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No logos, and no mention of bed bugs on trucks, equipment or uniforms. Neighbours see a van; they do not see why it is there.
Service area · COLUMBIA, MD · HOWARD COUNTY
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — kills bed bugs and eggs in a single visit. Homes and businesses across Columbia, quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
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Reaches into mattress seams, bed frames and wall voids a spray cannot. Kills every stage, eggs included.
Keeps working for weeks after we leave, so anything that survives or arrives later does not restart the problem.
Bed bugs die at 118°F held about 90 minutes; 122°F kills almost instantly. We hold lethal temperature throughout the home.
You get the prep list and an arrival window. Anything you are unsure about, we answer on the phone first.
Quoted over the phone before anything is booked, so there is no site visit and no surprise on the day.
A full heat cycle takes the whole home to lethal temperature, then a residual product goes down per its label.
Eight to eleven hours on site, depending on the size of the property and how much is in it.
We walk you through what we found and what to watch for, and the home is yours again the same day.
If bed bugs come back inside sixty days we return and treat again at no cost.
Every question below was asked by a real caller on a recorded call, and every answer is what one of our crew said back on the phone, word for word. We give the caller's first name, or their postcode where we do not have one, and never their surname, address or phone number.
Your sensitive electronics, your TVs, computers, gaming stations, those are built to withstand the heat. So we just ask that you unplug them during the day of treatment. And then you can plug them back in when they cool off when you come back home.
Answered by Dori on a call,
We do the entire home because if we treat one room what will happen is they will spread throughout the home which we don't want to happen so
Answered on a call,
We could not do today. Tomorrow would be the first we could do it, which actually is pretty good because the next day after that would be Friday. It's pretty unusual for us to have the next day or same day available.
Answered on a call,
If they're going to pay by check and to help you out, then they can just write that one check for the $1,800. Okay.
Answered by Dori on a call,
I can hear you. You just sound far, but I can hear you.
Answered by Charles on a call,
Let me take a look at that. I think we should still be able to do that.
Answered by Mike on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Columbia and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
High heat dryer, okay, anything and everything. Let me get back to you protecting yourself and your vacuum cleaner. Once your bed is stripped, and I suggest, excuse me, it's already been a busy morning. I have been talking nonstop for the last two hours.
Do call a combination treatment. We do a three-part pesticide spray on the perimeter of the home, door jams, window sills, floorboards, headboards, etc. Then we have a commercial piece of equipment called heat assault. And we bring that trailer to your home. It doesn't say anything about bed bugs on the outside of the trailer.
This should be a one-day treatment with spray and heat. That's nine times out of ten. We come in the morning, we spray. You heat up the house, you have to be gone all day, and we bring a big piece of equipment, a trailer that has all the hoses and fans and heaters. You heat up the whole house at the same time so that they can't outrun it and they can't hide from it. And by the end of the day, they should be gone.
There is a proprietary blend of pesticide and growth inhibitor. There's three different pesticides in our blend that we use. So once that's dry, it's non-harmful. And then we have our trailer, which is our heat assault system.
We don't confirm just with pictures. I mean, there are some pictures of bites. There are some pictures of bites that we know are bed bug. And then others, because so many different bugs will bite kind of the same, that it really is hard to tell. We'll say suspiciously bed bugs. So maybe we need to come out and inspect, you know.
Think about it. If you guys, if you're hearing more and more people and if you guys are all in a group setting and you're sitting on upholstered furniture and stuff, anybody and everybody could be bringing those set bugs in and trading them.
Very rare, but if you caught it really, really quickly, there is a good chance that really good thorough vacuuming and using that high heat dryer will take care of your problem. What you do not want to do, and please let your parents know, what you do not want to do is go out and get bed bug bombs or bed bug sprays or powder.
If you have any wine. So we had one issue with one bottle, but it had already been opened and the cork was put back into it. The heat made the cork expand and it blew out of the wine bottle. Thankfully, the wine bottle was standing straight up. So no wine was hurt in the making of that heat treatment, you know, not even a drop was spilled and it didn't break the bottle. But if you do have wine.
The spray alone will do is kill the ones that are on the surface. Bed bugs don't hang out on the surface unless they're feeding, making their way towards their food source, or making their way back home from their food source. So any other time they are hiding and nesting and breeding.
I just wanted to make sure that we weren't coming to do a treatment tomorrow and you didn't want us to come. So, yeah, I mean, nothing's really changed, so you have nothing to worry about, but there's nothing for you to do right now until you get some confirmation that you have bedbugs.
Absolutely. And when Denise calls. You know, just when she calls in, say, you know, I'm a neighbor of Wendy Stevens, you know, because sometimes we talk to so many people and, you know, it's just easier in that way. We already know who she is. We can say, listen, if you're unsure while Chase is there on the property, he can come and inspect you. So if we know that she is calling and she's your neighbor.
Usually they will not feed on animals, but if an animal lays down in an area where bedbugs are, then the bedbugs will cling on them.
You're welcome. And then I'll just shoot you a text message when I see that. And if it is a bad bug, then we can talk about how the heck to get rid of them. Okay.
With you having them on your ankles and your elbow, that would mean that there were at least two different bed bugs, one towards the bottom of your bed and one towards the center of your bed.
It looks like a very inflamed mosquito bite, and I will tell you this, they are itchy, like more itchy than any probably any other insect bite you've ever dealt with, and they itch for multiple days.
They are so tiny that they get wedged in when they die into different places. And then as we move things around the house, cleaning stuff, they sift out because they're so lightweight and people are like, oh, my gosh.
I'm sorry to hear that. Usually there's an adult that can be the case and then again we can have the respray for you. Let me take a look at the notes just to see because I saw you called in a little bit earlier. One moment.
I have them at least a foot away from the baseboard, but not in the center of the room. Okay, this way, and if that's all there is, that's fine, because our technician, Victor is his name, he'll come in, he'll spray the perimeter of each and every single room and closet throughout the home, and then he'll look for any nooks and crannies. And he will spray those as well anywhere we know bedbugs like to hide nests.
I can have a chat and yeah, we'll tell them like, well, they'll know we arrive at eight and then normally we text them when we depart and then we ask them to wait two hours before coming back. Oh yeah. Give me the name and number of the guest.
All right. So I'm going to go ahead and send you a formal estimate. I'll have that done in just the next couple of minutes for you. That also gives you our contact number. And I think I'm going to share with you, I might have already done so, so forgive me if this is just additional information. This is just so you have us at your fingertips and you have access to our reviews and our website, you know, telling you about the heat assault system, which we're very, very proud about. And let me see.
Why choose us
We kill bed bugs. Only bed bugs. One method, done right, in a single visit — heat and a residual product together, on every job we run.
Unmarked vehicles and personnel
No logos, and no mention of bed bugs on trucks, equipment or uniforms. Neighbours see a van; they do not see why it is there.
Total peace of mind
Sixty days of cover on every job. Should bed bugs survive the treatment, which is rare, we come back out and eliminate the problem for good at no cost.
No other pests, ever
One method, done right, in a single visit. It is the only approach we sell, which is the reason we are good at it.
Quoted as bed bug experts
Reporters do not find us in a directory; they come looking for someone who does this all day. CNN introduces Allan as the operations expert at Bed Bug Exterminator, and he has been quoted by name in thirty articles across fifteen national outlets.
Community-focused service
Seven offices across Florida and Maryland, each with its own locally staffed crew. The office that quotes your job is the one that turns up to it.
Affordable, high-quality heat solution
Priced by the size of the home rather than by the room, and quoted over the phone before anything is booked. No site visit, and no per-room upcharges.
Experienced, dedicated team
As Allan puts it: once we take on your project, your bed bug problem becomes my bed bug problem. If it turns out not to be bed bugs, we say so and cancel the contract. That has happened.
The single best solution — Heat Assault
Heat Assault reaches kill-zone temperature throughout the house and keeps climbing, which is what takes out the eggs as well as the adults. Paired with a residual spray on every job.
Call 727-591-4417 Quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
“My experience with BBE (Bed Bug Exterminator) was very smooth. Dori explained everything clearly on the phone and booked me quickly. The technician Chase came and did a full spray and heat treatment in one day, from morning to evening. The process was well organized and I felt relief after.”
“If you want your bed bugs gone CALL THEM!! Their team is top notch and truly care about what they do. Huge shout out to Dori and Victor, they took such great care of my home and killed every last bloodsucker! Thee best company for bed bug treatment hands down! Thanks”
“Kendall is extremely knowledgeable, professional and patient. She walked me through the process on the phone assessing for bed bugs as well as treatment options. She was interested in me FIRST and my needs, not just making a buck! The tech arrived on time and treated our entire home, 100% bed bug free for 3 months.”
“My experience with Bed Bug Exterminator was very positive. Chase handled the inspection professionally and didn’t miss any areas. Before that, Kendall had helped me book the appointment smoothly and answered all my questions. Everything felt organized and well-managed from start to finish.”
Over the years, we have developed a clear process and plan that works no matter the scale of infestation. As time has passed and our team has worked together more, we have focused on delivering treatment and solutions for bed bugs that are proven to work. To do this, we follow a strict five-step process that helps us to prepare any property in Columbia and beyond for the removal of bed bugs:
This five-step process means that we can, more often than not, eradicate all bed bugs present in your building in one visit. Instead of a course of return trips, you get a solution that is covered for a minimum of sixty days. Plan on the crew being with you for most of a working day: a full heat cycle plus the spray usually runs somewhere between eight and eleven hours, depending on the size of the property and how much is in it.
Heat only works if the whole structure gets past lethal temperature and stays there. That is a question of output, and output is a number.
| Heat only | Chemical | Combination | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kills eggs | Yes | Often misses | Yes |
| Residual protection | None | A few weeks | Weeks |
| Reaches hidden voids | Bugs flee deeper | Limited | Yes |
| Visits needed | 1 (with gaps) | 2–4 | Usually 1 |
| Guaranteed | — | — | Yes |
Bed bugs die at 118°F held around 90 minutes, and 122°F kills almost instantly. We hold lethal temperature throughout the home.
Older housing stock means more cracks and crevices for bed bugs to harbour in. Rentals turn over faster than owner-occupied homes, and turnover is how an infestation arrives.
Driving distance from Columbia. Routed by proximity — cities closer to another BBE office are served from there.
Outside these zips? Our Columbia routes reach well past the city line — call anyway.
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In Columbia, our heat treatment starts at an $1,800 minimum and is priced by square footage rather than by the room, so most homes land somewhere between about $1,800 and $2,800. We confirm the exact figure by phone before we begin, with no per-room upcharges and no surprises. You can estimate yours on the cost and pricing page.
The reliable way to kill bed bugs at every life stage, including the eggs that store-bought sprays tend to miss, is our combination treatment. We pair Heat Assault thermal heat, which kills the bugs on contact, with a residual spray that keeps working for weeks afterward to catch anything that survives. You can see the temperatures that kill bed bugs in full.
While heat treatment will kill off bed bugs of all shapes and sizes, they are hardy creatures that can shrug off the heat of an ordinary hot day. Therefore, do not rely upon the warmth of a closed-up room: you need something that takes the heating level right up, which is what our professional Heat Assault equipment does.
Unfortunately, no. If you have tried the usual DIY treatments, you are likely only killing a small handful of the adult populace, leaving the younglings to take their place. The infestation keeps recovering until it is treated properly at every life stage.
In most cases the whole job is finished in a single day. You and any pets do need to be out of the home while the heat runs, and for roughly two hours afterward while it cools, but there are no repeat visits to schedule the way chemical-only plans usually require.
If you have tried the usual DIY treatments, you are likely only killing a small handful of the adult populace, leaving the younglings to take their place. A professional treatment that reaches every life stage in a single visit tends to cost less in the end than a long run of failed attempts.
Not at all. Even spotless, five-star hotels and brand-new homes can suffer from bed bugs. If they are brought in from another location, bed bugs will find a place to live in almost any Columbia property, clean or not.
Clearly, you are dealing with an infestation of bed bugs in Columbia. Some of the most common signs that we recommend you look out for when dealing with bed bugs include, but are not limited to:
Unfortunately, these signs prompt that you are dealing with a bed bug problem. With that being the case, taking action as soon as possible would be wise. If you spot even one of these signs, it is probably a clear indication that you have bed bugs loitering around your home or business.
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