Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
THEY KNOW WHO THE *REAL* BOSS IS, YEP..!!
Oh please. The same drywall that corroded the brand new electrical wiring in people’s houses? Just imagine if it does that to wires, just what does it do to your lungs.
The FDA tried to cover up the poisoned dog food business, too. If a group of veterinarians hadn’t broken cover and come out with the story, we probably never would have been told about it. Or about any of those other poisoned products.
It’s not just the T-bills. It’s also all those big importers who pay off the politicians.
All drywall contains sulfur, in fact is sulfur. The unmentioned but all important question. Did the material meet ANSI and or ASTM standards? If yes, no foul. If no then what did the project specifications section 9 require? Did the drywall contractor comply? If yes, no foul.
maybe someone could have it privately tested
China Industries International
their new corporate logo...
Obviously the pockets of the Chinese drywall manufacturers are not as deep as, say, the paint manufacturers in the good old USA! (Billions of dollars bilked from THAT industry over bogus data about kids eating paint chips off of their walls...)
When I was a kid, we spread mustard on asbestos shingles and ate them and WE LIKED IT! (LOL!)
Dorks.
SECTION 092900 - GYPSUM BOARD
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 SECTION REQUIREMENTS
A. Submittals: Product Data.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A.Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies: Provide materials and construction identical to those tested in assemblies per ASTM E 119 by an independent testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction.
STC-Rated Assemblies: Provide materials and construction identical to those tested in assemblies per ASTM E 90 and classified per ASTM E 413 by a qualified independent testing and inspecting agency.
2.2 PANEL PRODUCTS
A. Provide in maximum lengths available to minimize end-to-end butt joints.
Interior Gypsum Board: ASTM C 36/C 36M or ASTM C 1396/C 1396M, in thickness indicated, with manufacturer’s standard edges.
Entire subdivisions in my area have gone bankrupt in my area due to Chinese drywall. Million-dollar McMansions are sitting empty in Country-Club gated communities, and some of my own little students have gotten very sick from this stuff. I don’t blame the homebuyers, as they don’t strip off the paint and wallpaper to see if the drywall was “MADE IN CHINA”. It was the developer who originally purchased this stuff. I am sure there are plenty of AMERICAN drywall companies. This disgusts me!
How about Obama do something good like sign legislation either banning it’s import or at least making it so people know befor buying where the drywall comes from?
From what I understand the country had run out of wallboard after Katrina so we bought the chinese.
Every house built with it has had major problems. They show the specific damage on the news all the time. It’s for real.