Bed bug control in Jabal Al Noor, 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 Jabal Al Noor

Working in these blocks, the closer a flat sits to Souq Al Arab, the more attention the furniture against the shared shop wall needs, not just the bed itself. The method is set out in full on our Bed bug control service.

The first reason

Housing wrapped around a mountain visitors never stop climbing

The floor plan repeats block after block up towards the ridge near the Grand Mosque, but the daily flow of visitors heading up to Hira Cave means some flats are furnished and let for a night or two before the climb rather than lived in year round.

The second reason

Souq Al Arab trades directly beneath the flats

Shops along Souq Al Arab sell cushions, sitting mats and bags to visitors, and the surplus or returned stock is stored in back rooms that share a wall or a stairwell with the family living directly above the shop.

The third reason

Ground cut against rock leaves little basement space

The mountain's base leaves these blocks with almost no ground floor or basement depth, so old mattresses and spare furniture end up stored on rooftops that face the slope itself or in small rooms tucked beside the shared stairs.

Jabal Al Noor on the map

Jabal Al Noor sits about 1.5 km from Al Adl and about 2.5 km from Al Khansa.

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Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

A daily stream of visitors moves up King Faisal Road and through Souq Al Arab towards the mountain, keeping the entrances and ground floor shops of these blocks busy for most of the daylight hours.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In flats let for just a night or two to mountain visitors, the mattress seam is the first place checked, because a short stay leaves its mark there before anywhere else.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

With the same floor plan repeating from block to block around the mountain, the frame joints are checked in the same order in every flat, whatever storey it sits on.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

Many of these beds stand against an outer wall facing King Faisal Road, so the headboard and the wall behind it are checked together for what heat and humidity leave on it.

What the bedding shows

In a flat used by passing guests before their climb, the bedding is read closely, because a short stay leaves fainter marks than a longer one would.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

Sofas near entrances that see passing visitors resting for a few minutes before continuing towards the mountain are checked with the same attention as the beds.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

With used goods from Souq Al Arab and visitors' bags entering the building daily, checking luggage and second hand furniture is part of every visit this close to the market.

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 Maabdah Sub-Municipality

Al Maabdah sub municipality climbs from Al Abtah and Al Jumayzah beside the Al Mualla cemetery up through Al Khansa and Rai Adhakhir to Al Adl, Jabal Al Nour, Wadi Jaleel and Qurtubah on the outer ring roads. It mixes hotels and pilgrim housing near the Grand Mosque with old popular houses on hillside passes, new housing schemes on valley floors that carry flash floods after rain, and industrial plots, workshops and warehouses along Al Hajj Street in Qurtubah. Street widening and expropriation leave partly demolished frontages in Al Khansa.

Questions about this district

Visitors use our rooftop to photograph themselves against the mountain, do the sitting cushions need checking?

Yes, the cushions themselves are checked regardless of how briefly each visitor sits, because bed bugs travel through contact with the cover fabric, not through the length of time spent on it.

Our shop near Souq Al Arab repairs old cushions and mattress toppers, do incoming pieces need checking first?

Yes, every piece that comes in for repair is checked before the workshop opens it up, because bed bugs can already be hiding inside old stuffing long before the item reaches your shop.

Our kiosk storeroom on King Faisal Road backs onto our children's bedroom wall, does that raise the risk?

Selling drinks and snacks has nothing to do with it, but the shared wall between the storeroom and the bedroom is checked on both sides, because bed bugs cross a party wall easily.

Visitors leave their bags at our shop while they climb to Hira Cave, do those bags need checking?

Yes, even a bag left for only a few hours can carry the pest or its eggs from wherever it travelled before, so it is checked before it goes back to the owner or into your own storeroom.

The local mosque borrows our spare rugs for gatherings near the mountain, do they need checking on return?

Yes, rugs that leave the house and come back after communal outdoor use are checked before they go anywhere near a bedroom, because the pest travels on fabric, not on a particular spot.

Visitors wait on our building's lobby bench before heading into Souq Al Arab, does that bench need checking?

A lobby bench is not a bed, but it is upholstered and used by many different people for a few minutes at a time all day, so it is included in the entrance check the same way a sofa inside a flat would be.

How much does bed bug control in Jabal Al Noor 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 Jabal Al Noor.