Bed bug control in Al Mursalat, Makkah

Targeted, not broadcast

Product goes into cracks and runways, never sprayed across open surfaces.
Told before we start

What we will use, where it goes, and what to cover or move before we arrive.
A follow-up visit

We return after the first treatment, because what survives it does not show on the day.
Homes and businesses

Apartments and villas, and kitchens and stores that need a record of each visit.

Why they keep coming back in Al Mursalat

We have noticed in Al Mursalat's blocks that furniture moved from a hotel floor into the neighbouring flat by the same stairwell sometimes carries with it something that does not show for days. The method is set out in full on our Bed bug control service.

The first reason

Apartment blocks standing beside pilgrim hotels

In Al Mursalat, residential blocks stand next to pilgrim hotels along Al Masjid Al Haram Road, so hotel guests turn over every few days while the flats above keep the same residents, and the same stairwell and lift serve both floors.

The second reason

Bedding set up for patients' companions

Close to Saudi National Hospital, some flats keep a spare bed ready for a relative staying over for a night or two with a patient, and that bedding changes hands on the family's schedule rather than any pilgrim season.

The third reason

Furnished flats along King Khalid Road

King Khalid Road runs through the district on the route pilgrims take towards Mina, and short let furnished flats cluster along it more than the fixed residential blocks set back in the district's interior.

Al Mursalat on the map

Al Mursalat sits about 1 km from Al Jamiah and about 2.5 km from Al Sanabel.

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Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

The district holds Saudi National Hospital and the East Aziziyah Health Centre, and the flats nearest them see more short term overnight stays from patients' companions than the blocks set further back.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In Al Mursalat's furnished flats near Al Masjid Al Haram Road, the seam is the first thing a new occupant changes, so it is always where the check starts.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

Spare beds put together quickly for a hospital patient's companion are often assembled and taken apart in a hurry, which is exactly where we check the joints first.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

The wall behind the headboard in blocks facing King Khalid Road carries dust from constant traffic, so we check it together with the headboard, not after.

What the bedding shows

A hotel floor's bedding shows fresh marks every few days, while the bedding in a fixed flat next door reveals how long an infestation has actually run.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

Lobby seating shared between an apartment entrance and a hotel floor above takes different sitters every day, so it needs the same check as the furniture inside the flat.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

Pilgrims' bags passing from Souq Al Aziziyah to the hotels nearby deserve checking before they enter a flat, since they are the most travelled items in the district.

How we work

1
Inspect and map the spread

We strip the bed and work through the mattress and base seams, the frame joints, the headboard and the skirting, then check the upholstered furniture and the neighbouring rooms to see how far it has gone.
2
Laundry, heat and steam

Bedding is bagged and sealed inside the room, then washed and dried hot. Steam runs along the seams and edges, because heat reaches the cemented eggs that a liquid never will.
3
Targeted, non-repellent application

A non-repellent product goes onto the harbourage itself, with a dust into voids and screw holes. We do not use a repellent aerosol, because it drives the insect deeper into the wall and into the next room.
4
Monitoring and the follow-up visit

A sealed encasement goes onto the mattress and the base, with monitors under the bed legs, then we return once the remaining eggs have hatched and re-treat anything still active.

What bed bug control includes

A recorded inspection

Mattress and base seams, frame joints, the headboard, the skirting and every upholstered piece in the room.
Steam and targeted application

Steam along the seams and edges, and a non-repellent product on the harbourage itself, not on the surfaces you sleep on.
Voids and pipe entries

Behind the skirting, around pipe entries and under socket plates, which is the route from one unit to the next.
Monitors under the bed legs

Checked at every visit, they show remaining activity before the bites do.
Laundry, encasement and aftercare

The hot wash and dryer routine, a sealed encasement on the mattress and base, and what must not be carried out of the room.
A follow-up timed to the hatch

A date set on the hatch, and re-treatment of anything still active.

What is different about Al Aziziyah (Makkah) Sub-Municipality

Al Aziziyah sub municipality runs from the Bin Dawood markets to the Al Hada road and carries pilgrim traffic to Mina. Hotel towers and furnished apartment blocks fill and empty with the Hajj and Ramadan seasons, and the kitchens, restaurants and markets along Al Masjid Al Haram Road and King Abdulaziz Road leave food waste at every peak. Southwards the fabric loosens into villas and planned streets in An Naseem and Al Awali, then Al Abidiyah's campus and the old farms of Al Husayniyah, where Wadi Uranah holds water after rain and farm enclosures shelter rodents and reptiles.

Questions about this district

Our flat sits above a restaurant on Al Masjid Al Haram Road, does the rising steam affect the bed check?

Steam and heat do not kill bed bugs, they sometimes just push them to a quieter spot in the room, so we still check the mattress seams and the frame joints rather than relying on the kitchen's warmth alone.

We rent a flat near Saudi National Hospital for weeks, with family taking turns overnight, does it need regular checking?

Regular checking follows bedding whose sleeper changes every week, since every new overnight stay is a chance for the pest to travel in on a bag or clothing, and repeated checks catch that early rather than after marks appear.

Bus drivers taking pilgrims to Mina stay near King Khalid Road, does their bedding need checking every season?

Yes, temporary lodging like this turns its guests over sharply from one season to the next, so we treat it as a high traffic unit, checking mattresses and bed joints before each Hajj season starts rather than after signs show.

East Aziziyah Health Centre sometimes advises a patient to stay overnight at home, does that temporary bedding need checking?

Temporary bedding set up for a patient sent home deserves the same check as any regular bed, because bed bugs do not distinguish one night from repeated nights, what matters is where the bedding sat, not how long it was used.

We display old heritage cushions and covers for sale near the Human Heritage Museum, do they need checking before display?

Pieces sold as heritage items have usually passed through many hands and long storage, so we check their seams and edges before display like any second hand bedding, not because they are old but because their origin is unknown.

Porters at Souq Al Aziziyah carry pilgrims' bags and rest behind the market, do the bags need checking?

The bag itself is a travelling display case for the pest, so carrying it back and forth between the porters' rest point and the hotels makes checking its folds and fastenings matter more than checking the rest room on its own.

How much does bed bug control in Al Mursalat cost?

It is set after the inspection, because the price follows the type of infestation, the size of the space, how far it has spread and the number of visits it needs. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Mursalat.