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HeyBub wrote:
"... foul odors seeping from walls. Hundreds of homeowners, most in Florida, have reported corrosion to their air conditioners, mirrors, electrical outlets and even jewelry." We knew, or suspected most of that. But check this: "Some Chinese experts, however, suspect that the culprit is a RADIOACTIVE phosphorus substance - phosphogypsum - that is banned for construction use in the U.S. but has been used by Chinese manufacturers for almost a decade." http://www.palmbeachpost.com/busines...06drywall.html Fortunately, much of this Chinese drywall was used during the housing boom to accommodate zero-down-payment, sub-prime mortgage holders. Hi, Who in the right mind would use building material from China. Chinese is famous for lack of quality and safety concern. Up here one outfit tried to introduce ceramic roof tiles from China. No one was interested regardless of price. I thought they are good at least making roof tiles. |
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On Jul 7, 9:46*pm, Tony Hwang wrote:
HeyBub wrote: "... foul odors seeping from walls. Hundreds of homeowners, most in Florida, have reported corrosion to their air conditioners, mirrors, electrical outlets and even jewelry." We knew, or suspected most of that. But check this: "Some Chinese experts, however, suspect that the culprit is a RADIOACTIVE phosphorus substance - phosphogypsum - that is banned for construction use in the U.S. but has been used by Chinese manufacturers for almost a decade." http://www.palmbeachpost.com/busines...epaper/2009/07... Fortunately, much of this Chinese drywall was used during the housing boom to accommodate zero-down-payment, sub-prime mortgage holders. Hi, Who in the right mind would use building material from China. Chinese is * famous for lack of quality and safety concern. Up here one outfit tried to introduce ceramic roof tiles from China. No one was interested regardless of price. I thought they are good at least making roof tiles. I think that the problem was that US wallboard production was maxed out due to a bad hurricane happening in the middle of a construction boom. I ASSume that contractors would have used domestic wallboard had it been available, but there was a severe shortage. Kind of like how plywood triples in price during a hurricane, but worse... I agree, I would wait until a quality product was available, but often insurance cos. (or even owners) insist on speedy completion, so whaddayagonnado? Some people don't like living in homes with exposed studs, doesn't bother me much, but given my druthers I wouldn't do it. nate |
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Tony Hwang wrote:
Who in the right mind would use building material from China. Chinese is famous for lack of quality and safety concern. Up here one outfit tried to introduce ceramic roof tiles from China. No one was interested regardless of price. I thought they are good at least making roof tiles. What I find amazing is that it is cost effective to ship a product like dry wall or roof tiles halfway around the world. Low labor content, no real difference in materials cost, and very heavy and bulky. -- Doug |
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