Efficient bed bugs sanitation with Corroventa’s professional heating system H4 ES
The damage restoration company Corvara has spent 1,5 years working on bed bugs sanitation in Oskarshall, a former accommodation for newly arrived refugees in Jönköping, Sweden. After close to 200 treatments, the building is finally free from pests. The municipality contacted Corvara during spring 2017 and mentioned that they suspected bed bugs.
Since it is a large, open space with only partition walls by oriented strand boards without ceiling it has been a tough challenge to eliminate the bed bugs since it easily spread between the rooms.
Andreas Johansson, project manager and work within several remediation areas at Corvara.
During the past months he has been working intensively with bed bugs sanitation and says that he realized that a heating system is what’s needed to succeed with this difficult task.
The process
De började med att sanera i ett av hörnen och har sedan arbetat sig igenom hela They started by decontaminating one of the corners and has thereafter worked throughout the whole building with heating treatments during the days and some nights. Everything from furniture, suitcases and other textiles to refrigerators needed to be decontaminated. "“You cannot exclude anything at that stage."
To decontaminate movables with an insulated tent and adding heat is a modern method that is becoming more common. Methods including chemicals and gas treatments were previously used to poison pests but many of the older methods are no longer allowed from a health- and environmental standpoint.
"A simple and reliable solution that is also environmentally friendly"
Due to the fact that no chemicals are being used with Corroventa’s solution, it is a simple and more environmentally friendly method. Kjell Wallin, who is remediation- and moisture technician at Corvara mentions several benefits with using an insulated tent for bed bugs sanitation:
The tent works really well, you can place everything in there and nothing will be damaged. It is also completely free from chemicals and due to the low volume from the machine we could also keep the treatment on during the nights when people were sleeping.
There was no other option, treatment with the heating system with the tent was perfect.
Kjell Wallin, remediation- and moisture technician at Corvara.
Andreas Johansson says that you learn step by step how to place the things and the sensors right to get the temperature to rise quickly. They have used e.g. coat hangers and wire baskets to get a better circulation of the warm air.
User-friendliness is another benefit that Johansson emphasize: “It is very user-friendly to carry and you manage to set up the system on one person only.”
