Bed bug control in Al Quraiyat, Jeddah

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 Quraiyat

In Al Quraiyat's older blocks we more often find an infestation repeating in the same corner of the room on several floors at once, rather than sitting inside a single flat. The method is set out in full on what Bed bug control involves.

The first reason

Repeated floor plans through the block

Al Quraiyat's older apartment blocks repeat the same layout on every storey, so the bed and the wardrobe usually sit in the same corner floor after floor. Checking one flat does not tell you how far an infestation has spread through the building, so each floor needs its own inspection even where the rooms look identical.

The second reason

The college and its changing tenants

Sitting next to the College of Telecommunications and Electronics means a good number of Al Quraiyat's flats turn over with the academic term, let to students and staff who arrive with their own furniture and luggage. That repeated change of tenant is a repeated chance for bed bugs to arrive with someone new.

The third reason

Narrow stairwells shared by several flats

Most of Al Quraiyat's older blocks have narrow stairwells and shared entrances that serve four flats or more per floor, and residents carry furniture and luggage through them constantly. That shared passage means treatment often has to be coordinated across more than one household on the same landing, not handled flat by flat.

Landmarks of Al Quraiyat

Our work in Al Quraiyat centres on the blocks around the College of Telecommunications and Electronics, and reaches the flats lining Al Falah Road as well, where entrances look much alike and buildings sit close together from one block to the next.

College of Telecommunications and Electronics
Al Kulliyah Mosque
King Khalid Road
Al Falah Road

Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

The College of Telecommunications and Electronics stands right by the district, so a share of its flats are let by the term to students and staff who change over as the academic year turns.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In Al Quraiyat's repeated floor plans, the seam is checked first because the bed usually sits in the same corner on every storey of the block.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

Beds in these older blocks are often wooden and inherited or carried over from a previous flat, so their joints and screw holes are among the first things checked.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

Where buildings stand wall to wall across Al Quraiyat, the wall behind the headboard gets a close look, since damp shared with next door can hide the insect.

What the bedding shows

With Al Quraiyat's high household density, beds here see daily use without much of a break, so the marks on the bedding tend to show up sooner and clearer.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

Living rooms in Al Quraiyat's flats tend to be small and sometimes double as a place to sleep, so the sofa gets checked with the same care as the bedroom.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

With students and staff near the college changing over each term, luggage and secondhand furniture keep arriving in Al Quraiyat's flats throughout the year.

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 Jamiah Sub-Municipality

Al Jamiah sub municipality spans the older south of Jeddah. Planned districts such as Al Fayha, Al Thaghr and Madain Al Fahd sit beside crowded popular quarters like the Nazlahs and Al Quraiyat, and beside cleared or clearing land in Ghulail, Petromin and Al Thaalibah awaiting redevelopment. Apartment buildings stand close together above dense runs of shops and restaurants along Old Makkah Road and Prince Majid Road. Drainage in the popular quarters is ageing, humid air drifts in from the port and refinery side to the west, and the flat low lying ground holds rainwater in narrow streets.

Questions about this district

Students from the college share a nearby flat and rotate each term, should the room be checked between them?

Yes. Every change of tenant is a chance for bed bugs to arrive with new furniture or luggage, so it is worth checking the mattress and any upholstered pieces when one student leaves and another moves in, especially if the flat is handed over with barely a gap between them.

Our old building's staircase opens onto four flats per floor, is that a risk?

The shared landing itself does not carry bed bugs, but it does mean more furniture and more visitors pass close to several doors. If one flat shows an infestation, it is worth telling the neighbours on that same staircase and checking the flats next to it, not just the rest of that floor.

An electronics repair shop below us takes in devices wrapped in used cloth, could that reach our flat?

The risk is low, since bed bugs travel with bedding and clothing far more than with electronics. Still, if the cloth wrapped around those devices comes from other homes, it is sensible to keep it away from bedrooms and not store it near the stairwell that leads up to the flats.

We move furniture between our Al Quraiyat flat and relatives in Al Thaalibah every holiday, does it need repeated checking?

It is worth checking pieces in both directions. Furniture that moves back and forth between two households can carry bed bugs without anyone noticing, particularly if either flat has had even a minor infestation before.

A nearby laundry takes in bedding from several flats in the same building, could that spread bed bugs between them?

Commercial laundries usually wash at a heat that kills both bed bugs and their eggs, so the real risk sits earlier, in shared bags or trolleys used to carry bedding before it is washed. It is best not to pile it together with bedding from other flats before it reaches the laundry.

There is a shared plumbing access point between our flat and the neighbours, could that be a pathway?

Maintenance openings and pipe runs in older buildings can become a real pathway if they are wide or not sealed properly, so the inspection covers the area around these openings and closes any gap, not just the mattress seam and the furniture in the room.

How much does bed bug control in Al Quraiyat 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 Quraiyat.