Bed bug control in Umm Al Salam, 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 Umm Al Salam

On jobs in Umm Al Salam, an infestation often turns out to have arrived with a piece of furniture recently moved between neighbouring houses, well before any marks appear on the bedding itself. The method is set out in full on the full Bed bug control page.

The first reason

Homes built wall to wall in the old streets

In Umm Al Salam's older streets, low rise houses often share a party wall with the house next door. Once bed bugs establish on one side, a crack or a vent can carry them through, so the shared wall itself needs checking, not only the bedroom.

The second reason

Ground floor shops feeding flats above them

Umm Al Salam sits on the old lorry route to Makkah, and its ground floor shops take in goods and secondhand pieces constantly. Some of that stock finds its way up a shared staircase into the flats above, so the stairwell and storage areas need their own check, not just the bedroom.

The third reason

Furniture arriving from cleared plots nearby

Parts of Umm Al Salam were cleared under the informal settlements programme, and families displaced from those plots have resettled in buildings close to Al Harazat and Al Mahamid, bringing old furniture with them that has never been checked, which raises the chance an infestation crosses from one building to the next.

Umm Al Salam on the map

Umm Al Salam sits about 4.5 km from Al Harazat and about 4.5 km from Al Mahamid.

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Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

The residential streets in Umm Al Salam are low rise and built close together, with several plots left standing vacant after informal housing was cleared, which keeps furniture moving frequently between neighbouring homes.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In Umm Al Salam's older housing, the mattress itself has often moved from a house cleared under the redevelopment programme, so its seam is the first thing checked.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

The old wooden bed frames common across the district carry old screws and small gaps near the joints that suit bed bugs well.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

Near the shared walls between houses built close together, we give extra attention to the headboard and the wall behind it in case bugs enter from next door.

What the bedding shows

In rooms whose windows rarely open because of road dust and lorry noise, the first marks usually turn up on the sheet, not on the skin.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

The sofa in a popular household's sitting room is often an old piece the family has kept for years or brought from a cleared house, so it gets checked as one whole unit.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

With so many secondhand furniture shops along Old Makkah Road, pieces arrive in homes across the district unchecked, which is where this part of the visit starts.

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 Umm Al Salam

Work in Umm Al Salam is organised around landmarks residents already know: Al Salem Mosque sits at the heart of the residential streets, and the Umm Al Salam Health Centre gives an easy reference point for any building nearby.

Old Makkah Road
Al Salem Mosque
Al Janabin Street
Umm Al Salam Health Centre

Questions about this district

Our house shares a wall with next door and it has started to crack, can bed bugs cross through?

A crack in a shared wall is a possible route, especially near a bed on the other side, so we check the party wall itself as well as the mattress and frame before deciding where to treat.

Neighbours moved in with us after their old house was demolished and brought their furniture, does it need checking?

Furniture that comes out of an older house can carry bed bugs without any visible sign, so we check upholstered pieces and bed frames before they move into the flat, rather than waiting for bites to appear.

We buy secondhand clothes from a stall on Al Janabin Street, is that a risk?

Clothes folded in bags or piled close together are a comfortable environment for bed bugs, so anything bought from an open stall is worth checking and washing at a high temperature before it joins the rest of the wardrobe.

We share a courtyard with two houses, and children sit there on floor mats, does that spread bed bugs?

Floor mats shared between several houses carry bed bugs easily, because they touch clothes and bodies from more than one home in the same sitting, so if one house shows signs, the mats used in the courtyard are worth checking before they go back indoors.

A shop worker sleeps in a back room below our flat, can bed bugs reach us upstairs?

A sleeping room attached to the shop is likely a separate source from your flat, but contact through a shared staircase or a building store room still calls for a precautionary check of those shared spaces, not just the flat on its own.

We store spare bedding above a false ceiling over the shop, does it need regular checking?

A store above a false ceiling gets little airflow and is rarely opened, which makes it a comfortable place for bed bugs to stay unnoticed for a long time, so it belongs in the check whenever an infestation turns up anywhere else in the flat.

How much does bed bug control in Umm Al Salam 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 Umm Al Salam.