Service · GROUP HOMES
Multiple floors and dozens of rooms at a time, with resident movement planned alongside your staff.
When the press needs a bed bug expert They call us
Step 1
Plan of attackA specialist investigates the property and identifies which rooms have bed bugs and which must be treated.
Step 2
Quote and resident planWe quote, describe the process, and plan with you the movement of residents and which areas must be vacated.
Step 3
Coach your staffWe coach you on pre-treatment and what residents should bring or leave behind to be treated.
Step 4
Treat discreetlyWe arrive discreetly and professionally, with multiple trucks and teams working at once where the job needs it.
| Compare on | The usual route Chemical only | What we run, every job Heat + residual |
|---|---|---|
| Kills eggs | No | Yes, with every other stage |
| Visits needed | Two to four, weeks apart | One |
| Your furniture | Often discarded | Treated where it stands |
| Resistance | Populations adapt to the product | Nothing adapts to 122°F |
| Bugs pushed next door | A real risk of spraying room by room | Whole floor treated at once |
Bed bugs die at 118°F held about 90 minutes; 122°F kills almost instantly. The residual product keeps working for weeks afterwards, so anything that arrives later does not restart the problem.
The BBE team can then carry out a comprehensive review of your property, looking for bed bugs in your retirement or nursing home. As soon as bed bugs are discovered, we take action.
The sooner we get started, the sooner you can go back to having happy guests and positive reviews!
Heat transfer fluid is drawn from the unit’s 130-gallon reservoir and pumped through dual coil heaters to 205°F before returning for phase two. Output reaches 600,000 BTU/hr — roughly three times an electric system — which is what makes whole-structure treatment possible in a single appointment rather than room by room. A residual product goes down with it, per its label, on every job.
If you believe you have bed bugs in your retirement or nursing home, contact us for an inspection.
Heat Assault needs the least preparation of any method: laundry put away, clutter reduced so hoses and manifolds fit, and heat-sensitive items removed. Bedding stays on the bed and furniture is treated in place. The full list is on our pre-treatment checklist.
Live plants, candles, lipstick, crayons and deodorants; wine, chocolate and fresh produce; vinyl records, videos and cassettes; aerosols, propane and other pressurised containers; lithium-ion batteries; irreplaceable oil paintings and family photographs. Small items can go in the refrigerator or oven.
Every person and every animal — including birds, fish and reptiles — leaves for the whole treatment and for two hours afterwards. Fish tanks and caged animals are moved out beforehand. We give you written preparation and re-entry instructions, and products are applied per label directions.
Priced by the size of the property, starting at $1,800, with most homes between $1,800 and $2,800. The number covers inspection, the heat cycle, the residual spray, furniture treated in place and the guarantee. No per-room fees, no return-visit fees, no fuel surcharges. Full detail on the cost page.
Every treatment carries a 60-day written guarantee. If bed bugs are still present inside that window we come back and treat again at no charge.
Treating one room and chasing them next door is the thing to avoid.
Planned with your staff before the date is set, not on the morning.
Above the seventh floor, or where residents cannot be moved, we plan a spray-only treatment.
Multiple trucks and equipment large enough for several floors at a time.
4.9 ★★★★★ Group home customers
Bed Bug Exterminator750 4th Ave S Unit 304, St. Petersburg
With the heat treatment that we use, Heat Assault, bed bugs are put into an unlivable situation. You might have heard that bed bugs cannot sustain themselves in a warm environment. While they are resilient and love the humid weather of Florida, bed bugs can only so much heat. With heat treatment, we bring the temperature up to around 140F; bed bugs and eggs die at 122F. The 140F temperature ensures that the heat reaches the bed bugs and eggs wherever they are nesting, even inside furniture and walls.
The end result is that the bed bugs begin to die off en masse. Since heat treatment impacts ALL bed bugs, too, even the young hatchlings that would have led to reinfestation are killed off.
Heat treatment is most effective when combined with our spray. It can often be completed in a single trip. Other treatment options usually require numerous follow-up appointments, leading to multiple closures of your property. We raise the heat of the building to the optimal bed bug killing temperature. This is why heat treatment is our go-to.
We know that it can provide you with the end result you want: no more bed bugs in your retirement or nursing home!
We understand that you have many options to pick from when selecting an expert to handle your bed bug problem. The reasons why we come so highly for bed bugs in retirement or nursing homes, though, include:
✔ We have a team of specialists who have worked together for years. Our professional rapport means that we can work quickly, quietly, and efficiently to resolve the problem
✔ At the same time, we make sure that you always feel like you are working with people you can trust. Our professionalism is matched by our punctuality and transparency throughout
✔ Our team understands that nobody wants to advertise that they have bed bugs; this is why we use low-profile, discreet arrivals to reduce the risk of anyone finding out about the issue
✔ Since we work quickly without cutting corners, you can look forward to your bed bug nightmare being a thing of the past within a much shorter period of time than before
✔ Our prices are fair and transparent, making it easier for retirement or nursing homes to know exactly what their bed bug treatment is going to cost
✔ By using heat treatment for bed bugs, we make sure that you see results that give you complete confidence that the problem is dealt with
✔ Our treatments offer a minimum of 60 days of freedom from bed bugs; generally, only a new bed bug infestation being brought into your retirement or nursing home can restart the issue
Our team is trusted by retirement or nursing homes all across Florida to help deal with bed bugs, no matter how large or how numerous. If you are looking to rid your property of bed bugs once and for all, reach out to us today. We can begin an investigation and bring the issue to an end ASAP.
There are several reasons why you might have bed bugs on your property. Thankfully, none of them have anything to do with cleanliness or conditioning. Bed bugs are attracted to one thing and one thing only: locations where there are ample supplies of blood.
Sadly, due to the nature of a retirement or nursing home, there are always people available to rest who can be fed off. And with the large number of people coming in and out of a retirement or nursing home, bed bugs can be easily brought into your property without anyone knowing. For that reason, they are a blight that has to be taken extremely seriously if you want to stop the problem from worsening.
Bed bugs are very common in group homes due to the sheer volume of people. The large number of connected living quarters, too, makes it easy for bed bugs to move from room to room, feasting on your guests for as long as they want. The fact that your retirement or nursing home will contain so many beds, as well as the comfortable conditions, makes them perfect for bed bugs.
These creatures will be happy to stick around, too; you cannot really wait out bed bugs when you run a retirement or nursing home. The number of people, as well as the conditions and environment, are the ideal places for bed bugs of any size. For that reason, you should take their presence extremely seriously.
An inexperienced pest control technician may treat just one room and chase them to other rooms.
There is no way to wait out a bed bug infestation simply; they will be present for as long as you allow. That is why you should make contacting BBE for support and solutions a priority.
Unfortunately not. Bed bugs are so resilient and travel-hardy that they can easily be brought in by guests and visitors alike. A few bed bugs can easily attach themselves to our luggage, upholstery, furniture, and even clothing. One bed bug produces hundreds of eggs across its lifespan. So, the problem will soon multiply, even with just a few bed bugs being brought into your retirement or nursing home.
So, prevention is almost impossible. While you might turn to solutions like using mattress covers, regular deep cleaning of rooms, sealing of cracks, and use of luggage racks to prevent bed bugs from getting onto bedding from luggage, there are no guaranteed ways to stop bed bugs from entering our property.
And with just a few bed bugs needed to quickly begin an infestation, there really is no benefit to waiting around. Simple changes like using metal furniture over wood can do something; but once bed bugs are in your property, they will quickly multiply and make the only option available comprehensive removal.
Heat-sensitive items — candles, aerosols, vinyl records, some electronics — are pulled out before the cycle starts and go back afterward. Everything else, including mattresses and upholstery, is treated in place.
Free phone estimate — exact price, no site visit required.
This is our own crew, on recorded calls. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
That's a big stigma with the elderly. They're embarrassed to ask for help because they don't want anybody to think, oh my gosh, it's because I kept a dirty house. No, it's no reflection on how clean or how dirty your house is. We do germaphobe homes where you can literally eat off the floor.
We deal with this a lot with elderly people and their kids helping them like this. So we know what you're dealing with, especially with somebody stubborn that thinks it's not that big a deal, or I'll just spray and I'll get rid of them. And spray does not kill the eggs, and they'll just keep coming back.
It's usually about dinner time when you can come back home. So it's much easier to get four seniors and two dogs out of the home for a day than it is three or four days.
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