Posted on 05/31/2009 5:10:46 AM PDT by IbJensen
No word from the building inspector Mr Magoo.
That’s because he’s been busy working on the Cheerio’s box, making sure they don’t go over the line.
No worries. Chinese made aspirin is on the way.
Bummer to hear about your situation...hope it gets resolved
Someday enough Americans will rise up against all this inferior cheap Commie Chinese crap. Too many still pander Free Trade with Communist China
The same thing happened here in Hampton Roads. Chinese drywall is now banned in many local cities. The supplier who bought it during a shortage of American made drywall lost millions.
On a related China note, my wife recently had a red rash around her lower back (waistband). First thing I asked her was, a)Are those pants new? and b)Did you wash them first? The answer was yes, and no. I guaranteed her that what she was wearing was made in China and that was the case. Purchased at Kohl’s.
Chinese drywall isn’t always bad. The bad stuff comes and goes because they were trying to shave costs. The early stuff was inspected and found OK.
It appears that the county building inspectors are to blame as well.
Do you have any idea what percentage is bad?
I noticed in one of our three eight story buildings that all drywall was being ripped out and replaced.
Do you believe that the county building inspectors should know about this as they're 'inspecting?'
That’s what happens when you use the crushed bones of executed Chinese prisoners as the primer for drywall! :P
FYI, there is still no known way to tell the “bad” drywall from the good drywall.
What exactly is causing the problem is still not known, so tests to determine whether it is present are of course not available.
There are repeated reports of American-made drywall causing similar problems. This has not been confirmed.
There is absolutely no evidence at this time that the “bad stuff” was associated with attempts to cut costs by Chinese manufacturers.
My wife always washes new clothes before they are worn for the first time. I used to think she was being paranoid, now not so much.
Homes considered to potentially be affected by Chinese drywall would have been built after 2003 and meet two of the following:
1.
The presence of sulfur-like or other unusual odors
2.
Drywall labeled made in China
3.
Observed copper corrosion, indicated by black, sooty coating of un-insulated copperpipe leading to the air-conditioned
4.
Documented failure of air conditioner evaporator coil (located inside the airconditioning unit)
5.
Confirmation by an outside expert or professional of the presence of premature copper corrosion on un-insulated copper wires and/or air conditioner evaporator coils (inside the air conditioning unit)
At this point nobody knows what makes it "bad," so there is of course no way to test whether a particular piece or batch is bad or not.
The EPA just came out this week with some tests that knock some holes in the previously generally accepted theories of what is causing the problems.
Hey maybe they will find out it’s mold resistant.
See, it’s okay to let other countries manufacture stuff and pollute the air, just so long as we can feel good about ourselves back here. Of course, we soon won’t have any jobs, but don’t the air look purty? Now shut up and read your politically-corrected Bible by the light of your 52 watt flourescent bulb.
Clever these Chinese.
Money grubbers these unscrupulous contractors.
Myopic these county building inspectors.
Screwed these Florida home buyers.
I don't disagree with you in general about (some) contractors and inspectors.
I think it's important to keep pointing out that absolutely nobody knew at the time there was anything wrong with the Chinese drywall. Drywall has been around almost 100 years and has never caused problems of this type. In fact, it generally causes no problems at all as long as it stays dry.
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