Archive for December, 2009

Real Estate Story of 2009: Toxic Chinese Drywall – The Epoch Times

NIGHTMARE HOME: (R-L) John Willis, wife Lori, and their children, Brannon, five, and Alex, three-and-a-half, outside their home with Chinese drywall in Florida in April. (Yelena Bleiman) Dubbed America’s “ silent hurricane ,” toxic drywall from …

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After a recent announcement of help on the way for homeowners with tainted Chinese drywall, some local residents and legislators say that may not be the case for some Parkland homeowners.

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Trainer Jeremiah Comes works with Shadow, a German shepherd adept at detecting sulfur compounds in Chinese drywall.

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NEW ORLEANS – Chinese drywall has stung one of the Big Easy’s most respected and well-established nonprofits, one that was key to rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina. Habitat for Humanity and other charities it supplied built as many as 600 …

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Chinese drywall was apparently used in more than 600 New Orleans homes built by nonprofits, such as Habitat for Humanity, following Hurricane Katrina.

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Chinese drywall was apparently used in more than 600 New Orleans homes built by nonprofits, such as Habitat for Humanity, following Hurricane Katrina. That tally includes about half of the 72 single-family homes and five duplexes in the “Musician …

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Homeowner Jennifer Rzewnicki was pleased Monday to see a dog sniffing the walls inside her home and not freezing in the sitting position. That sitting position would have meant that Shadow, a 2-year-old German shepherd, had …

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