cavelamb wrote:

RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 17, 1:45 am, cavelamb wrote:
RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 17, 12:50 am, Ignoramus15879 ignoramus15...@NOSPAM.
15879.invalid wrote:
It would appear that in this instance, home buyers
1) Had no clue that bad drywall could exist
Most people didn't.
2) Had no means to check what the builders installed
Well, yeah, it's kind of tough to test for something you don't know is
a problem.
3) Were deceived by home builders, who likely knew everything but
chose not to inform buyers.
You think builders knowingly installed material they knew to be
faulty? Huh?

If that's all they can get? Sure.

You honestly believe an established - notice I didn't say honest -
builder would install something he _knew_ would come back to bite him
in the but and result in lawsuits? I think that is just as likely to
happen as your lawyer taking your money and doing nothing, or any
other trade/profession screwing someone over when they knew they were
going to get caught. Such things are in the 1 to 2 percent range at
most.

Every builder's contract has a clause about conditions outside of
their control and limiting their responsibility. The Ignorant one said
the builders "knew everything" about the problem, and still installed
it. There are essentially no cases, no mention, of defective drywall
before the current Chinese created problem. How would these builders
know that there would be a problem? No one had ever encountered it
before.

R

It was likely that, or loose his business when he couldn't fulfill the contract.

But I doubt that anybody "knew everything" about what was going on.
So in that respect I'd concur with your last.


Keep in mind that new drywall always has a slight odor, and there are
a lot of other odors on a construction site. It isn't as obvious until
it is installed in a fairly airtight home, when the fumes build up. The
joint compound, new lumber, paint, caulking and other odors could mask a
lot of odors, and there is a good chance that all the doors and windows
are open while the drywall is hung, finished and painted. Most crews do
an average house in a day or two. I helped some friends rebuild their
home after a major fire. Three of us did the drywall entire house in two
days. The bulk drywall is out in the open on a flatbed truck, where the
fumes can't build up.


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