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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh. I’m in CA and I also have to tent. I’m dreading it.  Do you have to remove soft furnishings or wrap them in plastic? Cushions, mattresses, clothes, bedding? I don’t know if it’s crazy to do that or reasonable and highly recommended? [/quote]

OP here - i know you have to remove many things from your home - but not furniture.  My guess is because if you had to remove furniture no one would tent. I just cannot believe that in a state such as mine where everything that has an environmental impact is so strictly regulated! Heck there are certain mattresses I can't even buy in CA, yet the powers that be are totally okay with spraying poison all throughout your home? We lived in a rental years ago that had to be tented.  When we returned all of the vegetation died, including the little frogs that lived in the small pond in the back.

This is from a CA exterminator website:

[b]"Remove ALL items for human consumption INCLUDING food in refrigerators and freezers PRIOR to the fumigation. (Food items in cans, glass jars and plastic bottles with the ORIGINAL FACTORY SEAL do not have to be removed. Any other food and/or medicines MUST be removed even with the factory seal intact. Do not leave food products in the structure even if you plan on disposing of the items when you return. Food cannot remain in the structure during the fumigation process. Examples: Cereals, bread, tea, sugar, noodles, spices, tobaccos and medications.)

Remove ALL waterproof children’s mattresses and any waterproof mattress or pillow covers.

Remove ALL living things from the structure such as pets (including fish) and plants. Warn neighbors that own cats of the fumigation plans and recommend securing their cat during the procedure.

Open ALL cabinets, closets, drawers and attic hatches. Raise blinds and open drapes to allow access to the windows.

Unlock ALL rooms, cabinets, safes, etc."[/b]

This is why I want to spot treat  :-o [/quote]

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