{"id":82159,"date":"2026-07-25T05:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roofingtoday.co.uk\/?p=82159"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:46:59","slug":"the-hitchhiking-hazard-that-should-be-on-every-roofing-contractors-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roofingtoday.co.uk\/us\/the-hitchhiking-hazard-that-should-be-on-every-roofing-contractors-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hitchhiking Hazard That Should Be on Every Roofing Contractor’s Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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The Hitchhiking Hazard That Should Be on Every Roofing Contractor’s Radar<\/h1>\n 25 July 2026<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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Roofing risk registers are full of the obvious: work at height, fragile surfaces, silica dust, weather windows, manual handling. Nobody’s risk assessment mentions bed bugs. Yet ask around and most established contractors can tell you about a job where the crew came away with more than a snag list.<\/p>\n

Bed bug numbers have risen sharply across the UK in recent years, with London consistently the worst affected. That matters to the roofing trade for a simple reason: few occupations put people inside as many occupied homes, week in, week out, as domestic roofing and loft work.<\/p>\n

This is not a reason for alarm. It’s a low-probability, high-nuisance risk that costs almost nothing to manage once crews know how it works. Here’s what’s worth knowing.<\/p>\n

Why Roofing Work is More Exposed Than it Looks<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The roof itself is about the safest place in an infested house. Bed bugs live within a few metres of where people sleep. The problem is the route to the work.<\/p>\n

Think about where domestic roofing and loft jobs actually take operatives:<\/p>\n