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How to Check a Box Spring?

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BugzBGone

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Posted 7 months ago
Mon Aug 17 2009 13:22:41
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Hi all,

I've been dealing with a small BB problem in my apartment, but am trying to be really proactive and do everything the best I can. My first PCO came over last Monday and sprayed, did a visual inspection two days later, and will spray again on 8/26. He has given me the "OK", but I am still treating this very aggressively! I have not seen any more bugs and no bites. I am inspecting the best I can, but just how do you inspect a box spring? I bought the Protect-a-Bed case, but don't know how to correctly put it on yet, and I don't think my PCO will help. I only have a twin mattress and it is fairly new. No obvious openings, rips, etc. Any advice on what to do about inspecting / encasing box springs?

Thanks!
cantstandbedbugs

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Posted 7 months ago
Mon Aug 17 2009 18:17:01
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The way that I checked my moms box spring was by first lifting up the mattress and put it up against the wall and inspecting the tops and sides of the box spring. Then we lifted up the box spring and put that up against the wall and inspected the bottom part where the thin cover is. We inspected and couldn't find anything however when my sister came over and started to inspect she saw them. Since the thin cover on the bottom of the mattress was dark the bedbugs hid very, very well. She saw adult bedbugs and eggs. She had to point them out to me. So I think it might be a good idea to have a flashlight handy and a magnifying glass. After seeing the bedbugs, I thought it was just 2 then I started to spray along the edges of the thin cover of the box spring and hundreds of bed bugs came out. I sprayed like crazy some of the fell to the floor I tryed to kill as much as I could but some were kind of transparen and hard to see. I believe some of the ones that fell remained alive because everytime I went into my moms room I would sit on the chair and put my bare feet on the floor and I got bit.
Anyway after this shocking site I dare not pull the thin cover back out of fear of what I would find so we quickly got the encasements and put them on. We were going to wait until the PCO treated first but after seeing all those bugs (ILL) my mom couldn't bare to sleep on it without encasements. However for my bed though it was infested also because I got bit many times in it I waited until the PCO treated the mattress and box spring at least once and they they put the encasements on for me. They did do an inspection (visual with no flashlight or magnifying glass) and found nothing but I know they were there some where hiding. You might not even have to inspect the box spring honestly. You know you have bedbugs, they are probably in the box spring and the PCO already treated your bed. So if I were you I would just put those babies on the box spring. Also get one for the mattress if you don't already have one and some for the pillows. Since the poison doesn't effect the eggs its better to put the on now before the eggs hatch. You know they will never get out of those encasements just as long as they are no rips or anything on them so what ever is in there and still alive will die eventually and never get to you. Just becareful when putting the already encase boxspring on the frame because it could rip. The encasement comes with these little squares that you can put on the corners of the frame to prevent ripping. Also when the PCO came to spray my moms bed after we encase them I had them open the encasements and spray in the boxspring. They made a little hole in the cover under the boxspring and sprayed like crazy. I don't know if it was such a good idea to do that(open the encasements) but my mom was just so freaked out about having live bugs in her bed that to make her feel better I asked them if they can do that and they agreed. You can find instructions on how to put the encasements on inside the package of the encasements. Keep in mind also that some bedbugs will fall off and also if you put it against the wall some might get on the wall too. My PCO sprayed the wall by the bed and the floor where the floor meets the wall and the frame of the bed. Good Luck with everything.
cantstandbedbugs

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Posted 7 months ago
Mon Aug 17 2009 18:23:57
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I think it might be hard to put the encasement on by yourself. The PCO and his assistant put them on mine but my bed is full size so maybe you can do it if you are strong since your bed is a twin. Also if you are a female and your PCO is a man you can flirt with him and then ask him to put the encasement on. If you are a guy have a cute girl over say she is your sister or cousin and have her flirt and ask him if he can put them on. That might not be such good advice but hey it worked for me so it might work for you too so I'm just putting it out there. Doesn't hurt to try.
cantstandbedbugs

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Posted 7 months ago
Mon Aug 17 2009 18:33:59
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Also not that my previous post weren't long enough, the ecasements come with these little plastic locks ( 3 of them). Use those to lock the zipper there is a little loop on the encasement that you can lock the hole of the zipper to with the little plastic lock. You only have one zipper on the encasement but I guess they give you three in case any break. The lock is to prevent the zipper from accidently being open lets say if you walk close to the bed and your pants snag on the zipper and it opens. So lock it to prevent the zipper from being opened accidently and allowing bedbugs to escape. Again goodluck!!
BugzBGone

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Posted 7 months ago
Tue Aug 18 2009 7:58:40
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Thanks for all the help, everyone! So far, nothing can be seen on the box spring or mattress, but I definitely want to get that encasement on ASAP. I also have a BB dog coming over to inspect this Friday. Excited, but nervous as well.