https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/a20805c5-95de-4d37-8cde-bc523f28c6d5_1.a1915e550964ec8fe7290db79e687495.jpeg Picture linked here!

I don't see a link. But Safeway rents carpet cleaners, they might have them. I think the Ace Hardware stores do to, probably some of the other supermarkets- I'd call around.

You will pay almost as much to rent one as you will buying one. You can get them for under $100. I have a steam mop than also converts to portable steam cleaner. I have one of these and it’s worth every penny

https://www.walmart.com/ip/PurSteam-Steam-Mop-Cleaner-10-in-1-Convenient-Detachable-Handheld-Unit-Use-Laminate-Hardwood-Tiles-Carpet-Kitchen-Whole-House-Multipurpose/566987317

The Station North Tool Library has one. You can check it out for a week if you get a membership…plus you’d have access to their other tools in the future should you have the need.

That's not true. Renting one for 24 hours from Canton Ace is under $40 iirc. A similar quality unit would probably cost $200.

Yeah, use Canton Ace, they're more local and the store is a worker cooperative.

If you believe you have bed bugs a steam cleaner is not going to take care of that issue. You need to get a bed bug exterminator ASAP and not mess with it on your own.

As someone who went through bed bugs two years ago, i HIGHLY recommend going straight to using an exterminator. It is hell until they finish

The one they posted a link of is $99 and the one I have was $70. Personally I would consider spending at bit more to own it then paying 40% of the cost to use something for 24 hrs. It was meant as a suggestion that’s all

Hate to say it, but I think an exterminator is only half the solution. AFTER exterminating the bugs, I think you really want to take the mattresses to the dump and buy new. I don't care who says the chemicals that kill the bugs are safe for humans - you're going to be sleeping directly on that mattress every day. You can read your own pamphlet. I wouldn't think of keeping the mattress.

And please dont go with Terminix, they blow. We went through ~8 chemical treatments with them. Kept coming back. Brought a local company once and they were gone.

a friend of mine had bed bugs. they tried a few things to get rids of them, but eventually they just hired a company that just heated up the whole house with gigantic propane heaters such that they would all be killed from the heat. worked well, but was expensive.

Yes but no in this case. Bed bugs would be one of the worst thing to happen to a lending library.

Anyone here from Harmony Court in canton lol. saw op’s post and immediately got PTSD

You could get bedbugs in the rented steam cleaner. Check out r/Bedbugs for DIY tips.

We had bed bugs over summer and depending how bad it is and your situation (rented or own), you could DIY with a $40 bottle of Crossfire and $15 CimeXa from Amazon. Orkin did a good job for us.

We only did the steam cleaning as a finishing touch after treatment.- the bugs had gotten into the carpet. I think cleaning equipment can spread bed bugs.

This is exactly why I don’t rent steam cleaners.

fuck lol