Carpet Beetles - Advice

GreenockBoy · 08-11-2009, 16:27

Need any advise I can get. !

Anyone had carpet beetles in their home? We have them and have hoovered up any and all I can find today. Creepy crawly hell!

Wondering if anyone had and good tips to stop them coming back...

stud u like · 08-11-2009, 16:36

My local hardware store has moth balls for carpet moth/beetles.

EmmaActual · 08-11-2009, 18:50

I would think you would need to treat the carpet with something as I think they lay eggs?

Collette · 08-11-2009, 19:09

My friend had them and had to get a chap in to set off some sort of chemical smoke bomb thingy - only took a morning or so I think and I don't think it cost a great deal.

SheepSheepBa · 08-11-2009, 22:33

We had them quite badly, we ended up having to move all the furniture out of each room, hoovering the carpets with one of those water based hoovers, then waiting for them to dry and moving the furniture back. Wetting the carpets helps because the beetles lay eggs.

Malice Cooper · 08-11-2009, 22:47

hoovering them up won't kill them . They will climb back out again.

maggie48 · 08-11-2009, 22:58

Teatree oil is supposed to deter crawlies.

08-11-2009, 16:27	#1
GreenockBoy Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: West Scotland, UK Services: Virgin Media Posts: 186	Carpet Beetles Need any advise I can get. ! Anyone had carpet beetles in their home? We have them and have hoovered up any and all I can find today. Creepy crawly hell! Wondering if anyone had and good tips to stop them coming back...

08-11-2009, 16:36	#2
stud u like Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Sunny Side Of The Street Services: masculine men with passion! Posts: 17,661 Blog Entries: 14	My local hardware store has moth balls for carpet moth/beetles.

08-11-2009, 18:50	#3
EmmaActual Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Galactica Services: 02, BT, Freeview Posts: 334	I would think you would need to treat the carpet with something as I think they lay eggs?

08-11-2009, 19:09	#4
Collette Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Schmocation Posts: 3,705	My friend had them and had to get a chap in to set off some sort of chemical smoke bomb thingy - only took a morning or so I think and I don't think it cost a great deal.

08-11-2009, 22:33	#5
SheepSheepBa Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK? :) Posts: 428	We had them quite badly, we ended up having to move all the furniture out of each room, hoovering the carpets with one of those water based hoovers, then waiting for them to dry and moving the furniture back. Wetting the carpets helps because the beetles lay eggs.

08-11-2009, 22:47	#6
Malice Cooper Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 752	hoovering them up won't kill them . They will climb back out again.

08-11-2009, 22:58	#7
maggie48 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 513	Teatree oil is supposed to deter crawlies.