Chinese drywall poses potential risks

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) =97 At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.

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Molly Brown
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and poison.

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evodawg

When I first read some of your earlier posts I thought you were just a improperly medicated nut-case. Now I think you're an improperly medicated troll!

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Gordon Shumway

Have you read about the hundreds, actualy probably thousands, of houses with this serious issue.

Reply to
ransley

Cite Florida and other gulf coast states, post five year hurricanes!

btw, Cubans refer to Chinese products as "chinna" (?) on translation).

An inferior product, according to Cubans.

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Oren

What is your problem? The post is perfectly on-topic here.

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Doug Miller

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Chinese drywall presents no problem if properly installed (2 coats oil-based KILZ or equivalent on all sides).

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HeyBub

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Did the drywall come with such a warning? If maybe it did, did anyone in the construction crew read it? Did they do anything because of it.

How often, if the owner isn't there to insist on it, will the side not seen be be painted at all, or the edges. How often does the owner know it's supposed to have TWO coats on all sides?

A lot of new houses get a light coat of spray paint on one side after the walls are in and before the non-wood trim.

And how many install sheet-rock in a basement or garage or a home they can't afford to complete and don't paint it for years.

Your sentence is like saying bald tires present no problem if they are retreaded.

Or, poison gas presents no problem if all present are wearing gas masks.

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mm

I agree the post is on topic. My point is all she ever does is bitch about items from China.

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Gordon Shumway

Yes I knew about the problem with the Chinese drywall. It was all over the news months ago. My point is all she ever does is bitch about items from China.

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Gordon Shumway

That would about double the cost of instalation, and remember an oil base cant be the first coat on drywall, so you advocate 3 coats on every side to seal out harmfull unscrubbed fly ash contaminents. This issue may be be affecting 100,000 homes acording to AP. Copper and other metals turn black in a few months from unscrubbed Fly Ash sulfer based contaminents. No point to paint and "try" to seal in poison, it should not have been sold. USG uses Fly Ash, but its scrubbed first. Its just another instance of Chinese doing anything and selling poison, for a buck

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ransley

Last time I saw news report about the matter, one estimate was that

300,000 homes were involved. Other estimate 100,000. No certain figures. What actual harm is the stuff doing?
Reply to
norminn

So what, Poisoned dog food [I had it], Phonied protein levels in milk with the Poison Melamine. Milk powder that killed many kids and gave kidney issues to tens of thousands, poison tooth paste, Poison Glycerin, Lead for the kids toys, Cheap products that break whan you look at them, Piracy and counterfieting of everything. She has good reason to bitch about Chinese crooks, I hope she keeps it up. So whats the next Poison from China. Read an AP article out yesterday on drywall, People are broke, houses are poisoned, the contractors in ch

11, the gov wont kick China because China buys our debt. So who will fix this nightmare for 100,000+
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ransley

If the builders don't install the drywall properly, how is that the drywall's fault? Nails don't come with instructions: "Pointy-end first."

I don't know. Reputation, skill, and experience of the builder maybe?

And how many wire this unfinished basement with zip-cord?

Exactly!

Exactly again! I think you've got it.

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HeyBub

You're right. My mistake.

THREE coats of sealant would be appropriate.

Then you're good to go.

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HeyBub

The many sulfer compounds from Fly ash unscrubbed, will only eventualy kill you in high concentrations. They turn new copper and silver black in a few months, ruin wiring in apliances making them fail in months. But first you get sick.

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ransley

Nowhere is it recommeded to "seal" drywall against Vapor Poisoning.

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ransley

In Europe about 100,000 office chairs were recalled , these Chinese chairs gave people rashes. Suposidly from excessive anti mold agents the Chinese put in during the rainy season, im sure those chairs are here

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ransley

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In 45 years or so of being around construction, I've NEVER seen the backside of drywall painted before it goes up. How absurd. They take it out of the stack, cut it, and screw it up. Exactly where and when would this backside painting be done? Not like a construction site has a lot of room to lay it out and paint it. What you propose would bring the interior finish work to a halt for days at a time.

Or were you just being sarcastic?

Bottom line, the builders screwed up by using product of unknown quality, and it came back to bite them in the ass. If real drywall wasn't available, they should have postponed finishing the houses (or even starting them, since a half-built house cost money on the financing), or gone with alternative wall coverings. For the sick houses, a gut job on the walls, and changing out any other items that were damaged by the outgassing, is the only solution. Ain't gonna be cheap.

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aemeijers

Yes, that's for sure. If anyone had known they had to give it a couple coats of oil based paint on both sides to seal it, they never would have bought the stuff. There couldn't be a big enough diff in price for any builder to go through all that hassle.

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trader4

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