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Treating fabric pests

Hygiene plays a vital role in both the prevention and treatment of fabric pests. However, keeping your property clean cannot alone prevent fabric pest infestations. At Rentokil, we utilize multiple control methods that can provide quick and efficient control of an infestation in your business.

Our services guarantee a safe and reliable solution and include a combination of:

  • Non-chemical treatments - including thorough vacuuming, pheromone traps, washing and correct storage advice to protect items in long-term storage.
  • Specialized heat treatment - our Entotherm® heat treatment effectively eliminates all life stages of an insect infesting your fabric items, including furniture. The portable design of our heat pod allows for use in your business, helping to ensure minimum disruption.
  • Traditional insecticidal treatments - including surface sprays to deeply penetrate infested fabric items and reach cracks and crevices where infestations may be hidden.

Our experience in treating fabric pests, combined with the unsurpassed expertise of our Technicians, ensures you can rely on our services and products to offer the best solution for an infestation.

Call us today at 1-855-633-6260 or contact us online today for immediate help with treating fabric pests.

Non-chemical methods of control

Non-chemical solutions include the simple act of vacuuming. This plays an important role in removing cast skins and eggs, which helps to break the natural life cycle of fabric pests and reduce their population on your property.

Where possible, regularly washing fabric items and carefully storing clothes will also help to keep your items safe from damage.

  • Vacuuming - Ensure you vacuum both upholstered furniture itself and underneath the furniture, not just carpets and rugs. Carpet edges next to skirting boards should also be carefully vacuumed. It is important to immediately discard the content of your vacuum cleaner outside of your property.

  • Storing clothes - If you have an area in your business where clothing is stored for long periods, you should ensure all items have been washed and are clean. Wrap up items in plastic to keep them safe from fabric pests.

Entotherm® heat treatment

Through the use of our innovative Entotherm heat pod, we can eradicate fabric pests that may be difficult to treat given the ever-declining number of available conventional insecticides.

Using heat, Entotherm eliminates all life stages of insects in just one treatment, thus minimizing any disruption. Entotherm uses a portable system that delivers dry, transferable heat to any contained, infested area - large or small.

The hot dry air warms the fabric of the building and its contents to a carefully monitored temperature between 133°F and 140°F – high enough to kill pests rapidly, but without causing any structural damage.

Insecticidal control

Our insecticidal control solutions involve the careful use of insecticides in areas identified with signs of an infestation. Furniture may have to be moved and carpets and rugs pulled back to ensure appropriate treatment to all affected areas.

We advise our customers to de-clutter and ensure a thorough vacuuming of all carpet areas prior to insecticidal treatment. Our Technicians use a variety of insecticidal application techniques that are customized to your specific pest situation.

Surface sprays - surface sprays for insecticidal treatment are usually used when clothes moths or carpet beetles have been identified as the invading pest species. This treatment is commonly applied to areas in your facility where textile pests are known to feed.

Dusts - insecticidal dusts can be used on carpet edges to control and eliminate larvae. They may also be used extensively in a roof cavity found with an infestation due to the presence of bird nesting - another valuable feeding site for the larvae of textile pests.

Call Rentokil at 1-855-633-6260 or contact us online to book a FREE inspection of your business to identify the need for fabric pest treatment.

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