[newgeezer]

Once again, you get what you pay for. Or, at least, your contractor does.

[unkus]

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

[GraceG]

Look, JOBS!!!

[WayneS]

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

Wait..

Was that WRONG? Was that joke racist?

[bgill]

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

[moovova]

Holy cow!

[tacticalogic]

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.

[LomanBill]

[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?

[Dick Holmes]

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!

[a fool in paradise]

How much was in low bid government construction?

[DBrow]

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?

[tumblindice]

Chinese sheetlock must attlact moistulah, accounting for moldy wiling.

[b4its2late]

When are we going to learn? Never I guess. Sheesh.

[dirtymac]

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?

[editor-surveyor]

In most cases, you might as well just doze the house and start over. The labor costs would be way less.

[Emmett McCarthy]

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.

[Peanut Gallery]

This is making the news again.

[pie_eater]

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.

[Colvin]

Thats whatcha get from buying drywall at wallmart...

[skeeter]

Let me know when they recall all Chinese lathe & plaster.

[for-q-clinton]

How does one find out if they have chinese dry-wall? Did they have to hang it sideways? Seriously though how can I tell?