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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 · TAKOMA PARK, MD · MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — kills bed bugs and eggs in a single visit. Homes and businesses across Takoma Park, quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
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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.
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.
I understand you spent a few nights in a hotel, and if you've been back there since 8 a.m., I would have...
Answered by Dori on a call,
I was just going to say sometimes we can tell if it's bed bug bites. Most of the time we can't, but hey, at least we can give it a try.
Answered by Dori on a call,
I'm just I'm glad you were going to give me a call. I just beat you to it.
Answered by Dori on a call,
If that's what you choose to do, that's perfectly fine. I would probably come and, you know, just check on the house.
Answered on a call,
I said, you can send the video here, and I just received something.
Answered by Dori on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Takoma Park and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
We raise the temperature very quickly in your home with the heat assault system to 140 degrees and we hold it there for hours. That rate of 140 degrees temperature seeps into everything.
I know a lot of people will get an Airbnb for the day that is pet friendly. So much better than just a hotel that's pet-friendly because with Airbnbs that are pet-friendly, they normally have a fenced-in yard.
The heat will penetrate through everything. It'll even penetrate through the walls. And so we see we're very successful when it comes to the heat treatment.
It might be too late. May 3rd to June 3rd, June to July 3rd, that would have been thereabouts your 60-day guarantee. I am going to have to get back with our owners, okay, to see if we can.
Then go ahead and just, you know, if there's no rooms in the closets anymore, you know, there's a guest closet, there's no room in there, then yes, I would take those clothes and just put them through the dryer on high heat.
The area agency on aging, because hopefully if you put it under his name, you can get a lot of help with a bed bug treatment, financial help with a bed bug treatment.
When you spray, it will kill the ones that are on the surface. One thing about bedbugs, though, is they're not all out on the surface at the same time.
What we do, and I'll explain while I'm working numbers, what we do is an all-day treatment. with our technician they'll probably come out of winter garden so we probably want like a 10 a.
High heat for at least 40 minutes. Yes, ma'am. It gets well over 122 degrees, and that's where bed bugs and eggs die off.
Gone through any part of our treatment before it takes a full seven days for them to die which yeah not great but during that time they can't feed which is good which means they're not biting you and if they can't feed they can't breathe
We use a combination treatment of a three-part pesticide spray and heat treatment,
The heat is, a heat treatment is really the only way to eliminate them and get them.
That's why we treat the whole home only. We do a heat and spray combination.
They might not have come. Now, she did have bites there. So probably where they came from, a lot of people can stay at hotels and not have any bites, but you can get them from pretty much.
Because sometimes those smoke detectors are also heat detectors. We don't emit any smoke in your home. The trailer doesn't emit any smoke. It's...
We get plagued by the dreaded palmettoes here. So, you know, there's little beefy key tomb bombers is what I call them. And it's great. Not too many people say they don't deal with cockroaches in Florida.
Going to do, I want you to monitor. So if you see anything else, you let us know. That could be because we use one of those big blackout curtains on the front door because we have that open with our hoses going in. So maybe the heat just did not get as hot right there because they could have been behind the curtain for all we know, you know.
Is a head scratcher that we're still having so many, but I'm going to pass it on to the team. They might say, hey, listen, you know, let's send Chase back out there and do another respray and really hit that bathroom once again really well. I believe he said.
I see that. Looks just like a straightforward house, not just a single story, easy driveway, easy for us to park there and get our hoses in. Let me see. Okay, what is the square footage on that? Do you know? I can look it up.
Guess what? Be a little less freaked out because it's inside their house where they live and not inside your house where you live.
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 Takoma Park 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 Takoma Park. Routed by proximity — cities closer to another BBE office are served from there.
Outside these zips? Our Takoma Park routes reach well past the city line — call anyway.
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Yes. Takoma Park is inside our service area, worked out of our Bethesda office, about a 15-minute drive away. We treat homes and businesses there, and the treatment is the same combination of Heat Assault thermal heat and a residual spray we run everywhere else.
Same-week appointments are usual. Because Takoma Park sits roughly 15 minutes from our Bethesda office, a crew can normally be with you within a few days of the call, and the whole job is one visit rather than a course of return trips.
Treatment starts at an $1,800 minimum and is priced by the size of the home, with most homes landing between about $1,800 and $2,800. There are no per-room upcharges. We give you the exact number over the phone before anything is booked.
Almost never. Furniture is treated where it stands: heat reaches inside mattresses, frames and upholstery where a spray cannot, so it does not need to be discarded or replaced. We will tell you plainly if a piece is genuinely beyond saving.
Clearly, you are dealing with an infestation of bed bugs in Takoma Park. 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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