Timeline for DIY Heat Treating Home For Bugs - Danger To My Gas Pipe?
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| Dec 20, 2021 at 21:28 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | Agree, insecticide likely won't work. But there are miticides; I have not used them as the only mites I have killed were on spruce trees and mineral oil/baby oil emulsion spray killed them. | |
| Dec 20, 2021 at 21:03 | vote | accept | Kyle Bridenstine | ||
| Dec 20, 2021 at 19:26 | answer | added | Kyle Bridenstine | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 20, 2021 at 2:20 | comment | added | Kyle Bridenstine | @blacksmith37 insecticide won’t kill bird mites I’ve already tried every insecticide known to man. | |
| Dec 19, 2021 at 17:21 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | Seems a lot of potential problems to avoid using a little ( $10 ) Malathion insecticide. 24 hours will not be enough time for heat to penetrate clothing in drawers, bedding , etc. | |
| Dec 19, 2021 at 12:15 | comment | added | longneck | Professional bed bug treatment companies also own shipping containers with heat treat equipment. They can drop one in your new driveway. | |
| Dec 19, 2021 at 10:10 | comment | added | Jasen | @KyleBridenstine ...or the the land-lord can sue you. but I expect that the landlord wants an apartment that is not infested, and by using this system you provide that. | |
| Dec 19, 2021 at 6:45 | answer | added | xeeka | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 18, 2021 at 21:31 | comment | added | Kyle Bridenstine | @crip659 those units are sold from an America company and they are designed for this. There are many plastics designed to withstand heat. And even plastics that are not designed to withstand heat do not start to melt until 212 degrees Fahrenheit which is far higher than is necessary to kill bugs. The units are safe. | |
| Dec 18, 2021 at 19:58 | comment | added | crip659 | Those units in the picture look like plastic. Would be worried about them melting and burning the place down, instead of the gas pipe which should be metal, also are made in China and might not be safe anyway. | |
| Dec 18, 2021 at 19:08 | comment | added | Kyle Bridenstine | Good question. I just checked my breaker box and I have four open circuits for my outlets. Two of the circuits are 15 amp and the other two are 20 amp so that's just enough. Thanks! As for my landlord he can go ___ himself. | |
| Dec 18, 2021 at 18:51 | comment | added | crip659 | Ask your landlord about you using this before buying. Have to have their okay, but I doubt that you will get it. Do you even have enough separate circuits in the apartment to use this, not outlets, circuits. | |
| Dec 18, 2021 at 18:32 | history | asked | Kyle Bridenstine | CC BY-SA 4.0 |