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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.
1 posted on 04/02/2010 10:37:47 AM PDT by newgeezer
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To: newgeezer

0bama will dig into his stash and pay for it./s


2 posted on 04/02/2010 10:39:32 AM PDT by unkus
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To: newgeezer

Look, JOBS!!!


3 posted on 04/02/2010 10:40:14 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: newgeezer

I should have suspected trouble when my contractor started calling it “Dlywar-r”!

Wait..

Was that WRONG? Was that joke racist?


4 posted on 04/02/2010 10:43:31 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: GraceG

For illegals.


5 posted on 04/02/2010 10:44:09 AM PDT by historyrepeatz
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To: WayneS

just watched richard pryor clip of ‘the chinese stutterer’ on youtube last nite.../racist humor...


6 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)
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To: newgeezer

So, the drywall somehow sneaks down into your wife’s jewelry box and messes with her pearls?


7 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.)
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To: newgeezer

Holy cow!


8 posted on 04/02/2010 10:47:22 AM PDT by moovova (More coffee please...make it a double.)
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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.


9 posted on 04/02/2010 10:47:33 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: historyrepeatz

Don’t you mean IRREGARS?

HA!

I didn’t start this...


10 posted on 04/02/2010 10:47:56 AM PDT by cups
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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?

11 posted on 04/02/2010 10:50:10 AM PDT by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: bgill

Your wife has pearls? Don’t tell anyone where you live in these difficult economic times!


12 posted on 04/02/2010 10:50:31 AM PDT by ibytoohi
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To: cups

Huussun we ha plobrem!


13 posted on 04/02/2010 10:50:32 AM PDT by txhurl
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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.


14 posted on 04/02/2010 10:52:01 AM PDT by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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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!

15 posted on 04/02/2010 10:54:02 AM PDT by Dick Holmes
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To: WayneS

LOL too funny!!!


16 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)
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To: newgeezer

How much was in low bid government construction?


17 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")
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To: WayneS

ROFLMAOWTF!


18 posted on 04/02/2010 10:56:58 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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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?


19 posted on 04/02/2010 10:57:28 AM PDT by DBrow
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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

20 posted on 04/02/2010 10:58:01 AM PDT by holden
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