform DIY bed bug extermination. Your first course of action is going to be to notify your landlord within 72 hours of first noticing the bed bugs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whose Responsibility Is It to Get Rid of Them?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Landlords<\/span><\/a> are required by law to provide habitable housing, and there is a chance (not guaranteed) that it\u2019ll be your landlord\u2019s responsibility to call a qualified exterminator and pay for their services in order to get your apartment back to acceptable standards. Ohio does not have any laws <\/span>specifically <\/b>pertaining to bed bugs, but<\/span> landlord-tenant law<\/span><\/a> does protect you if you were not the one who brought in the bed bugs. Unfortunately, if you did bring them in, you may end up footing the bill. However, in a multi-tenant building, it\u2019s difficult to prove how they got in, and if that\u2019s the case, it will be the responsibility of your landlord to get it taken care of, especially if they had knowledge of any previous bed bug problems in the building. Next, you\u2019ll need to remove the bed bugs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to prevent the bed bugs in your apartment from spreading into your neighbors\u2019 apartments their units will need to be inspected. If bed bugs are found they will need to be treated as well. Typically, if treatment of adjacent units is necessary, it\u2019s done by treating the units next to yours first and then treating your unit last. It\u2019s best to treat bed bugs with a <\/span>heat treatment<\/span><\/a> rather than a chemical treatment because chemical treatments (in addition to producing potentially harmful and unpleasant fumes) don\u2019t typically kill all of the bed bugs. It\u2019s hard to get a chemical treatment to reach into <\/span>every hiding place<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Professionals<\/h3>\n

If you suspect bed bugs in your apartment, never fear! Let your landlord know and then give us a call. <\/span>Our <\/span>bed bug heat treatments<\/span><\/a> contain NO <\/span>pesticides or chemicals<\/span><\/a>. However, unlike most other natural bed bug control alternatives, our heat treatment is proven to be <\/span>effective <\/b>in killing bed bugs. You can call us at <\/span>(216) 221- 1227<\/span> or <\/span>contact us through our website <\/span><\/a>for a FREE inspection today!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations!\u00a0You Got Your First Apartment! You\u2019re all moved into your apartment and getting ready to go to sleep – but wait, what are those brown spots on your sheets? Looks like the moving blankets you used gave you bed bugs. No problem, you think to yourself. I\u2019ll just get a DIY pesticide and take care…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"Bed Bug Information"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AdobeStock_35964331-1-1024x683.jpeg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"colleen","author_link":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/author\/colleen\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"Bed Bug Information","slug":"bed-bug-information","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":195,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":195,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Bed Bug Information","category_nicename":"bed-bug-information","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}