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Chinese Drywall by the Numbers
June 5th, 2009. By admin
137,000,000,000 square feet: total US drywall use, 2004-2007 (WSJ online, 4/17/09)
550,000,000 pounds of drywall imported to US since 2006—enough to build 60,000 homes(heraldtribune.com, 2/18/09)
309,000,000 square feet: amount of drywall imported from China, 2004-2007—enough to build 35,000 homes (WSJ online, 4/17/009)
100,000 minimum number of homes estimated to be affected by Chinese drywall (msn.com, 6/5/09)
75,000 estimate of how many potential Chinese drywall cases could develop nationwide by Coral Gables lawyer Ervin Gonzalez (news-press.com, 5/11/09)
Chinese Drywall: Contractors Caught in the Middle…
June 5th, 2009. By admin
…and losing out bigtime. While the lawsuits from homeowners who’ve been affected by the Chinese drywall debacle continue to mount nation-wide, what happens to the contractors, like this one in Norfolk, VA who threw out over $1,000,000 in Chinese drywall inventory? They’re caught in the middle of one big mess.
Stinking Chinese Drywall is Everywhere
March 25th, 2009. By BrendaC
Like the average American doesn’t have enough to worry about these days! Now there are major concerns about the drywall in their houses. Hundreds of people living in houses and condominiums built during the housing boom between 2003 and 2007 say that the drywall in their house stinks like rotten eggs – and the gases being given off are destroying their home’s copper wiring and eating away the coils in their air conditioning units. In some cases, people say that the gases have tarnished their jewelry, even the cutlery is being affected. Is this for real? Read the rest of this entry »
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