Well, the guy who told me this story is not a exterminator and has no say in the method for destruction of bedbugs.
C. Burton Ford NICET Certified IV NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist Cintas Fire Protection Inc 1038 Conshohocken Rd Conshohocken, PA 19428 Tel 610-233-1400 Fax 610-233-1401 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of njarendt tds.net Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bedbugs Have not heard of this working if only used in a room or two at a time since the bed bugs will move to adjacent rooms to escape and look for their next meal. Have only heard of this working in whole facilities or where the infestation can be isolated to a room or two. Insecticides are cheaper and if used with vacuming might be better alternative. Check out http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef636.asp Norm On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Ford, Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, new issue (to me) Customer (sorta a funded group retirement home) has > bedbug problem. Bedbug exterminator has been hired. The process is to isolate > and heat the rooms (2 per day) to about 175 degrees F with special heaters > and therefore cook the bugs and their eggs. The property is sprinklered. > Sprinkler contractor has been hired to drain the system, remove and plug > heads in 2 rooms and refill. End of day, restore the system. Repeat process > 17 times. > Has anybody dealt with this? > Is there a better way. > Is there a cheaper way? > > > C. Burton Ford > NICET Certified IV > NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist Cintas Fire Protection Inc > 1038 Conshohocken Rd > Conshohocken, PA 19428 > Tel 610-233-1400 > Fax 610-233-1401 > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be > confidential and privileged. If you receive this e-mail and you are not a > named addressee you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, > print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication without the consent of > the sender and that doing so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply > to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was > misdirected. After replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any > attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this > error is appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum -- If You See Something Suspicious.... Say Something! 1-866-HLS-TIPS. Norman Arendt, CHS III, CMAS, PhD, CFEII President Infragard Madison Members Alliance Middleton Fire District Plan Reviewer and Investigator PCII and CVI Certified _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be confidential and privileged. If you receive this e-mail and you are not a named addressee you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication without the consent of the sender and that doing so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
