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Best bed bug treatment London

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Buuuuuuugs · 06/12/2024 11:44

We have bedbugs! I still can’t believe it. Since June and it’s really starting to get me down!

I posted before and based on people’s advice I called the bed-bugs.co.uk people but they seemed to need evidence of bedbugs and we had nothing but bites - after a clean up we did ourselves.

Cimexa was also suggested and after another big clean up and application went a few days without any bites but now they are back and bugs crawling up the walls and on the ceiling. Every morning find some crawling up from the bed which is against a wall. Can also see on the ceiling random poo from them, like they actually live on that ceiling.

Anyways, anyone can advice a company that is very good and ideally only deals with bedbugs other than the bed-bugs.co.uk?

I feel like we need to properly poison and contaminate ourselves with chemicals to get rig. Not sure how the bed-bugs guys will achieve results with the steam and dust without having to come back (not free of charge)

I just want to cry.

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PencilsInSpace · 08/08/2026 03:18

YourDenimWriter · 07/08/2026 11:10

Thank you, that's very helpful!

Is Chinchex better than Cimexa do you think?

I was interested in this because we got rid of ours with Cimexa but it can be difficult to get hold of in the UK. There's a report on the website comparing the two. They're basically the same kind of stuff and have very similar efficacy:

https://chinchex.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Richard-Naylor.pdf

Massive sympathy for anyone dealing with these little fuckers Flowers They really mess with your head. We had them in 2019 and it took about 6 months to completely get rid of them. We have only just dared to move the bed back against the wall after 7 years.

velomumhackney · 08/08/2026 20:57

YourDenimWriter · 03/08/2026 06:59

Annoyingly I've been told by him in all 3 visits that my infestation isn't that bad!

Heat treatment may be the only way forward even if I do have to take out a small loan! I wonder how the treatment will work in terraced housing.

skip the sprays. go straight to heat.

is never spray again.
the spray send the bugs into hiding.
they can hide in a plaster wall without nourishment (our blood) for two years.

just heat the fuckers up and kill them properly.

it is worth every penny.

YourDenimWriter · 09/08/2026 15:03

PencilsInSpace · 08/08/2026 03:18

I was interested in this because we got rid of ours with Cimexa but it can be difficult to get hold of in the UK. There's a report on the website comparing the two. They're basically the same kind of stuff and have very similar efficacy:

https://chinchex.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Richard-Naylor.pdf

Massive sympathy for anyone dealing with these little fuckers Flowers They really mess with your head. We had them in 2019 and it took about 6 months to completely get rid of them. We have only just dared to move the bed back against the wall after 7 years.

Did you get rid of yours using Cimexa yourself? Or got the professionals in?

PencilsInSpace · 09/08/2026 20:16

YourDenimWriter · 09/08/2026 15:03

Did you get rid of yours using Cimexa yourself? Or got the professionals in?

We got professionals in - Bedbugs UK - who used a combination of steaming and diatomaceous earth, which dealt with the bulk of the infestation. Then we used cimexa ourselves to finish the job.

I learnt a lot from the woman who came out to treat our house but I'm not convinced we would ever have eradicated them relying on just their treatments.

YourDenimWriter · 14/08/2026 10:24

Had the Bedbugsexpert guy come in on Weds (Gareth I think his name was), and, he did the 3 rooms in an hour, which was surprisingly quick. He said the activity was low, and hopefully he's got the last of them.

Please God let this be true 😢

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