Customizable, affordable, and fire-resistant drywall is one of the most popular building materials used inside modern homes. But for all its benefits, drywall has one major weakness: water. In most ...
The House Sunday afternoon debated a bill designed to prod China to take action to mitigate problems with drywall manufactured at Chinese facilities that contaminated homes in Louisiana and other ...
MANATEE — As the Chinese drywall saga unfolded during the past year, one figure has been widely and often repeated: 100,000. That is how many U.S. homes potentially could contain the allegedly ...
After making the painful discovery that many of the homes his company built on the north shore after Hurricane Katrina were filled with tainted Chinese drywall, Sunrise Homes President Larry Kornman ...
MANATEE — Concerns over health and safety issues raised by Chinese drywall could make their make way into the Florida Legislature. Community Advocacy Network, a nonprofit organization that represents ...
Chinese drywall, which is causing untold damage to an estimated 60,000 U.S. homes built after 2001, is proving equally toxic for mortgage lenders. In a troubled national economy already weakened by ...
VIRGINIA BEACH — The “rotten eggs” smell emanating from Joe and Elizabeth Matulenas’ Chinese drywall-riddled home on Saturday was so strong that people touring the home — including four members of ...
Owners of homes built with toxic Chinese-made drywall have waited more than four years for the federal government to publicly weigh in on whether their houses caused maladies ranging from nosebleeds ...
Question: A weird “rotten egg” smell has been filling our home for several months. Inspectors from our local gas company have come out twice and said they smell it too, but both determined that we ...
Years after the first tainted Chinese drywall was discovered in Southwest Florida homes, investors are continuing to be saddled with the toxic material, this time from homes purchased at foreclosure ...
Series: Tainted Drywall: Foul air from Chinese-made drywall is causing a nightmare for thousands of homeowners, who have complained about severe respiratory ailments and corroded electronics. Several ...
A previous version of this story named sulfur dioxide as one of the primary drivers of health-related complaints linked to Chinese drywall. Hydrogen sulfide is the main chemical of concern. Also, the ...