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Feds: Homes With Chinese Drywall Must Be Gutted
Associated Press via ABC News ^
| April 2, 2010
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/02/2010 10:37:47 AM PDT by newgeezer
New federal guidelines say thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall won't be safe unless they are completely gutted.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission released the guidelines Friday. They say electrical wiring, outlets, circuit breakers, fire alarm systems, carbon monoxide alarms, fire sprinklers, gas pipes and drywall must be removed.
About 3,000 homeowners, mostly in Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, have reported problems with the Chinese-made drywall.
A large quantity of the drywall was imported during the housing boom and after a string of Gulf Coast hurricanes. It has been linked to corrosion of wiring, air conditioning units, computers, doorknobs and jewelry, along with possible health problems.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: chicoms; china; chinesedrywall; constructionlabor; cpsc; cultureofcorruption; drywall; madeinchina; toxicchina
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Once again, you get what you pay for. Or, at least, your contractor does.
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:37:47 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
To: newgeezer
0bama will dig into his stash and pay for it./s
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:39:32 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: newgeezer
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:40:14 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: newgeezer
I should have suspected trouble when my contractor started calling it “Dlywar-r”!
Wait..
Was that WRONG? Was that joke racist?
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:43:31 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: GraceG
To: WayneS
just watched richard pryor clip of ‘the chinese stutterer’ on youtube last nite.../racist humor...
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:46:54 AM PDT
by
Gilbo_3
(Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
To: newgeezer
So, the drywall somehow sneaks down into your wife’s jewelry box and messes with her pearls?
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:47:06 AM PDT
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: newgeezer
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:47:22 AM PDT
by
moovova
(More coffee please...make it a double.)
To: newgeezer
And our Secretary of State is compromised in any dealings with the Chinese by her and her husband’s prior illicit campaign contributions from them.
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:47:33 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: historyrepeatz
Don’t you mean IRREGARS?
HA!
I didn’t start this...
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:47:56 AM PDT
by
cups
To: newgeezer
[It has been linked to corrosion of wiring, air conditioning units, computers, doorknobs and jewelry, along with possible health problems.]
More weaponized crap from China.
Why prep the enemy (the American Sheeple) with artilary fire when they will poison themselves and pay to do it?
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:50:10 AM PDT
by
LomanBill
(Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
To: bgill
Your wife has pearls? Don’t tell anyone where you live in these difficult economic times!
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:50:31 AM PDT
by
ibytoohi
To: cups
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:50:32 AM PDT
by
txhurl
To: bgill
[So, the drywall somehow sneaks down into your wife’s jewelry box and messes with her pearls?]
Evidently, Sulpher in the drywall + water vapor = corrosive gas.
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:52:01 AM PDT
by
LomanBill
(Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
To: newgeezer
Chinese-made material used in walls and ceilings has been linked to corrosion of metal and wires in homes and elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide, which may cause eye irritation, coughing and sinus infections. About 80 percent of more than 3,000 complaints filed by homeowners were in Florida and Louisiana, where imported drywall was used to rebuild homes after hurricanes in 2004 and 2005.Bush's fault!
To: WayneS
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:55:15 AM PDT
by
gattaca
(Great things can be accomplished if you don't care who gets the credit. Ronald Reagan)
To: newgeezer
How much was in low bid government construction?
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:55:23 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: WayneS
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:56:58 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: newgeezer
I bet this is coincident with boatloads of drywall arriving in our ports, from where I wonder?
The only mandated changes will be in Federal buildings and housings. I don’t see how they can mandate this for a private home.
But if you have this in a private home, who’d want to keep it?
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:57:28 AM PDT
by
DBrow
To: bgill
So, the drywall somehow sneaks down into your wife’s jewelry box and messes with her pearls? That's what it said on the insurance claim form. / haha
HF
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posted on
04/02/2010 10:58:01 AM PDT
by
holden
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