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 · SUMTER COUNTY, FL
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — in a single visit, dispatched from our Sumter County office . Quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
When the press needs a bed bug expert They call us
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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 Sumter 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 Sumter 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 to do the heat treatment now. In the United States, we almost had them totally eradicated about 30 years ago. And then I think because international travel got really popular again and then couch surfing and of course you have hotels and then Airbnbs and Virbos now you know there's so many more people traveling but you don't have to travel you can go to your church you can go to work and if someone is dealing with bed bugs and is not educated about them knowing that they will cling cling on to their clothing and go with them anywhere they go that these people spread them they don't realize that they are spreading bed bugs you know wherever they go and you know then we sit down in an area and sadly bring them home with us you know easy to do right now it's very sad that it's you know that easy Hopefully we're trying to eradicate America. We're trying to kill them one house at a time.
Answered by Dori on a call,
I am going to, well, happy birthday next week. I just turned 64, so I'm getting close. I'm getting close. Okay. I am going to, what am I pulling up? I am pulling up. Hold on one second. I am going to give you a phone number. Every single county has what they call the Area Agency on Aging.
Answered by Dori on a call,
Let me tell you exactly what to do. It's not that bad, okay? You've got a couple choices.
Answered by Julie on a call,
If you just hold the camera very near it as close as you can get where it'll still focus don't
Answered by Julie on a call,
I knew they were right across from one another in two different buildings. Okay.
Answered by Dori on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Sumter County and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
What we do for garages is they don't hold the heat very well, and also bedbugs aren't typically living in the garage unless you have furniture that you sit in. So we spray the garage. That's kind of more of a barrier.
I would, so what I would do is you could just leave that in the middle of the floor. All of the bugs in there should be dead, but just as a precaution, I would just throw that stuff back into the dryer on the highest heat setting, and then that'll take care of that.
Bed and we're doing that laundry. So I don't know if he's going to have enough time while doing your heat treatment all day long to do all that laundry that you have in your shed.
It's at the rare times that the first day that does not work, the rare times we come out and do one more spray. Maybe there's a couple stragglers that the heat didn't get. Maybe they missed, you know.
We have a 60-day guarantee because we know that within that 60 days, if you see another bed bug or two, that we will nail it. If we can keep you clear and free for 60 days, we know this infestation is gone. But bed bugs are bad in the United States. And as you know, you can get them again, you know.
Even if there was an egg, I would say three weeks tops, you would know you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Now, I don't want you to be paranoid for those whole three weeks. That's a little much on you.
I won't do that. Okay, so I need to get with a couple of texts. that are in the area. I know one is doing a full heat treatment now in Pinellas Park. Another one is working on one of our trailers. Yeah, another one is working on one of our trailers that's having an issue so they can get back on the road and do full home treatment.
Getting back to the spray, the spray that we do is a great protective barrier that lasts for well over a month and it has a growth inhibitor in it. So, if you do have a wayward bed bug that was like so deep in one of the walls that our heat got to it but not as long as it needed to to kill it or something like that.
I'm doing where I'm doing, I'm laying on a towel that is clean. It is hot. I've also done it in the dryer. for a half hour and you know so I know that it's it's clean that's what they recommend like when they go to a hotel or something and there's nothing wrong and I wake up and I got more bites So I don't know.
Then what I would suggest. is because we don't need the winter stuff now um any winter stuff that can be taken out thrown in a high heat dryer and then bagged up in a brand new garbage bag and put on the back porch or in the garage or in the shed something like that you know um that way they're out of the house it leaves a little bit more room for the airflow you know the heat to really get in there and do a really good job job in her closet. I think it's really important.
Then once he's finished with your place, he's going to head over to Matt's and do that second floor, the two units that are directly below Matt's and, uh, get the heat treatment knocked out and, um. Um, hopefully this will, you know, complete, uh, you know, complete, completely destroy all these bedbugs you guys have been suffering with. Um, uh, okay.
When it crosses that growth inhibitor in that pesticide barrier, the growth inhibitor automatically makes it sick and it will not be able to eat. So if it can't feed, that means it's not biting anyone. And if it can't feed, it can't breathe. So it can't make any more little bedbugs. So if there's one that hasn't gone through any treatment and they cross that growth inhibitor, it takes them a full time to die, but it starts shutting them down immediately.
Bed bug bites with bed bugs. It really depends on how many you have in your home and where they fall off. As I said, remember lady bugs.
With your mom at the facility. So what happens is when they hitchhike home with you, depending on your routine, a lot of people come directly in, sit down on the couch, throw their stuff down.
That normally happens with just the spray. If they're not using the heat assault truck, it's definitely going to happen.
It up really well and label it bed bug free yeah the um and then as far as the The tortoises go, you do realize you'll have to have those removed from the premises.
We live in a very sedentary society. We kick back in the recliner all weekend and watch sports. Movie marathons on the couch, you know. They are not just for beds anymore. They don't care. The only places we really don't find them are kitchens and bathrooms because we don't camp out there for hours.
Of people say oh I've got clutter and then it's like oh it's not that bad trust us you know we see so much worse we see so much worse
CDs are no problem. No problem with CDs, only vinyl records, okay? And when I say candles, I'm not talking about the candles that are in the glass jars or the encasements. I'm just talking about the long candlesticks. Those can tend to run if they get hot, okay? Do you have any oil paintings on your walls?
A lot of people just don't know, especially if they do not have allergic reactions to the bites. And during long time...
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 Sumter 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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