On Dec 27, 7:08*am, mm wrote:
I wanted to get your reaction to this plan. *

I don't have bedbugs.

It's only an academic question for me, but someone sent this to me,
and I'm interested in your reaction!

We had a small infestation but was getting worse, I was starting to
get a lot of bites. First we thought fleas (even dematologist thought
this) but then we found a BB. Then we started looking carefully w/ a
flashlight along baseboards, inside nightstands, boxspring seam etc.
and found more.

People w/ apartments can't do this but I have a single family home and
we heated the house up like a sauna as follows:

1) Waited for a hot (95 degree) summer day
2) Bypassed our thermostat and cranked the heat. We have a gas
furnace. I opened the thermostat and I joined the red, white and green
wires going into the thermostat. Red gives power to green (blower) and
white (furnace). Do not try this without looking up your specific
thermostat. The wires are different for many (very different if you
have a heat pump). Also this probably voids your warranty on your HVAC
equipment.
3) Lit our gas fireplace and closed the flue. Our gas FP is ventless
(i.e., 100% clean burning, no carbon monoxide).
4) Put our electric clothes dryer on a 90-minute high-heat cycle,
disconnected the exhaust hose, and turned around the dryer to blow
into the room. We have upstairs laundry BTW.
5) Cranked up the electric baseboard heaters in our 4-season sunroom.
6) Moved the kitchen oven/range into the middle of the room and put it
on the cleaning cycle.
7) Put two thermostat-less electric radiators on either side of our
bed near the nighstands and dressers. Put on high heat. Had to use a
high-amp extension cord for #2 to run on a different circuit. Also put
a space heater in our master bath on high.
[8)] Turn on all lights in house. Every lightbulb adds a bit more
heat. Also left a few fans running in various places for convection
effect.
9) We removed all computers, pictures, candles, aerosol cans, and
meltable food (chocolate, etc.) from the house. Took a chance leaving
up our 42" flat panel tv. It survived. We missed a few items that
liquefied (solid deodorant, gummy vitamins, etc.)
10) Separated all mattresses from box springs to get maxium heat
exposure to both. Also tried to de-pile all clothes etc.
10) Left oven thermometers on each level for temp verification.
11) Let everything run all day. Came back once or twice to check on
things, reset the oven cleaning cycle and dryer. Wow, everything was
hot to the touch, doorknobs, cabinet knobs. etc.

The house got up to 130 upstairs, 125 on ground level and 120 in the
basement. Stayed out of the house.

It took a LONG time for our house to cool down. We bought a lot of $12
fans from walmart/target and put one in each window. House was back
down to 72 degrees sometime the next morning.

Haven't seen a living bedbug since. Nevertheless, I have some food
grade DE on order and will treat the house to prevent any survivors
from breeding.

http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/i-h...to-130-degrees

Them things are a real problem to get rid of. Takes heroic methods to
do so. Your solution should work but I wonder about damage to the
building.

Our infestation way back when finally required tenting the house and
fumigating.

Harry K