Discreet service
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.
Office · POLK COUNTY, FL
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — in a single visit, dispatched from our Polk County office . Quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
When the press needs a bed bug expert They call us
Local record
The page also includes 5 questions answered on recorded calls and 20 crew call excerpts.
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.
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.”
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.
Five ways we work in Polk County. Pick the one that matches the property.
Heat Assault raises the whole structure past lethal temperature while a residual spray covers harborage the heat cannot hold. Every life stage, including eggs, in one visit — furniture stays.
600,000 BTU/hrNo furniture lossUnmarked trucks60-day guarantee
Book Polk County combination treatmentA technician works the room the way the bugs do — seams, frames, outlet housings, the underside of baseboards. If there is nothing there, we put that in writing and you do not buy a treatment.
Written findingsSame-week slotsNo pressure
Book an inspectionShared walls move bed bugs between units, so treating one apartment in isolation rarely holds. We coordinate with property managers on access, prep notices and adjoining units.
Property-manager coordinationAdjoining unitsDocumentation
Talk about a buildingTurnover is the risk: a unit can be reintroduced by the next guest. We work around bookings, arrive in unmarked trucks, and provide the paperwork operators need.
Discreet arrivalWorks around bookingsWritten report
Discuss a propertyOffices, care facilities and retail get treated outside operating hours where possible. Our largest single job to date was a 12,000 square foot facility brought to temperature with two trucks.
After-hours schedulingTwo-truck capabilityInvoiced to the business
Request a commercial quoteEvery 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.
We have our own generators and then that's going to be on the back of the truck in the trailer and then from that we run the hoses into your home.
Answered on a call,
Our location, our current location, you are in Florida. Let me take a look one moment because we do have a few other locations here. Just one moment. I'll get you that complete address.
Answered on a call,
That means that spray that we lay down, our pesticide spray with growth inhibitor, is going to be really, really important for him. We lay a protective barrier down around the home, we spray. It's a perimeter of each and every single room, each and every single closet. We spray very carefully and strategically underneath and inside furniture and in all cracks and crevices where we know bedbugs like to hide and nest.
Answered by Dori on a call,
I can't connect you with the owner but I can leave a message and take your information to pass to them okay
Answered by Charles on a call,
Now, it has nothing to do with carpet. I'm just going to tell you that.
Answered by Dori on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Polk County and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
We do use a combination process of spray and heat, which is simple. We'll come and we'll spray the perimeters of your home like your door jams, window sills, floorboards. Come with a trailer that we call heat assault.
Can't use the same garbage bag that you had your dirty clothes in or any clothes that you brought from your home to the laundromat because bed bugs or eggs could fall off in there. So you want to make sure those garbage bags are thrown away, okay? So if clothes that come out of that high heat dryer need to go into brand new garbage bags.
Garage okay perfect anything that you feel you need to take out of the heat treatment area can easily be put in the garage we ask that you don't lean it up against the walls because Victor will spray the garage for you to add that to the protective barrier okay that we leave with our pesticide spray So, you know, give him room to get around to the perimeter. With the home, we ask for no floor clutter throughout the home.
Pull furniture away unless you have time and, you know, want to give somebody something to do. They can pull furniture a little bit away from the baseboards and make it easier for Victor. But just make sure trash is thrown away. There's no floor clutter because we're just doing perimeter sprays and spraying all the furniture in the common areas.
Is, yes, what we ask is no floor clutter. Furniture can stay. We have a long wand. We have a very direct stream of spray. It's not like a mist that gets all over everything. Where we point it, it goes. Okay? So we don't need to go move in any furniture, but floor clutter, we would like there to be as little floor clutter. We would like no floor clutter, but as little floor clutter as possible.
To look forward. We need to figure out our next steps. So next steps is decluttering as much as you can. Now, that doesn't mean throwing everything away. If you have room in your closets, make sure all your clothes are hanging up in there. Get them off the floor, get them off of furniture, what have you.
Absolutely. So I will let the team know, okay. I think Mike's at an appointment right now, if I'm not mistaken, but I will let the team know and then please stay vigilant. Let us know immediately if you see any more and then. We need to talk about getting that other unit on for a heat treatment so we can come and respray your unit at the same time.
Until they tell you. They're either going to say the heat assault, they're going to say thermal heat or electric heaters, same thing. Thermal just sounds fancy or propane heat, okay? I would avoid propane heat like the plague. It is known for causing some...
Encasements are great, but that is not going to keep you from getting bedbugs, you know, and I've seen encasements where bedbugs come into a home and they infest right on top of the encasement. They don't care. Okay. But bedbugs get into our home because they are hitchhikers.
Take a look at that if you have any questions while you're looking at the list and prepping your home you just give us a call I am more than happy to walk you through anything oh there are items that will definitely need to come out of your house for this safety of your home, that
Risers up under the mattresses we put all your couch cushions and chair cushions on end so that heat flows around everything and it will it will cook your house we're
We're in Winter Garden. Okay, why was I thinking Bay? Okay. In Winter Garden. Well, we have a location right there in Winter Garden. So if anything, now I know. Oh, gosh. The technician we have working at a winter garden right now is in Ormond Beach.
It must have been a pretty bad infestation then for us to have to go back out that many times. Yeah, that was pretty bad.
It did. Yes, it did. And I'm going to send you just a little bit of information on us. That way you have us at your fingertips. And I'm going to give me about an hour just in case.
If that was the case they would have died and you would not have them anymore because the heat was very thorough.
Oil paintings. Those are those two. She may have that. I don't know. I mean, she has those, but we need to take those out and put those in the garage as well. Okay.
New Fort Ritchie. Okay, so I am guessing you have called us because you have a stare, somebody's getting bites, you don't know what it is, or you've actually seen Bedbug.
He can just lock right up behind him okay unless you have one of those weird doors that it can't if you have a coded door lock or unlock you can give us the code and he can lock right up and then what he will do is when he's done he will text you Dan and he'll say hey this is Victor with BBE I just finished up treatment in your house it'll tell you how it went He'll remind you not to wipe down the baseboards, windowsills, or
They don't like kitchens, they don't like bathrooms because we don't hang out there for a long time, and they are fast bugs, okay? They want to park really close to where we spend hours at a time because they're lazy. Okay, so that's going to be beds. That's going to be recliners, couches, chairs, things like that.
It is bed bug season. Believe it or not, there is a season. It's summertime, and that's whenever they become very prolific and they're able to. to migrate from house to house by a bunch of different methods. Primarily, it's if you're staying at a vacation rental or if you have someone come to your house that maybe has a bed bug infestation at their house, they can easily transport them over. They hitchhike on your clothes. They're very crafty at being able to get around.
The problem with bed bugs is that they are some of the hardiest pests around. They can survive in high heat and humid conditions, which is why heat has to be held for as long as it is. They move through the smallest cracks and crevices and stick easily to furniture, luggage, and clothing. Given they are so small, we do not notice them until they are legion.
If you want to get rid of bed bugs in Polk County, you must pay close attention to where they appear. In a household, they could have been brought in by a visitor, by yourself when staying elsewhere, or made their way in through a connected property.
Bed bugs get around with consummate ease and breed at a dizzying rate, so a small collection can soon become an infestation occupying many or all of your rooms. For business owners, a guest could have brought them in, or a delivery shipment, or new furniture.
We often assume that bed bugs only stick to beds or old, smelly furniture. Bed bugs do not care whether furniture, bedding, or properties are clean or dirty. They are here for one thing only — blood. They are just as easily found in an immaculate five-star hotel as in an old, second-hand bed.
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