Bed bug control in Al Salihiyah, 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 Salihiyah

Technicians notice that most call outs here come a few weeks after moving in, once new furnishings have been unpacked and used in rooms that had never held a bed before. The method is set out in full on our Bed bug control service.

The first reason

Furniture arrives in stages, not all at once

Blocks and villas in Al Salihiyah are handed over in phases rather than together, so removal vans and delivery crews bring furnishings from several sources across just a few months, and each delivery is its own point of entry that needs checking before it settles into a room.

The second reason

Fitted wall wardrobes, floor to ceiling

Most homes here are built with fitted wall wardrobes that run floor to ceiling with no gap behind them, so treatment concentrates on the panel edges and fixing screws rather than the freestanding drawers that older houses in the city still use.

The third reason

Vacant, unfenced land between the houses

Many plots between Al Salihiyah's houses are still empty and unfenced, so building plant and finishing crews cross them daily, using back lanes and temporary storage that sit closer to any bed bug source than the neighbours themselves.

The character of Al Salihiyah

New development: ongoing construction and vacant plots between the homes

In practice this means most furniture and bedding arrived recently with the move, so an infestation usually traces back to a delivery or a house move rather than years of an established colony.

Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

Reached off Al Furusiyah Street, the district mixes recently handed over apartment blocks with villas whose exterior paintwork is still being finished, so buildings at very different stages of completion stand side by side along the same road.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In Al Salihiyah the mattress is often new, having arrived with the last delivery, so the seam gets checked before anyone assumes its newness means it is clean.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

Beds here are usually assembled on site from flat pack pieces, so the joints and fixing screws are checked first, being the nearest hiding place for anything that travelled in the packaging.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

Bedroom walls in Al Salihiyah are often freshly painted, so the headboard and the wall behind it are checked carefully, since a small gap between new paint and timber can hide an early infestation.

What the bedding shows

With newly moved in furniture the bedding itself is often new, so small dark marks on it stand out at once rather than blending into years of ordinary wear.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

Majlis sofas in these new houses are usually recently bought, so the seams under the arms and the seat cushions are checked before newness is taken to mean they are free of bed bugs.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

As families move in in phases through the handover months, boxes and luggage keep arriving from previous homes, so each one gets checked separately before it is opened inside a room.

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.

Landmarks of Al Salihiyah

Most routes into Al Salihiyah's houses start from Al Furusiyah Street, with side roads branching off it towards homes scattered among the vacant plots, while Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Mosque serves as the nearest fixed point technicians use to find a house before the street signs are up.

Al Furusiyah Street
Al Salihiyah Health Centre
Abdulrahman bin Awf Mosque
Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Mosque

Questions about this district

The built in wardrobes are still wrapped in plastic from handover, does that keep bed bugs out?

The wrap only keeps dust off, not insects, and it can trap an infestation that was already in the timber before it was sealed, so we check the cabinet inside and out before the plastic comes off, not afterwards.

The vacant plot next door is for sale and the agent sets up a viewing majlis, is that a risk?

The temporary seating gets moved between viewings and other plots, and if it sits close to your boundary wall, checking the outside of the courtyard matters more here than checking indoors.

We bought outdoor garden seating on Al Furusiyah Street and sometimes bring it indoors, does it need checking?

Outdoor seating is exposed to sun and dust rather than bed bugs as a rule, but if it has ever been brought into a bedroom, one check is enough to rule it out for good.

A home care team visits several houses on referrals from Al Salihiyah Health Centre, is that a risk?

The team moves between different houses carrying a kit bag and positioning cushions for patients, so if the same cushions are used in more than one home in a week, we recommend checking them before they go back into storage.

We host guests for itikaf near Abdulrahman bin Awf Mosque during the last ten nights, does the room need checking?

Itikaf bedding is used for several consecutive nights with different linen and personal bags each season, so checking the room after every last ten nights is more reliable than putting it off until the next one.

The contractor stores materials on our vacant plot and workers come daily, does that call for a courtyard check?

The workers do not come inside the house, but their daily movement close to the boundary wall is reason enough to inspect the outer wall and nearby openings as a precaution, not the bedrooms themselves.

How much does bed bug control in Al Salihiyah 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 Salihiyah.