Ugh, for the first time I have found fleas on my dog, not just 1 but around 10 over the course of last night & today.
Luckily he's white so I can see any on him and have been checking him every couple of hours to squash any that I find.
I have also hoovered, sprayed  & hoovered every room again.
Bedding etc has all been boil washed.
Any other advice please?
Fleas give me the heebyjeebies.
Thanks.

Only other thing would be to do any other dogs you have or any cats (with a specific CAT treatment)

No other animals in the house, so I think we're ok.

I would treat your dog and any other animals in the home with a flea treatment

Yes, did this last night, although he wasn't due it for another 2 weeks.

Has anyone used diatomaceous earth to treat fleas, both on the pet and in the home?

If its that bad id use chemicals im afraid. It appears fleas this year have been horrendously stubborn and need chemicals to totally rid and even then can take 6 weeks due to their cycle. Vacuuming daily, spraying and flea bombing the home and vehicle too

De is pretty useless in animals and bad to breathe in for u .  that's not just my opinion but after seeing many try it and fail  .it may be of use in the house but no better than using salt to sprinkle around which some suggest.  Not sure that works either
As much as I dont like.chemicals I hate living with fleas more. I am with suejaw here

When faced with this a few years back now, for the first time in ages, I used Capstar which rids the dog(s) of fleas almost immediately.  However, you still need to vacuum and wash everything the dog(s) has been on.   I also used a spray which I bought from the vet (but now find it's cheaper online!) to 'bomb' the house.   You will probably have to repeat to cover hatching eggs.

When you say bomb the house, what do you mean? Is it just the hoovering/spraying procedure or a product you can buy?

You can buy flea bombs on amazon for the home. You need to be out of the house generally for at least 4hrs.
Indorex is the best flea spray. Ask your vet which is the best flea treatment for your dog currently. Frontline spot on is useless and advocate isn't proving much better now. I know my vets are suggesting Nexguard which is coming back with positive reviews.

Having had fleas in the house earlier this year for the first time, Indorex as mentioned is the best on the market.

Some info on Nexguard.  https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/cvm-updates/animal-drug-safety-communication-fda-alerts-pet-owners-and-veterinarians-about-potential-neurologic

Have done the bombs in every room, hoovered everywhere again and have been going through his fur every hour to get rid if any that remain on him.  None found since this afternoon , so fingers crossed.
Will Hoover again tomorrow.

U will have to keep that up for the next 2 to 3 weeks as any eggs that may have been shed will hatch .
Also dont retreat him or he may get an overdose of the chemicals

Personnaly I have only treated mine if we had fleas. Luckily only a couple of times in past 20 years

I too used  Indorex  to spray around the house.  Be careful to keep any pets away whilst you do this.   And yes, you may have to repeat (in fact I could say you will have to repeat!!).   Ditto with the Capstar.

I only treated if I found fleas.

So should I not give him the Capstar?  I treated him with spot on on Friday night. 
Incidentally, how long does it take for an egg to hatch into a flea?

> Incidentally, how long does it take for an egg to hatch into a flea?

http://www.ripfleas.co.uk/flea-life-cycle/

I wouldn't give any more treatment of anything to your dogg either oral or spot on .far to much risk of overdose and a reaction. Just keep hoivering and treat the house and car if he goes into it. Also washing all.beding cushions or other apdt furnishings if unnecessary
Apologies of I've misunderstood what u mean

Ok, got it.  I'll keep the Capstar for if I need it another time :-(
I've already washed all the bedding (his & ours), sprayed the house, "bombed" each room with the foggers also.  This was all done on Friday and over the weekend.  Have been hoovering each day as well.
When do you think I should re-spray the house and wash bedding again?

Have a look at.the instructions bit personally I wouldnt redo the spraying for a couple of weeks . It does stay in the air to a point so continually breathing in isn't too good . Washing as often as u want and hoover thoughly daily but u may do that anyway

Thanks.  The spray I'm using says it last for 12 months so there's no details on re-application.

Now u have done all this I would leave off with the spray unless u really have too

I hand stripped his coat right back last night so the little critters have nowhere to hide on him!

Hopefully the beasties will all.go now

Used Indorex back in May (only sprayed the once), It must still be active from the amount of deceased - LOL - woodlice every day in our old Victorian house!

We have used StayKill, which is what I had in my grooming room, fingers crossed it will work.  Haven't found any on my boy since early yesterday morning - and that was a very lazy one, not making much effort to get away.

So, he's been clear of fleas for pretty much 5 days and then I found 1 on him this morning. 
We've been confining him to the kitchen & living room, so he's not been upstairs.
We've also been continuing with hoovering the whole how every day.  I can only assume this is the next "wave" of eggs that have hatched.
Am thinking of repeating the spraying and washing everything again this weekend.
Aarrgghh!!  It's so frustrating.

Repeat everything except treating him . Unfortunately  u are probably right and it's the next lot hatching

I would give him a Capstar (kills all adult fleas on him) and then the next day a Programme (kills all eggs and larvae for that month) - keep the Programme going monthly.  You need to break the flea life cycle so you need to continue treatment for some months.

Personally, I don't go with sprays and fogs etc etc because of the pesticides in them and the fact that everyone in the house is exposed to them.  I'd rather get bitten by a few fleas than die of cancer if I can influence things... and the fleas will be dying off because they need a host - if you keep the dog treated monthly with Programme for 6 months, you will break the life cycle.

> and the fleas will be dying off because they need a host

unfortunately the fleas we most often have are cat fleas, and they are unlike many species and are not Host specific (in fact the dog flea is pretty rare now in UK) so are just as happy to use us as Hosts.

So I would always go with using a Household spray with inset growth regulator to break the life cycle.

Spray and leave the house for a few hours.

Over a month old now but just thought I'd add my 2p.  I've long given up on frontline.  Pretty ineffective plus it burns my older cats skin.  Advocate not much better.  Fleas were horrendous this year and having outside cats made it worse.  It's easy to groom my bitch but she's not the perpetrator.  I've opted for the seresto collars now and seem to have good results.  One cat is advantaged.  The other and my bitch have seresto.  I've removed it recently because of pregnancy and whelping and they are still under control.  Not cheap at first but in the long term better value and less likely to forget to replace.

Just to say be careful with Seresto collars.   I used one on one my current Basset and found it made his skin under the skin react badly (red inflammed) so I have to take it off.   Maybe it was the 'bunching' that happens with the well endowed skin on a Basset.   I have used Beaphar collars without this happening, and with them working (less expensive too).

Yep I've kept an eye out for that particularly with the older cat.  All seems fine so far.  I don't like using chemicals at all but how anyone never gets fleas on cats is beyond me.