Two treatments, honestly compared
Whole-home heat
Every room brought past the egg kill point and held there, with probes in the cold spots. One day. No residue. Costs more per visit; usually the only visit.
How heat works →Chemical program
Cracks, voids, frames and baseboards treated; encasements on; a return visit two to three weeks later because eggs hatch. Cheaper per visit; needs prep each time.
Compare costs →Not sure it is bed bugs?
Bites alone prove nothing. We inspect, identify, and tell you if it is something else.
Signs →Oregon’s rule is a split, and most people get it wrong
Oregon law requires a rental to be “free from all accumulations of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, rodents and vermin” at the time the tenancy begins, and keeps the landlord responsible afterward for “all areas under control of the landlord” (ORS 90.320(1)(f)). The tenant’s duty covers the areas they control “to the extent that the tenant is responsible for causing the problem” (ORS 90.325(1)(b)). Legal Aid’s reading: in a single-family house the tenant usually pays unless the bugs were there at move-in; in a multi-unit building where only one unit is affected, the tenant is “likely responsible”; common areas are always the landlord’s. The statute and the handbook, quoted →
Salem adds a code inspector
The Salem Housing Code says every residential structure “shall be kept free from insect and rodent infestation,” that insects found “shall be promptly exterminated,” and that “the Inspector may require that the residential structure be professionally treated if other forms of extermination are not sufficient” (SRC 59.235). Multifamily buildings are licensed and inspected by the city. What that means for a landlord →
What every job includes
- Inspection and identification before any price
- Temperature log (heat) or product-and-location record (chemical) — the paperwork a landlord, tenant or inspector can act on
- Mattress and box-spring encasements and the two-to-three-week re-check
- A frank answer on heat versus chemical for your situation, including when chemical is the better buy
Call for an inspection
Same-week in Salem and Keizer. A flat number after we look, not before.
Call (971) 370-2097Guides
How to notify your landlord
Letter, not email. What to say, how long to wait.
Temperatures that kill bed bugs
The published numbers, and what “130°F” claims leave out.
Choosing an exterminator
OSU’s blunt warning and the questions that sort operators.
Is Salem a bed bug city?
No. Here is the evidence, and why that is good news for you.