Heat disinfects and works harder than pesticides

by Tommy Underhill, GreenTech Heat
November 15, 2019

Heat kills bed bugs and other insects. It’s been proven in university studies since the late 1980s. We prove it every day in the field, treating homes and business of good folks like you. I want to take a moment and describe the cleansing and disinfecting power of heat, and the benefits heat provides to you and your family, your business, your friends and customers.

These additional benefits are included for free every time we do a bed bug heat treatment.

 

Heat solves complex problems

Let’s step away from the straight-forward world of using heat to achieve a 100% kill with bed bugs and consider the complexities of rodents.

Just about everyone knows mice and rats carry disease. Rodents are vectors for serious diseases like rat bite fever, salmonellosis, and leptospirosis. Many people believe rodent-borne diseases most commonly spread through bites from infected rodents. While this is can be a problem, the unseen danger is via contact with contaminated urine or feces. Hantavirus spreads this way.

 

Don’t let “out of sight” dangerously mean “out of mind”

Once the rodents you can see are gone, the health dangers remain. Rats, mice, and other rodents will scurry and climb throughout your home or business as they look for food and chew on electrical wires... urinating and defecating— and potentially spreading disease— everywhere they go. Most people I know wouldn’t want to continue exposing their friends, family, and customers to dangerous pathogens. A whole-house treatment is the best solution and most thorough solution to making your home or business safe and healthy again.

 

Additional benefits for bed bug treatments

All organisms have a specific thermal death point, and many of those inhabiting our structures fall within the efficacy range of our heat process. This application of heat to a structure can eradicate or reduce targeted organisms to acceptable levels without damaging the structure and its contents in the treatment. Unlike treatment with fumigation or some chemicals, the structure is available for immediate occupation by people and pets.

Our heat treatments is more than just hot air. It is “active” heating. We employ convective heating that results in decreased odors and the reduction and/or elimination of many biological concerns such as:

The Total Shield Bed Bug Treatments bed bug heat process is especially beneficial to single-family residences, duplexes, hotels and motels, Air B&Bs, furnished apartments, college dorms, and low-income housing. When you discover a bed bug infestation, there is no need to dispose of mattresses, box springs, bedding, carpeting, furnishings, or belongings! Our heat technology even kills bed bugs in computers and electronics.

If you found a bed bug or a rodent, don’t panic! Give us a call at 717-478-HEAT and we’ll keep your family safe. Total Shield Bed Bug Treatments will free you from the fear and frustration of bed bugs. Your life will be less stressful and your home will be bed-bug free. Your home or business will smell better and be healthier for everyone inside. When we’re done, we know all your bed bugs— and other pests— will be dead.

 


Don’t take our word for it

It all started in July, I spent countless hours and dollars trying to deal with this situation on my own. The mental exhaustion was worse then the bites all over my children. After exhausting everything the internet told me I could do on my own. NO amount of cleaning, spraying, and bed covering could get them all. I called Bill he was so helpful, calming, and knowledgeable. When he came I was here most of the day doing out door work and watched him relentlessly going in and out moving things around to make sure there was not one corner untreated. He even dealt with my emotional upheaval and nightmares after the fact. He made sure every aspect of this situation was covered. I hope to never have to call him again but trust me when I say if you need him do NOT hesitate. I called other companies and none of them would do what he did for us. Six months later not a sign and trust me I check. It will be a long time before I forget what those things did to my life. This can happen to anyone do not be afraid or deal with it alone, he knows what he is doing and is worth every penny. Thank you again Bill for making my life normal again.

Nichole Clouse
5 Stars: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
January 23, 2019

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