What is the difference between Chinese drywall and American drywall?
Filed in Chinese Drywall Feedback on Apr.05, 2010
I understand people are having trouble with the Chinese drywall, getting sick from it.
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About Chinese Toxic Drywall
Chinese made toxic drywall is causing unpleasant odors and possibly leading to electric problems in dozens of homes constructed during the housing boom. Some builders and environmental consultants are investigating whether the drywall is emitting sulfur-based gases that may be corroding air-conditioner coils, computer wiring and metal picture frames. Builders use domestically produced drywall, which is made mainly from the mineral gypsum. During the 2006 housing boom and the scramble for construction material along the Gulf Coast for reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina suppliers began importing drywall from China.Tags
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April 5th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
The taste.
April 5th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
then don’t use chinese drywall what happen to the American product? china already owns most of America , they started with our steel mills then got our banks. daaaaaaaaaaa people support the good USA
April 5th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
The Chinese drywall has been emitting sulfur compounds, which smells like rotten eggs, and its fumes are damaging copper pipes, TV’s, air conditioners, and blackening jewelry and silverware. Go figure…….
The worst part is that if your insurance company finds out you have it, they’ll drop you.
April 5th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
When you use chinese drywall, an hour later you feel you have to re-hang it.
April 5th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Chinese drywall emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It emits “volatile sulfur compounds,” and contain traces of strontium sulfide.
Tests of samples for volatile chemicals have identified emissions of the sulfurous gases carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and hydrogen sulfide. The Chinese drywall also contain organic compounds not found in American-made drywall. In homes with the defective drywall, copper surfaces such as pipes, wiring, and air conditioner coils corrode, turning black and powdery, a chemical process indicative of reaction with hydrogen sulfide.
I work for Underwriters Laboratories. We are being bombarded with calls everyday regarding the Chinese drywall because some have fake UL certified labels on them. We will never certified such products and it sad that they have to find out of us that their whole house is tossed.
April 5th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Besides the corrosion of copper the fums make a lot of people sick. They can also trigger asthma attacks. If the price seems to good it most likely is.