Chinese Drywall Toxic?

MANATEE — Tainted Chinese drywall should be considered a hurricane that hits homes and businesses from the inside out, say senators from affected states, including Florida. Toxic effects of the Chinese drywall have caused damage and reported health problems in residents in Manatee County and other areas. Unless the suspect drywall is replaced by the [...]

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is taking more concerns about tainted Chinese drywall to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. In a Tuesday letter to President Barack Obama, Nelson, D-Fla., asked Obama for a one-stop “federal Drywall Assistance Center.” “What urgently is needed now is White House mobilization and coordination of all federal resources that could help homeowners,” Nelson [...]

Lee County Property Appraiser Ken Wilkinson addresses Chinese drywall problems in the following letter to property owners: Many homeowners in Lee County are experiencing the anxiety of dealing with defective Chinese drywall in their homes. People have been displaced and their lives disrupted. Unlike calamities such as hurricanes, flooding, and fire, defective Chinese drywall is [...]

About 250 homeowners whose homes have defective Chinese drywall Monday night pleaded for state and federal government agencies to come up with a protocol to fix the problem so they can rebuild their lives and spare their health. They also sought relief from the Lee County property appraiser for the sinking value of their homes. [...]

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Homeowners with Chinese drywall could soon have something in common with hurricane victims. U.S Sen. Bill Nelson sent a letter to the president asking for federal assistance and help centers for Florida’s Chinese drywall victims. In the letter to the president, Nelson suggested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency help [...]

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Jim Webb of Virginia and other lawmakers sent letters this week to government agencies urging them to come to the aid of families and businesses hurt by tainted Chinese-made drywall. In a letter dated Tuesday, the lawmakers encouraged the Small Business Administration to determine whether the agency has a role [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 27 /PRNewswire/ — A leading forensic expert on building envelope, water intrusion, toxic mold, and Chinese drywall, Spiderman S. Mulholland, Senior Forensic investigator and national consultant with US Building Consultants and US Building Laboratories Inc., has noticed that remediation is being conducted on homes and buildings across the state. It should be [...]

MANATEE — WCI Communities Inc. says it built at least 200 homes, probably including some in Manatee County, using allegedly defective drywall imported from China. The Bonita Springs homebuilder, now operating in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, also estimates it will face up to $40 million in drywall-related claims and has agreed to set up a trust [...]

BONITA SPRINGS — Financially strapped homebuilder WCI Communities Inc. has agreed to create a trust fund to cover Chinese drywall claims. The agreement is spelled out in a disclosure statement approved by a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Delaware on Friday. The approval paves the way for WCI to proceed with its reorganization plan. Now, WCI, [...]

NORFOLK, Va. – A new development into a story WAVY.com has been tracking for months. Saturday, a local businesses which sold Chinese drywall held an auction to help pay off growing debt. Sam Porter, the owner of Venture Supply in Norfolk, said he bought the drywall to help with the demand for sheet rock. Soon [...]