Home Buyer and Home Owner Does that Home have Chinese Drywall - First Time Home Buyer, you and your family need to know if the home your look at, has Chinsese Drywall.
Home Owner if you know that your home has Chinese Drywall and your planing on listing your home for sale, then you need to by law disclosure that there is Chinese Drywall in the home and any other building on your property.
Drywall is a common building material typically made of a layer of gypsum-based plaster pressed between two thick sheets of paper, then its dried in s kiln.
Home Buyer and Home Owner Does that Home have Chinese Drywall - Baker Home Energy Audit and Commercial Properties Inspections wants all consumers to be fully aware of the problem with drywall. You see Chinese companies used unrefined fly ash. Which is a coal residue thats found in smokestacks in coal-fired power plants in the Chinese drywall manufacturing process. Fly ash contains strontium sulfide, a toxic substance commonly found in fireworks. In hot and wet environments, this substance can let off gas into hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide, and carbonyl sulfide and contaminate the home's air supply.
The bulk of these incidents have been reported in the Southern States, which is likely due to the high levels of heat and humidity in the area. Most of the affected homes were built during the housing boom between 2004 and 2007, especially in the wake of Hurricane Katrina when our own building materials were in short supply. An estimated 250,000 tons of Chinese Drywall was imported from China, during that time period all because it was cheap and plentiful. This material was used in the construction of approximately 100,000 or more homes in the United States, and many folks believe this has lead to serious health and property damage.
Home Buyer and Home Owner Does that Home have Chinese Drywall - Companies names that the Chinese Drywall was imported into the U.S. under were, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd., which is part of Knauf Gips KG is the primary company named as a producer. Theres other Chinese companies that are suspected of producing defective drywall. Knauf's name comes up the most consistently, they print their name on their products.
Although at this time it known to be life threatening, but exposure to high levels of airborne hydrogen sulfide and other sulfur compounds from contaminated drywall can result in the following physical ailments.
Hone Buyer and Home Owner Does that Home have Chinese Drywall - home owners should beware there are con artists out there, that are attempting to make some quick money because of this problem. Some of them have been claiming to be licensed and certified drywall inspectors.
Baker Home Energy Audit and Commercial Properties Inspections, would like to offer you the following tips that can help with identifying if a home's drywall is contaminated.
Exposed copper wiring appears dark and corroded.
The home has a strong sulfur smell reminiscent of rotten eggs.
Silver jewelry and silverware can become similarty corroded and discolored after several months of exposure.
The manufacturer's label on the back of the drywall can be used to link it with manufactures that are known to have used contaminated materials. You can go up into your attic, and remove some of the insulation.
Samples of the home's drywall can be sent to a lab to be tested for any dangerous levels of sulfur. This is best way to test it, but its also the most expensive.
Home Buyer and Home Owner Does that Home have Chinese Drywall, theres no way to repair. Affected Home Owners have been forced to either just suffer bad health and haven their appliances fail, due to wire corrosion or haven to replace the home's drywall entirely, which this procedure that can very well cost the Home Owner tens of thousands of dollars. This contamination further reduces home values in a already down Real Estate environment. There are even some insurance companies that are refusing to pay for folks to replace their home's drywall, and because of that, there are folks that are facing financial ruin. There has been a class action lawsuits filed against homebuilders, suppliers, and imporers of contaminated Chinese Drywall. Some larger manufacturers that have been named in the lawsuits are Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin, Knauf Gips, and Taishan Gypsum.
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9 Comments on Home Buyer and Home Owner Does that Home have Chinese Drywall
Dale I live in the Katrina zone and yes this is a problem that home buyers need to be on the lookout. And many homes that were built new also have Chinese drywall, what a headache.
Howdy and Morning John
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I sure do hope you and your family, did have to end up haven any Chinese Drywall in your home. Even the coils of an air conditioner, can corrode and turn black and powdery. Your sure right about it being a headache for folks.
Dale you did an excellent job spelling out how this came about and for folks to watch for these signs of respiratory complications. This blog should be featured because of the importance of this information.
Mr Dale,
I resolve that you will not have to inspect any of that junk in the new year.
Nutsy
Howdy and Afternoon Carl, Ceil, Steven, Nutsy
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Carl - Thank you mighty kindly! Your very right, about the subject of Chinese Drywall, being used in homes, and what it can end up do folks, and to items with in the home. Is highly important for folks to know about.
Nutsy - Thank you most kindly! I'm more than welling to come in contact with such things if it'll help others to have a safer living environment,
Dale, What an excellent post. I have heard about this Chinese Drywall before. That is so scary to think it might be in a home you have for sale or in one you own. I have resolved not to buy products from China anymore if I know they came from there. It seems they just want to poison us in every way they can.
Howdy and Evenen Ricki
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Thank you kindly, It sure is not at all a good think for anyone. I sure don't understand, why the folks that used the Chinese Drywall, have not been made to go back. To remove it, and put non contaminated drywall in the home's they had worked on. I also do not buy anything thats made in China.
Dale---A very informative post. Thanks for the scoop on chinese drywall.
Howdy and Evenen Carra
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Thank you kindly, folks sure don't want to have to replace Chinese Drywall in a home.
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