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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Umpossible. Only guns and SUVS have the ability to animate themselves and commit acts of evil. Unless of course this is chinese made auto-loading assault drywall. And naturally it has to be bought through the hardware show loop hole.
Chinese sheetlock must attlact moistulah, accounting for moldy wiling.
When are we going to learn? Never I guess. Sheesh.
[I bet this is coincident with boatloads of drywall arriving in our ports, from where I wonder?]
Problems with the Sulpher containing Chinese drywall have been known for at least several years.
Even in non-hurricane damaged areas.
IIRC (also)Chinese copper water pipe contained iron impurities. The iron rusted and created pin-holes in the water pipes... which then resulted in water damaged sulpher-containing Chinese drywall...
All you drywall are berong to us. ha ha ha.
So now this, after tainted vitamins, pet food, children’s toy & furniture. WHY THE H*LL DO WE DO ANY BUSINESS WITH THOSE PEOPLE, ANYWAY?
Well, at least that explains all the snickering and pointing I was subject to when I tried out my (very) meager Russian language skills in Perm a few years ago...
;-)
In most cases, you might as well just doze the house and start over. The labor costs would be way less.
Just how do they plan to even identify this stuff? Once it’s painted, the only possible identifying marks are on the back. Will someone develop something like the “radon testing” devices or will pieces have to be cut out and tested? I suspect recourse against the contractors is limited for a number of reason. They bought and installed a commercially available product and used it in good faith for one thing. For another, a whole lot of these contractors are gone by now, especially the ones who flocked into disaster areas like the ones mentioned. A lot of those guys are just “storm chasers” anyway who only exist long enough to take the money and move on.
This is making the news again.
People actually have rust blowing out of heating ducts, and electrical outlets that have gone dead.
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And automobiles are just around the corner.
I’ll walk first.
During the building boom of 2003-2006 there were shortages in a lot of critical materials. Drywall was coming into the US from all over the world. In areas with high humidity, the moisture in the air is absorbed into the drywall and creating an acidic reaction that is corroding metals and stinks like rotten eggs. You can’t cure the problem without replacing the drywall.
I am in the insulation business and during a shortage in the 1990’s bought a load of insulation from an Owens Corning plant in China. Worst batch of insulation I’ve ever seen. You can find similar stories about steel pipe, wires, and many other construction products.
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“Just how do they plan to even identify this stuff?”
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By the distinct rotten egg odors that permeate the house.
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Thats whatcha get from buying drywall at wallmart...
Let me know when they recall all Chinese lathe & plaster.
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“You can find similar stories about steel pipe, wires, and many other construction products”
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My wife has encountered this with the fire piping in one of the hospitals that she is building. When they tested the system all of the joints blew out, and damaged other parts of the structures.
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How does one find out if they have chinese dry-wall? Did they have to hang it sideways? Seriously though how can I tell?
Is that a joke or real?
Very real in coastal areas that have high humidity.
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