Heat kills cockroaches and their eggs

Begin killing 100% of cockroaches in less than 1 hour

Pesticide-based indoor cockroach control methods raise concern over the safety of occupants. Our affordable heat treatment systems offer you the ability to perform cockroach control work without relying on toxic chemical residues. Heat can be used to kill every type of cockroach and their eggs throughout the structure, even in places pesticidal fumigants, sprays, or dusts cannot reach. Heat synergizes the effectiveness of desiccant dusts and many pesticides. Insects have developed resistance to many pesticides, but cannot become heat resistant at the temperatures and durations we prescribe.

Heat also sanitizes and denatures the proteins in the urine and fecal matter left behind by cockroaches. Additionally heat can kill bacteria and viruses throughout the treatment area. A recent independent analysis reports that the GreenTech Heat Titan 800 is the most powerful commercial-grade, portable, propane bedbug heater available. Our portable direct fired heaters provide the best and most thorough heat treatments for cockroaches.

Don’t take our word for what GreenTech Heat can do to cockroaches:

About three months ago, we treated an apartment in a senior home with our GreenTech Heat equipment. We were using heat to primarily kill the bed bugs, however this tenant also had a very severe infestation of German cockroaches. Before heating we applied boric acid powder and Seclira aerosol (IGR). As we were heating with the Titan 800, the cockroaches were running everywhere! We heated at about 150˚F for 5 hours and we applied some gel bait after. Here is a picture I took right after the treatment.

Three months go by and I go back for the first time and guess what: Not a single cockroach!

Sean Jourdain
Royale Extermination
Canada

As seen in PCT Magazine

The following excerpt is from an interview with Tom Costello, Technical Director at GreenTech Heat Solutions.

QIs heat an effective tool for cockroach control?
 
 

A Yes. GreenTech Heat is highly effective in the treatment of cockroaches. It will kill all stages of cockroaches from eggs to adults. Our equipment has successfully treated millions of cockroach infestations and the process received a patent in 1990. Heat is the only treatment that can eliminate the current infestation, prevent the eggs from hatching, and make the building smell better in one succinct treatment.

QIs heat ovicidal?
 
 

AYes. Cockroaches and their eggs have no chemical resistance to heat. When a structure reaches lethal temperatures they have nowhere to hide. Heat will kill the ootheca and make eggs unviable. This makes GreenTech Heat the best process that can kill all generations of cockroaches in a single treatment—wherever the cockroaches might try to scurry and hide.

QWhat temperatures are needed to kill cockroaches?
 
 

A155˚F to 160˚F for 90 minutes will achieve a complete kill. Lower temperatures can synergize slow-acting desiccants like boric acid dust (which when used alone can require 8 to 12 weeks) for a quick kill. We recommend dusting in false cabinet bottoms, and wall voids. GreenTech Heat penetrates every part of the structure, seeking out cockroaches and leaving them nowhere to hide. Heat seeks out the insects, reducing your labor costs, treatment times, and repeat visits.

QWhat other advantages are there to using heat?
 
 

ACockroaches have a tell-tale smell and create a filth everywhere they go. Not only does heat eliminate the “cockroach smell” these insects leave wherever they are found, it sanitizes and denatures the proteins in the urine and fecal matter left behind by cockroaches. Heat kills both the living infestation and destroys the source of lingering odors. GreenTech Heat equipment is perfect for treating restaurants, retirement communities, rental housing, hotels, and hospitals.

QWhat steps are needed post-treatment?
 
 

APost-treatment procedures are minimal. I suggest using a HEPA filtration vacuum to remove dead cockroaches, feces, and shed skins, and open windows to allow the structure to air and cool. Using bait stations after the treatment can confirm the kill.

Heat goes everywhere a cockroach can hide. It gets under and behind the refrigerator and throughout all the cabinetry in the breakroom. Heat gets to all the surfaces and nooks and crannies in the bathrooms. Heat penetrates all crevices a cockroach can get into.

No games or gimmicks. No spray, hope, and pray you got all the bed bugs. GreenTech Heat has a better solution for eliminating the dangers associated with reopening the office.

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GreenTech Heat Direct-Fired Heaters
	Titan 450	Titan 800
output	550,000+ BTU	990,000+ BTU
8-hour treatment area	more than 2,000 sqft	more than 4,000 sqft
power requirements	7A 120V	7A 120V
air flow	up to 4,000 cfm	more than 5,000 cfm
integrated REGO valve	yes	yes
propane tank	5 or 10 gal or larger	25 gal and larger
dimensions	43”L x 23”W x 29”H	50”L x 27”W x 30”H
weight	100 lbs	140 lbs
fuel use	~1.4 gal/hr	2-4 gal/hr
net temp rise	125°F	180°F
warranty	2 years	2 years
heater price	$5,899.00 as low as $210/month-36 months AOC	$6,999.00 as low as $240/month-36 months AOC
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package price	$8,099.00 as low as $275/month-36 months AOC	$9,899.00 as low as $350/month-36 months AOC
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What People Say

Heat does not have many limitations with respect to the number of items treated and the area to be treated. There are no chemical residues to consider and, compared to gas fumigation of areas, margins for safety are considerably greater.

Michael R. Linford PhD

2019 Survey reports cockroaches still a formidable foe

The 2019 pest control operator survey, State of the Cockroach Control Market commissioned by PCT Magazine, found that the German cockroach is the most-commonly found pest in commercial kitchens, rental homes, and multi-family housing.

According to the study, three significant mistakes often cloud the reputation of cockroach control:

• Assuming the client knows cockroaches: If your client tells you the bugs are only under the stove in the kitchen, don’t take their word for it! When you find one cockroach rest assured more are thriving throughout the building.
• Underestimating the lowly cockroach: Whoever says that some critter multiplies like rabbits never met a cockroach! If cockroaches dropped like flies everyone would be happy (and we’d be out of business)!
• Misreading the scope of the infestation: Think like a cockroach and inspect all the places they are likely to infest. Pesticidal treatments are effective when you to get the chemicals either on, into, under, or around the insects.

And equally problematic, commercially-available bug bombs can actually make controlling cockroaches more difficult... while increasing baseline exposure to pesticides.

Thermal kill point for cockroaches

Achieve a proven thermal kill for cockroaches with GreenTech Heat Solution’s state-of-the-art technology. Our state-tested technology creates heat convection currents which transfer air throughout the room, forcing heated air molecules to transfer their energy into every surface of the room. Developed and perfected by Michael R. Linford PhD, our equipment is designed to be a complete cockroach heat treatment system without sacrificing quality or capability.

Effectively reduce or eliminate pesticides

Heat is the only truly organic cockroach control treatment method. Other companies would have you believe that their pesticides are organic or come from natural sources, but every applied pesticide carries with it some level of toxicity. Heat treatments are completely non-toxic and leave no chemical residue, eliminating your exposure over potential client health concerns.

Heat synergizes with chemicals to accelerate and enhance the effectiveness of pesticides and desiccant dusts. Create and establish a perimeter barrier with a desiccant dust to minimize the ability of cockroaches to migrate and travel throughout the treatment area.

Choose GreenTech Heat systems for 100% results, 100% satisfaction, 100% of the time.