Heat or chemical?
Heat is one visit, no residue, every life stage including eggs. Chemical is cheaper per visit and, in OSU’s words, infestations treated that way “often require more than one treatment.” The right answer depends on the building, the clutter, and what the neighbors are doing. The two timelines, side by side →
Whole-home heat
Probes in the mattress seam and the sofa frame; hold timed from the coldest reading; desiccant dust after; follow-up inspection within the week.
How →Chemical program
Non-pyrethroid products in cracks, voids and frames; encasements; second visit at two weeks, booked at the first.
Compare costs →Apartments, hotels, motels
Connected-unit inspection, same-day multi-unit treatment, and the per-room logs a county hotel inspection can read.
Buildings →Who pays, in Ohio
Ohio has no bed bug statute for rentals. The landlord must “put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition” and keep common areas “safe and sanitary”; the tenant must “keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses safe and sanitary,” and the landlord “may recover any actual damages” for a tenant’s violation (ORC 5321.04–.05). Cause decides it, and the inspection documents cause. Quoted →
Dayton routes complaints two ways
Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County has no bed bug program; its nuisance line covers unincorporated areas and sends city addresses to Dayton Housing Inspection. We lay out who does what, and what we could not verify. City and county →
Guides
Signs and inspection
Ten minutes with a flashlight.
Why sprays fail
OSU on resistance and the Midwest rise.
Preparation
Two lists; heat wants less.
Dayton on the Orkin list
33, 43, 38. What it measures.