How to Prepare Your Clapham SW4 Flat for a Bed Bug Heat Treatment

Preparation is the difference between a one-visit fix and a callback. Use this Clapham SW4 preparation checklist on the morning of your appointment to give heat treatment the best possible chance.

We also cover nearby: Emergency Heat Treatment SW12, Emergency Heat Treatment SW13, Emergency Heat Treatment SW11.

Heat treatment ducting routed through a Clapham SW4 living room ready for treatment
Heat treatment ducting routed through a Clapham SW4 living room ready for treatment

The night before

Strip all bedding and bag it for a hot wash. Pull the bed away from the wall. Empty bedside tables. Hoover thoroughly along skirtings within 1m of every bed and sofa.

The morning of treatment

  • Bag clothes you want to keep clean and leave them in the room (heat treats them too)
  • Remove pets, fish tanks and any heat-sensitive items (vinyl records, candles, chocolate, pressurised aerosols)
  • Leave wardrobe and drawer doors open
  • Unplug appliances near the treatment area

What we do when we arrive

Set up heaters and fans in 30 minutes, run the room for 6–8 hours with continuous thermal monitoring, then ventilate and re-set the room before we leave.

After we've gone

Don't re-introduce untreated items from outside the room for 48 hours. Use interceptor cups under bed and sofa legs for 14 days as a monitor.

Book your Clapham SW4 treatment

Call 0204 569 0701 for same-day heat treatment across SW4, Clapham Common and the wider Lambeth borough.