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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.
Service area · WHEATON, 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 Wheaton, 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.
We do take visa. Let me just double check the calendar. We've been pretty busy this morning. So let me just refresh that calendar. I don't want to give you a wrong date. Oh, gosh, I can't believe today's already the 18th of March. We could actually if your home is ready and I'll talk about prep a little bit so you know what's needed. We could actually be out. tomorrow or Friday. So what we ask with our heat treatment, it's very important that there is no floor clutter. You know, if you have furniture, that's fine. If you have a thousand shelves with a thousand things on them, that's fine. The heat rises and treats everything. Okay. But if there is floor clutter that breaks up the heat that we need down low where bedbugs are hanging out.
Answered on a call,
Typically it is about $300 to $400 more if we have to do a premium overnight because he's pulling an overnighter, which is going to be a double shift for him.
Answered on a call,
They will make adjustments to furniture.
Answered by Mike on a call,
Thing that it's a good thing that it's left open more more air can get into into it
Answered by Chase on a call,
We could do that, and that way you could notify your mom.
Answered by Dori on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Wheaton and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
Excuse me. We come with a commercial trailer also with that spray, and we call it heat assault, so it's completely unmarked. It doesn't say anything about bed bugs, but we run holes from the back of this trailer. And we actually distribute heaters and fans into that condo or residential property.
For the time of treatment or right out the front door because Chase will be there with everything all day long, not a big deal. And medicines and of course the home health care worker will know what can go in the fridge and what can't go in the fridge. But just remind her that the oven and the dishwasher are both heat resistant.
It's a fine line between taking everything out of your house because we want to heat treat as much as we can of the items that you own. But then we walk that fine line in it being too cluttered, which will hurt the effectiveness of our treatment or less cluttered where we can give you the best treatment. We just have to be careful with any items you're bringing back in. So it's, yeah, I know. It's a fine line for sure.
That's why we do the pesticide spray first and then we heat the apartment up, which will dry that pesticide spray against the baseboards. So, like I said, our combined treatment is extremely effective.
That can all stay if they're hanging up in the closets, folded up in dressers, folded up in linen closets. We want the heat treated as much as you have.
Of course. Okay. We can definitely help you with that. Now with bedbugs, they are hitchhikers. So usually if people are not sensitive to the bite.
That would protect the clothes but if she's cleaned out all the clothes in her closet and her dressers She can put them back in as is right now, and that way we can heat treat all of them.
We're called the bed bugs. Just the past couple of weeks we've noticed some in the bedroom bed and possibly even on the living room sofa. So we're just wondering, reaching out to see what it would take to treat those areas.
We, I had talked to Donald. He was still having some issues after we had come out and treated. So I had talked with Donald and he was going to get the place a little bit more cleaned up. When I went out there and treated, there was quite a bit of clutter in the closets and stuff like that. And that's probably why he was still seeing some because some probably had hid under the clutter.
It really depends on the square footage of your home. We do an all-day eat and spray treatment. What's your first name?
They're, if, yeah, yeah, if it's clothing, bedding items, things like that, if it's a really dense stack of clothes, if there's any way you can break them up, maybe put smaller stacks on the dresser or something like that, that way that heat can really go through all of them, because if that pile of folded clothing or bedding is a big pile that creates a very dense mass. So in the off chance that there's bed bugs or eggs anywhere in there, our heat is 140 degrees.
Make sure no clothing is laying around okay because when it's laying around then that just means when you pick it up and move it you're moving bed bugs with it if you're picking it up taking it to your car you're moving more bed bugs into your car and everywhere you go okay you are leaving bed bugs behind okay so you are going to be Leaving your dirty clothes in the apartment, then it's best to have a garbage bag sitting on your kitchen counter. You put the dirty clothes right into the garbage bag.
Appreciate that. I appreciate that. And listen, just shoot me a quick text message either way, whether you know she's out of the house, you know, and in the hotel or if she came back to the house and that way I can reach out, talk to her again, you know, just, you know, try and motivate her out before Saturday.
If I recall talking to you, right, you had told me not to tell the bottom, the tenants downstairs not to know anything about the bedbugs.
Is tough right now. We understand. And we don't want to take your money if we don't have to. So again, you want to make sure everybody is bite-free every single morning. Okay. If any bites, send us pictures, any weirdness, anything you think is bed bug related, send it to us and we'll let you know and we'll get through this together. Okay, we're here for you.
If you've already confirmed that you have bed bugs, we typically won't need to go looking for them. But what will happen is. The technician, when he goes to your house, they will adjust the bed. If they'll walk into a room and they'll instantly, just based on their intuition and then their years of doing this kind of work, will know what needs to be adjusted in the room for like airflow, for that heat penetration.
If you have pictures of the bugs or the bites that you have. Just so our technicians can see those and confirm, because I know that you're sure, but we want to also be sure before we come out that that is exactly what we're dealing with.
In Kissimmee. Okay. Kissimmee. That's how I know how to spell it. Okay. All right. So Now, you got six or seven bites the first night. What about the second night?
You don't have to wash and dry all of your clothes because the heat will actually, if there are any eggs or bedbugs.
Then what you can do is not worry about washing the rest of that stuff that was already washed and dried in the hamper.
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 Wheaton 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 Wheaton. Routed by proximity — cities closer to another BBE office are served from there.
Outside these zips? Our Wheaton routes reach well past the city line — call anyway.
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Yes. Wheaton is inside our service area, worked out of our Bethesda office, about a 14-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 Wheaton sits roughly 14 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 Wheaton. 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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