Buying used furniture? Here’s how to check used … – bed bugs

In todays economy, everyone wants to save money. Buying used furniture or getting used furniture for free from a friend or relative can really save you serious bucks. But, theres a catch: bed bugs.

One of the single most common ways to get bed bugs in your home is through buying used furniture and bringing it into your home. Given the average cost of a bed bug treatments by a professional often exceeds a thousand dollars, itsdefinitelybest to insure the furniture youre buying does not have bed bugs.

To avoid having your home infested with bed bugs, its preferable to avoid buying used furniture or bringing used furniture in your home all together.

However, we understand that this isnt always practical or realistic. Therefore, inspecting any used furniture for signs of bed bugsbefore you bring the furniture into your home is criticallyimportant. Even bringing used furniture with bed bugs into your home for just a few minutes can be the beginning of a bed bug infestation that will cost you time, sleep, sanity, and money!

Whenever you find or are offered used furniture, the very first you should do is thoroughly inspect it for bed bugs. Be prepared, this could offend some people, but that is just the reality we live in today. Heres how to inspect used furniture for bed bugs:

If you see any bed bugs or even signs of bed bugs,do notbring the furniture home.

Assuming youve done a thorough inspection, and havent found any signs of bed bugs, we still highly recommend treating the used furniture for bedbugs. Heres how:

Interested in learning more about how to keep bed bugs out of your home? Check out our Bed Bug Prevention page.

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Buying used furniture? Here's how to check used ... - bed bugs