Even after it is wrapped the infested items should be handled carefully to avoid unnecessary bumps or jolts while carrying it out of the structure.
Wrap mattress in plastic bed bugs.
To throw away a mattress wrap it in plastic and set it by the road or break it down and put it into trash bags.
If you ve experienced a bed bug infestation in the past a vinyl mattress cover will help you get rid of bed bugs.
If you are really concerned about bugs falling out of the areas where the wrap is overlapped you can make a second wrap at 90 degrees to the first wrap.
This can be done with painter s plastic and duct tape or plastic shrink wrap.
It makes it much more difficult for bed bugs to survive killing them much more quickly.
In fact a vinyl mattress cover can help prevent bed bugs altogether.
The best way to prevent this is to wrap your mattress and bedspring in plastic wrap in the infected room.
Whatever material you choose the objective is to seal your mattress so that bed bugs do not become dislodged as you drag the mattress out of your home.
If you decide to put it on the road get a mattress disposal or storage bag since many waste management companies require it to be wrapped up.
Because mattress covers are designed to address a wide range of issues over and above just bed bugs many of them will be made of plastic or have a plastic undercoating.
Those gaps are then potential bed bug harbourages.
If you wrap a mattress in this fashion it is actually air tight.
Do yourself a favour get rid of the plastic wrap on your beds.
If one attempts to tape up all the holes in a plastic encasement there will inevitably be overlaps of tape which will have gaps.
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Plastic sheets or covers make noise when you lie on them or toss and turn during the night.
The wrap sticks to itself very nicely and lends itself to complete coverings.
It is a good idea to contain the bugs by thoroughly wrapping the bed in shrink wrap or plastic before removing it from the structure.
