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Sterex provides bed bug treatment as a two-visit service plan. The first treatment combines detailed steaming with label-appropriate residual application. The second treatment reinspects, rotates chemistry where appropriate, dusts cracks or voids where suitable, and targets any remaining activity.
Two-treatment plan
Steam plus residual
Prep sheet guided
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Licensed Technicians
Residential & Multi-Unit
Two-Visit Service Plan
GTA Wide Service
Why bed bugs are different
Bed bugs do not only live on the mattress. They can hide in bed frames, headboards, slats, baseboards, cracks, cabinets, closets, nearby furniture, sofas, luggage, laundry, and wall edges. If you throw out the mattress first, the hidden population can stay behind and move into the replacement.
Sterex starts by asking where people sleep, which rooms show activity, whether the sofa is used for sleeping, and how laundry or luggage moves through the home. That decides whether treatment should stay focused or expand to additional bedrooms, living room furniture, or connected spaces.
Bed bug eggs are small and light-coloured, making them difficult to spot around seams, covers, pale fabrics, and light surfaces.
Activity in two bedrooms can still create risk in other bedrooms, shared walls, closets, laundry routes, and living areas.
Living room furniture may need steaming when people sleep there or transfer bed bugs from bedrooms through clothing, bedding, or blankets.
Laundry, luggage, shared furniture, guest rooms, and frequent room-to-room movement can change the treatment scope.
Infestation signs
Bed bug evidence can be subtle, especially early on. A professional inspection looks at the bed, frame, surrounding furniture, baseboards, wall edges, closets, and living areas instead of relying on one bite mark or one visible insect.
Inspection detail
Sterex treatment process
Bed bugs are not handled like a quick general spray. Sterex combines steam, residual logic, follow-up inspection, chemical rotation where appropriate, and targeted dusting in cracks or voids where suitable.
Sterex uses professional-grade, Health Canada registered products according to label directions. People and pets stay out during application, treated areas must be dry where applicable, and technician re-entry instructions must be followed.
Step 1
Sterex steams mattresses, mattress seams, bed frames, bed slats, headboards, sofas, and other likely harborage areas. We also apply Seclira residual spray where label-appropriate, focused on baseboards, cracks, crevices, bed frame areas, cabinet and hard furniture areas, and likely travel zones.
Step 2
Bed bugs and eggs can be hidden when the technician arrives. Treated cracks, edges, and hard-surface routes help control bed bugs that emerge after service and contact those treated surfaces. We do not describe this as a blanket spray of mattresses or soft furniture.
Step 3
The follow-up includes re-inspection, targeted re-treatment, chemical rotation with Temprid where appropriate, dusting in voids or cracks where suitable, and re-steaming areas where activity remains. The second visit is part of the service plan, not an optional add-on.
Preparation matters
Prep is not busywork. It lets the technician access baseboards, bed frames, slats, furniture, cabinets, closets, mattress seams, sofas, and other hiding spots. Better prep reduces protected areas where bed bugs can avoid steam and label-compliant treatment placement.
This is the same public PDF linked from the prep page. It covers bedroom and living-area prep, laundry handling, kitchen and bathroom notes, pet instructions, re-entry timing, and the follow-up window.
Shop protection plans
Use HomeGuard and seasonal plans for prevention around the home. For active bed bug activity, book a technician visit so Sterex can confirm rooms, prep, follow-up, and treatment scope.
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$499
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$279
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$799
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Spring, summer, fall, and winter visits. Over $1,200 in services. Priority callback and 15–17% off additional treatments.
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$279
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Year-Round
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Year-round pest protection plan for Toronto and the GTA — four seasonal visits, priority callback, and bundled savings on bed bugs, wildlife, and specialty treatments.
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Use a protection plan for seasonal prevention. Book a technician visit when there is active pest activity, visible trails, bites, droppings, nesting, or a recurring issue.
Whole-home questions
If two bedrooms show activity in a four-bedroom home, Sterex does not assume the other rooms are automatically clear or automatically infested. We ask practical questions and inspect the risk areas so the plan matches the home.
Which rooms are used every night, which beds are shared, and whether anyone sleeps on the sofa can change the treatment plan.
Bed bugs can move through laundry bags, suitcases, backpacks, bedding, clothing piles, and items stored near sleeping areas.
In condos, rentals, and multi-unit buildings, shared walls and adjacent furniture can matter when activity is more than isolated.
The second treatment helps confirm where activity remains and whether re-steaming, dusting, or additional targeted work is needed.
Residential, condo and property management
Sterex treats bed bug problems in homes, condos, apartments, rental units, property management suites, and commercial settings where sleeping, luggage, staff rooms, or furniture movement creates risk.
We focus on bedrooms, baseboards, bed frames, slats, headboards, closets, sofas, and furniture close to sleeping areas.
Access, prep, documentation, and careful scope decisions matter when bedrooms, adjacent suites, and shared walls are involved.
If people sleep in the living room or transfer bed bugs from bedrooms, sofas and recliners may need steaming and inspection.
Related resources
Bed bug control usually works best when service, prep, follow-up, and prevention all line up. These pages help you compare treatments, prepare the home, check service coverage, and browse mattress encasement options.
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Sterex helps customers with bed bug treatment in Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Vaughan, North York, Markham, Richmond Hill, Milton, Oakville, and nearby GTA areas. We do not list public pricing on this page because treatment scope depends on bedrooms, spread risk, prep, and property type.
Get a two-treatment bed bug service plan with prep guidance, steaming, label-compliant product application, follow-up inspection, and GTA-wide coverage.