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3. (con't) The oven is made out of regular framing and construction material, press board and metal studs its about 8'x8'x8'.

We place everything in that room/oven at about 1' off of the floor and then we use an industrial heater to bring the heat in that room to 150 F for a four-hour period. At the end of the four hour period every living thing that went into that oven is dead - but the goods themselves are completely undamaged!

4. We have our maintenance department go into the vacant hotel room, they ensure that the wallpaper and baseboards are in good repair, clean and show no sign of the infestation, they then use a powerful industrial vacuum to clean the carpet and then they use a steam cleaner with a hot water booster to wash the carpet.

5. They replace the furnishings and etc. in the hotel room and place it back in order.

6.Two weeks and six weeks later they conduct a thorough inspection of the room.

This process seems intensive (and it is), but in the end it provides for an all around cleaner and better maintained hotel.

Although we usually take 2 or 3 days to conduct the process, it is possible to empty the room, "cook" the bugs, clean the carpets and put the room back in order all in one day; which can be very helpful during busy periods.

The best part of the process is that after our initial investment in equipment, we can take all steps "in-house" and we don't have to use chemicals.

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