Bedbug Control Holloway

Where the Risk Actually Sits on Site

Bedbugs want a person who stays still for hours, which is why they settle around beds. A busy site cabin is not a comfortable home for them. The risk comes from what other people carry in: if someone on the crew has them at home, a jacket on a shared hook or a holdall in a pile can pass a few along.

Drying rooms deserve a thought. Coats, hi-vis and gloves hang packed together, touching, often overnight. A drying room that is warm but not hot does not kill anything; it simply keeps everyone's gear in contact.

A Routine at the Front Door

1. Kit bag stops at the door. Leave it on a hard floor in the hall, never on the bed or the bedroom carpet.
2. Workwear goes straight in the wash. A hot wash and a full hot dry for anything that can take it, including base layers and socks.
3. Boots stay out of the bedroom. Our guide on whether bedbugs live in shoes covers footwear properly.
4. Look over the bag once a week. Torch along the seams, the base and the zip tape. Dark specks, pale skins or live insects are what you are looking for.
5. Swap to a hard or wipeable bag if you can. It gives them far fewer places to hold on.

If You Think the Cabin Has Them

If you see live insects in a cabin or drying room, tell the site manager or your supervisor in writing, with a photo if you can. Welfare facilities are the contractor's to sort out, and site cabins come under our commercial work. Keep your own gear separate in the meantime and step up the routine at home.

If It Has Already Reached Home

Bites after a few weeks of this, or spotting on the mattress, mean the bed needs checking, not just the bag. Bites on their own do not prove bedbugs; some people react and some do not. A pharmacist or GP can help with itching or a rash, and 999 is for signs of a severe allergic reaction.

An inspection from £120 confirms what is there. Treatment starts from £220. Chemical usually needs two or three visits of an hour or two, around 10 to 14 days apart, which can be arranged for early or late in the day if you are on site. Heat is normally one long day and costs more. Early starts are no problem for us; tell us your hours when you ring about a Holloway home.

If you work away and stay in digs or hotels during the week, the same door routine applies to that bag too. For how the problem travels around the borough generally, see the Islington page.

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