Product Overview

About our Mattress and Box Spring Encasements
Residex in conjunction with a mattress cover manufacturer and a leading pest management firm, has developed a line of encasements specifically designed for use with bed bugs for the pest management industry.  The encasements are being sold as part of a comprehensive bed bug management program. 

The covers fully encase the mattress and the box spring.  They take approximately five minutes to install.  If the mattress is currently infested it is recommended that you first vacuum the mattress or box spring and then simply slip the cover over the mattress or box spring and zip closed.  After installing it is recommended that you leave the encasement in place without laundering it for one year to ensure that all bedbugs that may have been present die off. 

The fit of the encasement is extremely important.  If the encasement is too small you risk a tear and a way for bed bugs to escape.  If the encasement is too large there will be folds in the material where bed bugs can hide.  Click here to read the How To Measure tab.

There are a number of very important advantages that encasements bring to a bed bug management effort.

1. Protection of New Beds
Some people cannot emotionally deal with the fact that their mattress and box springs are infested with bed bugs and they cannot rest until they have thrown them away.  The problem is that when the new beds are introduced into the home they are likely to become infested as well.  Encasements can be used to protect the new mattress and box springs, preventing them from becoming infested by bugs that are still present in the structure.

2. Salvage Infested Beds
Many people are simply not in a financial position to discard infested mattress and box springs.  Encasements are a solution.  Bugs and eggs that may still be present in mattresses and box springs become trapped within the confines of the encasement, where they will eventually die from starvation. 

3. Increase Efficiency on your bed bugs jobs.
Removing or killing bugs that are associated with mattresses and box springs is a time consuming process.  Box springs are especially difficult to address due to the complex construction which makes it virtually impossible to eliminate 100% of the bugs and eggs.  Encasements resolve this problem by trapping bugs and eggs inside.  On return visits, any new bug activity is restricted to the exterior of the encasement, where they can be easily dealt with. 

4. Make your Clients’ beds more comfortable.
Typically when you think of mattress encasements the old vinyl ones come to mind that were loud and very uncomfortable to sleep on.  Our encasements are made of cotton, of good quality and have been reported to actually make clients’ beds more comfortable to sleep on.