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After reading this post, you will learn whether or not dettol kills bed bugs, as well as get all the right info about getting rid of bed bugs from your house. The most effective way to use Dettol for getting rid of bed bugs is by using it directly on the bugs. Although using Dettol is not a perfect solution for getting rid of bed bugs, it may be useful if there is no other efficient solution.

This is particularly effective with bleach for washing, which can kill bed bugs on sheets and clothes, because the heat makes bed bugs immobile. Cleaning means either heat-treating clothes and sheets in the dryer, or placing them in a freezer for at least 5 days before laundering them normally, either will kill the bed bugs. In addition to spraying or steaming the mattress, you should wash all your bedding in the hot cycle, and either wash the pillows, or keep them in a plastic bag for at least three days to eliminate the microscopic bugs.

Dr. Lisa Eckerley recommends regularly vacuuming the area around the bed, as well as washing the sheets on high heat -- or, if washing on a colder setting, using laundry detergent. Vacuum your room, as well as around and underneath your bed, as well as the mattress, and then send the duvets out to get cleaned. Once your house is bug-free and furniture passes the inspection, you can start unpacking clean clothes and putting everything back where it belongs.

Closets, wardrobes, laundry hampers all have the potential to be a wayward home for bed bugs, which means that they are going to come into direct contact with your familys clothes.Bedbug bites are often confused with mosquito bites; however, if you see those bite marks after sleeping on a used mattress, after traveling extensively, or after moving used furniture around the house, you are likely in the presence of bed bugs. If you do notice bed bugs, you can use a bedbug spray or call a pest exterminator, but sometimes, the issue is too much to handle, and it is time to get a new mattress.

Using alcohol may not keep the bed bugs away forever, however, consistently sprinkling the mixture should keep bed bugs away from your mattress over time. Using boiling water to scald soiled bedding, a straw mattress, bookshelves and furniture, as well as other cracks, and soaking clothes in boiling water and other cotton fabrics, can kill bed bugs of all ages and eggs in short order.

Wash all blankets and sheets with boiling water, bleach, and detergent; use as much heat as possible to dry them. Wash the beds above 60C if possible, or even higher -- I have white cotton, and went up to 90C. It blows all over -- but if you have softer fabrics, then wash them lower, but always with a laundry cleaner like Dettol, which kills germs without damaging the sheets.