Bed bug control in An Nawwariyah, 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 An Nawwariyah

Working across An Nawwariyah, bedrooms set directly above shopfronts on Madinah Road tend to need closer seam checks than rooms deeper inside villas set back from the road. The method is set out in full on what Bed bug control involves.

The first reason

A shop at street level, a home above it

Flats sitting above shops on Madinah Road receive stock and fabric that comes up through the same entrance the household uses, so the doorstep and the first piece of furniture inside it get checked in a way a detached villa further from the street would not.

The second reason

Open plots between new buildings

An Nawwariyah is one of the newest districts in Al Umrah, with villas and apartment blocks going up on schemes where some ground is still unbuilt, so shipments of new furniture and furnishings keep arriving, and some of it is worth checking before it enters the home rather than after it has been used.

The third reason

Landmarks that bring visitors and staff through the door

Close to the Pilgrim Grouping Centre, Basharahil Hospital and the Tomb of Maymunah, homes here take in visitors and staff who return carrying bags or clothing from busy places, and checking what comes in with them before it reaches the bedroom stops the insect travelling unnoticed.

The character of An Nawwariyah

Mixed district: shops at street level with homes above them

That means a flat's check can start at the doorstep of an ihram or fabric shop below it, since daily deliveries through a shared entrance put the door itself ahead of the bedroom in the inspection.

Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

The district takes its name from Wadi An Nawwariyah, also called Wadi Saraf, and open plots and gardens such as An Nawwariyah Park keep the ground damp along some end walls.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In An Nawwariyah, where furniture often arrives new from nearby shops or moves between recently built flats, the check begins at the mattress seam before anywhere else.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

Beds carried through shop entrances or moved between newly finished floors are checked at their joints and screw holes first.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

In flats above shops, the wall behind the headboard is checked closely, since a shop's pipework or storeroom can sit right against the dividing wall.

What the bedding shows

In homes near the Pilgrim Grouping Centre and Basharahil Hospital, the bedding is read closely for signs that luggage returning from outside carried the insect in.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

Majlis seating in homes close to the Tomb of Maymunah takes a steady stream of different visitors, so sofas and armchairs are checked especially after busy visiting days.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

Bags forgotten at the Pilgrim Grouping Centre and furniture arriving for new buildings on formerly empty plots both deserve a check before they reach the bedroom.

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 Umrah Sub-Municipality

Al Umrah sub municipality covers the north west of Makkah along the Madinah road and the old Jeddah road, from At Tanim and Masjid Aisha to An Nawwariyah. Its districts are the city's newest, villas and apartment blocks raised on wide schemes where large tracts in Al Umrah Al Jadidah, Al Fayha and Al Buhayrat remain vacant or under construction. Wadi Saraf and Wadi At Tanim run through it and rainwater gathers on unfinished schemes, ihram shops, restaurants and coach stops along the Madinah road serve a constant flow of pilgrims, and villas fill Al Hamra and Umm Al Jud.

Questions about this district

We run an ihram shop below our building and store cloth bales at home, does that need checking?

Cloth bales pass through many hands and stockrooms before they reach you, so a bag of stock stored in or near a bedroom should have its seams and corners checked before it is stacked, not once marks appear.

Our shop and the flat above share one stairwell, does that raise the risk?

Carrying stock up a shared stairwell brings boxes and bags past the flat's own doorstep every day, so checking the threshold and the first piece of furniture inside the entrance becomes part of the visit, not an afterthought.

A relative works at the Pilgrim Grouping Centre and sometimes brings home a forgotten bag, does it need checking?

A forgotten bag carries a journey and a night's sleep we know nothing about, so it is checked outside and inside and kept away from the bedrooms until that check is finished, never placed straight into a wardrobe.

A family member works shifts at Basharahil Hospital, does their bedding need checking on return?

The staff rest room is shared by many people across shared beds, so whatever clothing or blankets come home from there are checked before they mix with the household's own bedding, not afterwards.

Visitors to the Tomb of Maymunah rest in our majlis afterwards, does it need checking?

Different visitors sitting on the same cushions through the day raises the chance of the insect moving without leaving an obvious mark, so a check of the majlis seating and cushions after a busy visiting day is worthwhile.

We rent our empty plot as parking for pilgrim coaches off Madinah Road, does that matter?

Coaches parking and passengers stepping out to stretch their legs by the plot's fence do not bring the insect into the house directly, but any bag or bedding carried from a coach into the home is worth checking before it goes inside.

How much does bed bug control in An Nawwariyah 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 An Nawwariyah.