While the Chinese dry wall was much cheaper ($3 vs $22), I bet that the difference in the prices WAS NOT given to the buyers.

@healinggrounds19

5 жыл бұрын

But contractors charged like it was a $22 sheet.

@bstorm4413

5 жыл бұрын

Correct and pocketed the difference. So they made that much more. As I said the difference was NOT passed on to the customers.

@jamesbroucek8186

5 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of drywall at 22.00. That's bs

@musskeeterbump

5 жыл бұрын

Someones got to get their cut

@stonerpage3100

5 жыл бұрын

Of course not! ...lol... we live in a capitalist society. Now early on when Mitt Romney was promoting American business's to move over seas, he told the public it would be cheaper in the long run but of course that was a lie. I was told a long time ago that the object in business is to make the customer THINK he's getting a good deal. George Carlin was right, businessman are a piece of shit. Businessman don't and never will fully trust anyone, especially each other.

The sad part about this story is is that the people that should be punished will probably get away

@hj6004

Жыл бұрын

God doesn't forget...

@huejanus5505

Жыл бұрын

This story is from 13 years ago. If they haven’t got them yet, they’re not going to.

@brent829

Жыл бұрын

China products made for China are even worse. And it's very hard to hold anybody responsible.

@mr.memedovski5976

Жыл бұрын

Peru 🇵🇪 and Colombia 🇨🇴 Have TONNES OF COCAIN ... I KNOW THEY DIDN'T GET IT OVER PAST THE 🇺🇸 USA ... WHO BRINGS ANYTHING PAST THE BORDER ⚖ LEADERSHIP AND SIGNATURES .. ALL DAY STOP BLAMING OTHERS AMERICA AMEN

@briangriffel6717

Жыл бұрын

So who should be punished. Everything from THIRD WORLD COUNTRY'S should be examined

Here is what happens when you do business with the enemy... And of course, insurance companies will say whatever they can to get out of paying for their obligations...

@brownedward93

Жыл бұрын

That's a good way of saying it

@tdog4240

Жыл бұрын

Sure makes you wonder if our meds are really safe since most come from there.

@carltaylor4942

Жыл бұрын

No. This is what you get when you deal with shoddy American builders who cut corners. People like the Trump family, for example. How typical to blame foreigners for something that is well within your control.

@Faolan161

Жыл бұрын

@@carltaylor4942 Trump wanted to bring manufacturing back home... And you think you are in control of what another manufactures for you?

We need to start producing our own materials again.

This reminds me of when toys for toddlers imported from China were found to be tainted with lead paint. An issue that reinforces the need to buy American not just for quality, but for safety as well.

@Sidicas

Жыл бұрын

China still uses lead paint for almost everything. Toys, homes, cars, and more. Lead paint is very cheap, few bucks a gallon. That's why. And there are plenty of countries in the world that import that cheap lead paint from China and use it everywhere.

@montamiddleton9318

Жыл бұрын

If we could manufacture the things we buy from China and other countries as cheaply as they do then we'll all be better off. But we have regulations are followed to make items safe. Plus a lot of other red tape. This made in China phone Iwould cost 3 or 4 times as much. But I'm not a fan of child labor and feel much better driving my Japanese made Toyota knowing a 10 year old child didn't install the brakes. Even though the car was built here the parts aren't made in the.US.

@jvcyt298

Жыл бұрын

@@montamiddleton9318; I think that you're missing the point, completely.

@DrLuke49

Жыл бұрын

@@jvcyt298 Monta is actually not too far off of the main point.

@DrLuke49

Жыл бұрын

@@montamiddleton9318 the idea of the United States manufacturing its own goods and products is just plain *"RACIST"* so it will therefore never be allowed by our current liberal politicians in power

Insurance Companies should NOT be able to get away with that Crap and say.. thats NOT Covered!!! Why buy/pay for insurance if nothing is covered?? WTF!! Vote for Government Guidelines for Insurance Companies to follow!! Lets STOP the Insurance Companies from Ripping Us Off !!

@meligoth

5 жыл бұрын

ron dill the problem is that common sense regulations like this are discouraged by our politicians and to let the "free market" fix it itself.

@victorialouden1912

5 жыл бұрын

ron dill my point exactly insurance has become a scam every mandatory Insurance including auto insurance should be scrapped it can go back to the way it was 20 years ago where it's risk of the road you better have insurance to cover your ass but to make you buy a product that they can skate on you my life's been destroyed because my insurance company skated on me because sumbitch at child support suspended my license after being shot during a robbery in the hospital they suspend my license because I couldn't make payments while I had an accident after I got back to work cost me for the insurance company thousand dollars and they refuse to to pay the claim now I'm treated like I never had Insurance my license are suspended I'm having to drive on for tags and they are not in my name and it's not right and it's not American that's legalized extortion and enslavement.

@deserthighways4095

5 жыл бұрын

Drywall isn't covered. Simple as that. You should read your GodDamn policy before buying it. What are you, a moron??

@dirkdiggler9379

5 жыл бұрын

ron dill oh yah. 10k insurance a year. Great idea

@rullmourn1142

5 жыл бұрын

Sydney Austin...and state sanctioned.

I completely remember when this story came out. I had a bad feeling about it then and I have a worse feeling about it today now that people have been marinating in these homes another decade since.

@thankswillie

Жыл бұрын

no follow up?,,was it toll brothers?

When my cousin had her house built she sat on site every single day to ensure that the construction was done to HER standards. Such a shame these people will be stuck with a worthless home because someone else's greed.

@brockreynolds870

Жыл бұрын

I did the same thing. I acted as my own contractor, and hired the subs myself. I went to the lumber yard and chose EVERY board by hand. No cracks or warps, the rough in contractor was thrilled, said he'd never worked with such good wood. I stacked everyting in neat piles, labeled it as to what is was and where it went in the house. And my drywall, or course, was Georgia-PAcific.

Anybody who is building a house should demand construction companies use only USA materials.

@CF-bg3jd

2 жыл бұрын

They’ll find a way to still use crap materials. They always do. The building material, home construction, home inspection, and real estate industries are all super opaque.

@firstman9273

Жыл бұрын

The laboratory testing found sulpher in US gypsum too and in one case at a level which exceeded the Chinese board.

@manan007

Жыл бұрын

@@firstman9273 your point?

@firstman9273

Жыл бұрын

@@manan007 Surely it is obvious.

Жыл бұрын

No discrimination against the Chinese people but I won't buy products made in China. China Communist government and Business owners have no moral principles when it comes to do business. They made low quality products with toxic materials to lower the cost. Our health and safety will be in danger as the result.

The dry wall did not got here walking, swimming or flying. An American contractor ordered it, installed it and stunningly over priced it!! 700 k Really? For a cardboard house? Too bad money don't buy common sense...

@seasands9644

5 жыл бұрын

japp rivera So True...

@bonchidude

5 жыл бұрын

SUE the builder!

@traciforrester3753

5 жыл бұрын

Those homes are ugly and plain with absolutely no character. Hey let's buy a brand new house fifteen feet from the neighbors half bath. Let's keep up with the Joneses while they take their browns to the pool.💩

@terryturner3050

5 жыл бұрын

@@bonchidude sue china?

@oldhandyluke

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I love my 1930s house as much as I do!

There needs to be*_HUGE,_* government-backed class action lawsuit against Lowes, Home Depot, and ALL of the builder supply companies that bought, and then supplied this CRAP! It was *THEY* who profited from the sale of it, so _THEY_ are responsible.

@Agreatdayneverends

Жыл бұрын

They got away with it....if your inspector does not detect the chinese drywall you are out of luck...but the company that installed the drywall is off the hook....it happened to me...the court said I failed to conduct reasonable inquiry....but of course the developer was not held to that standard

There are also issues with insulation causing toxicity of homes. My cousins family kept getting sick he got cancer before having his home tested. They home was a total loss that insurance would not cover. They had to level to home and rebuild.

Buy American ! Oklahoma, Texas and many west states have several drywall manufacturers. It was greed not lack of suppliers.

@robertsmith5744

6 жыл бұрын

You are Correct !!! ----------- Greed will destroy the USA !!

@geraldhenrickson7472

6 жыл бұрын

Build unconventional...forget the drywall altogether.

@hellavadeal

6 жыл бұрын

I like tamped earth houses.

@jorgeramos4417

6 жыл бұрын

America is #1

@andrewcampbell344

6 жыл бұрын

I will rather buy from Texas where I'm building my new home!!!

I'm inclined to think the only way we're going to force business leaders in the US to make sure their products are safe are to institute criminal charges.

@KB-hd4iz

Жыл бұрын

Hard to do since congressmen sell their vote to the highest bidder & that's not you or your children. Keep electing grifters & killing yourselves.

@garydergut4741

Жыл бұрын

Make it a law that everything we use is made in America. But know the politicians make you much money by selling off America. Just like our farm land

@elbisnopserton9052

Жыл бұрын

Reagan, Clinton and Bush 2. Reagan lifted regulations on media businesses and Wall Street. Clinton signed Away the Glass Steagall Act, and W swept away the rest. After The Media, Business, Banks and Wall Street were unregulated now we’ve got what we got.

@ayshafareed4935

Жыл бұрын

AND slacko government authorities. Aussie speaking....Same here.

@kimleone5496

Жыл бұрын

@@garydergut4741 No argument there. The elitists are selling us off too.

This issue came up in FL back in 2009. These houses are relatively new. Contractors absolutely had to know what they doing when they bought the drywalls. Sue, sue, sue!!!!

Makes me happy that most of the drywall in my house is over 60 years old.

This is what happens when you ‘de-regulate’ or lower standards on trade.

@jkreider175

5 жыл бұрын

These houses where built years ago during obumma administration

@clarissadanae7370

5 жыл бұрын

It's not free market capitalism that is the problem, but corruption. The problem is government giving rights to corporations that ordinary citizens have. Then a corporation can lobby and pay government to do what it wants. You want to regulate it? They will buy the regulators. It doesn't matter what economic system you try to use, corruption exists in ALL of them!

@DCsGladiator

5 жыл бұрын

@@jkreider175 this video was your uploaded in 2009.... Which makes your comment a lie.

@macaronisalad5

3 жыл бұрын

@@jkreider175 right away you feel the very strong need to look for a black man to blame it on LOL you went out of your way to single out our first black president and try to pin this on him. you're what's wrong with America . Thanks a lot for voting in Trump

@fuzzamajumula

Жыл бұрын

Amen

Sue the builder. True tragedy. I feel for all the homeowners.

@retrogamer2548

Жыл бұрын

Chinese drywall. Now we have Chinese flu. I hate it.

@Max-uu2gs

Жыл бұрын

I am sure. That builder went b.k. long ago. Jmo

@localfirealarm3767

Жыл бұрын

Can't sue easily most builders that I know of fold after every project , then start a different Corp or LLC for the next project

@haroldwilkes598

Жыл бұрын

How? Why? This is product liability, not a construction problem. It will be similar to the asbestos in the 1950s and you can bet China won't pay a nickel. By the time the lawsuits are settled, these houses will have been condemned and demolished and these folks will have long been bankrupt. And Biden will be dead.

@c.t.turner2123

Жыл бұрын

China isn't a friend of the United States

My son works for a company that cleans up things and his team received paperwork on this drywall that says it's radioactive.

Sad for those families...but think of the poor guys that hang that stuff all day long. The occupational hazards are potentially horrifying

The cheap comes out expensive! The home buyers didn't save money out of the deal; only the builder!

@zhiyirong2972

5 жыл бұрын

right understanding

This was almost 10 years ago. I saw the aftermath of this in South Florida. People walked out on their mortgages. Tons of homes in Parkland upscale communities had foreclosed signs on them. Homes that were worth 750k when new were selling for 100 to 200k . I remember one of the customer at my job was snapping them up, gutting them, re drywalling them and flipping them. She own a drywall company if I recalled. Another problem that happened is we had hurricane Wilma that happened 4 years before and the repairs were done with Chinese drywall too . New home and old homes were in this mess too.

@josephlynott7947

5 жыл бұрын

Andew70 Parkland huh? Used to live on 72nd way. The house we lived in was built in 1983. When my parents sold and moved to Daytona the new owners completely gutted it and remodeled it. This was back like in 2008 it was literally minutes before the housing bubble burst. They got out of Parkland by the skin of their teeth. I wonder if our house was affected?

@gratefulgal6416

5 жыл бұрын

wow, unbelievable ! I'm sure there's a huge tarrif on this CRAP to.

@bsanchez3563

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao whp just walks put on ,ortgage thats tarnishong to say the least imho presuming not knowleadgable if thats what ya mean or eeven merely wanna hear or er read heheh but ykwis but yah fwiw seems the opposite of it in the best interest of the peep to walk out on owm mortgage or any kind of debt lols if its got amy other resort or way of addressing it even of more legnthy and tedious its prolly gonna help them long term ykwis

@bsanchez3563

2 жыл бұрын

@@gratefulgal6416 hopefully that way it either compensate or combates the price that at that point was going rate for the regular drywall or evne plasster or else makes the regular stuff nless costly than the chinese drywall situation

@lynnleigha580

2 жыл бұрын

Oh snap

The viable resolution is to remove the sheet rock and replace it . This is something the government should be helping people to fix in their homes. Offer low-cost loans, etc. no one should have to go through this.

These potentially imported materials need to be inspected before supply chains make contracts so they don't land on our shores as toxic materials destroying people's lives.

Thank you for making this information public to the consumers.

@donaldmay9842

Жыл бұрын

You need to thank the usa government for it they don't care about us

@jonbiz6223

Жыл бұрын

This is 15 years old lol most of them are long dead💀 . It’s a ghost town now

@lowee8834

Жыл бұрын

Actually really surprised this news channel is reporting on something detrimental to China.

whats messed up is that most countys won't let me build a home out of cob. Cheap, homemade, 100% non-toxic, all it costs is some time and labor. but its okay if i build my house with this crap.

@lennytompkins9767

6 жыл бұрын

I build a house out of Ty Cobb and it's still standing. I still can't get rid of the mustache on the front door though.

@eddenoy321

6 жыл бұрын

Lenny Tompkins We Chinese are incredibly good as business people. If we visit your home we can sell you your own children and you won't even notice. Fat white Americans are our source of wealth. And the Churches are filled with them so they are easy to find.

@lennytompkins9767

6 жыл бұрын

I sold my kids to the Chinese years ago and they paid me with a few pallets of arsenic-laced, knockoff Doritos. But they were good with cheese dip, so who cares?

@eddenoy321

6 жыл бұрын

Lenny Tompkins Do you have any other relatives who need work ? We have many positions in the agriculture,recycling, manufacturing, and human relations fields. We provide all housing, meals, Chinese language training, plus a substantial salary. Young females (and males) are in special demand. Seniors as well. PM me .

@lennytompkins9767

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, I have a cousin who is an operator and 1/3 owner of a company that manufacturers precursor chemicals for electrical insulators. He's done pretty well and in the last decade, many of his customers have been Chinese businesses. They're based in the US and employ Americans. The problem is that often, it's really hard to find Americans who are experienced, qualified chemists and are willing to work in an industrial setting. H1B1 visas become a necessity, not a choice.

The insurance companies need more regulations. I feel for your family, and all victims of greed.

Id like to see a follow up report about what happened and how many of those homes are still out there being sold to unsuspecting peo0le.

Cheap always ends up costing.

$700000 for a house made of drywall and fibre board? American housing seems more like overpriced movie sets.

@bjohnson1489

Жыл бұрын

God forbid it gets wet it will melt into a pile

@seanm3226

Жыл бұрын

@@bjohnson1489 South Florida houses are primarily built from concrete, block, and stucco.

@ursulasmith6402

Жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed, look at European houses, they are built from cinderblocks. Those homes last forever.

@2fathomsdeeper

Жыл бұрын

Movie sets are built with lauan plywood.

@neilkurzman4907

Жыл бұрын

What do you expect the interior walls to be plaster?

The drywall should have to undergo mandatory testing before it could be used. The difference between the regular price amd the lower price would be enough to cover the costs of testing several sheets from every container!

I guess there are 2 alternatives: Remove cabinetry and accessories, then all drywall and rebuild the interior. Or, take the whole home apart and rebuild it. Of course no matter what's done, it starts with a lawsuit...

A family’s health is TOP priority! I would not wait for someone to tell me of the potential danger! I would grab everyone and run out of that house. I would not care of the money. If you don’t have health you don’t have anything! Think of your children and not your house!

Beware of vitamins that are made in China as well

@judieg.7945

6 жыл бұрын

Don't eat anything from china or give your pets any pet food or treats from there either.

@ZXY86

6 жыл бұрын

SuperGarbonzo romeo I agree

Wonder if any current politician got 10% of the sales on the Chinese drywall?

Considering this video is over 13 years old and the algorithm just now brought us here, it’s infuriating because nothing in the housing industry has changed for the better. SMH

Dear ABC. Can you follow up on this story and see how the homes are doing today ?

@gaslitworldf.melissab2897

5 жыл бұрын

Best to go to Facebook or a forum tended to by someone in a main office of news.

@davethedude9885

5 жыл бұрын

GETTING READY TO DROP 90% LMFAO WAKE UP NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM 2008 1000 TIMES WORSE IM IN REALESTATE GET READY WAKE UP!!!!!!!!

@yardfowl3149

3 жыл бұрын

@@davethedude9885 I am a residential contractor on the West Coast and I am screaming right alongside you, i shutter to think of the chaos that is about to be unleashed again. houses that I was able to build for 150+/- a sqft 8 years ago are now pushing 215-225 and thats not including land and development costs. Folks are getting in over their heads again as if they have already forgotten 2008...smh

@bsanchez3563

2 жыл бұрын

@@davethedude9885 its even worse now because inflation is even impacting the retail stores of walmart or grocery stores and stuffs.

@aldossnow3703

Жыл бұрын

The houses are worth millions now

My father, proud WW2 vet and battle of the bulge survivor, before his death in 1997, warned that China would be a future threat. He didn't say Russia, he said China!

@cynthiakeller5954

Жыл бұрын

One of my dear friends vehemently stated that they were our mortal enemies back during Obama's Recession. Your father knew best.

@eemoogee160

Жыл бұрын

It's the US contractors that sold their soul to the devil for a buck.

@joedirtrd1

Жыл бұрын

Good thing that we now have a treasonous criminal as president and his entire regime all 100% compromised, bought and paid for by the CCP.

@larrymcabee9379

Жыл бұрын

Did he mention the liberal democrats

@franky00850

Жыл бұрын

Shocking china!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJ1lrchmYdTKZrw.html

The government is looking into how the builders can avoid replacing all that drywall and not be sued

That doesn’t make sense. They’re paying $8k a month, (these days that’s probably closer to 12k!) when they could have the drywall replaced for probably 20k. Why wouldn’t they just get a loan to replace the drywall so they can move back into their home soon?

If it does that to pipes, just think of your lungs?

@1978Specter

5 жыл бұрын

Why can't they be compared, just asking?

@1978Specter

5 жыл бұрын

thank you Dr. we have lived in the same home for 20 years and I was always afraid that the builder used cheap drywall.

@ThePeterDislikeShow

3 жыл бұрын

@Dr Poldi asbestos can probably scratch copper.

I can not imagine having a new house built and finding out in a few years that the entire house is infected with something related to the drywall. From what the one man said needed to be replaced, it sounds like they need to take from the house what ISN'T infected, knock the house down and start all over...and who can afford that? Boy, my heart goes out to these people. I know this is from 2009, I wonder how this all turned out?

@ThePeterDislikeShow

Жыл бұрын

Not much. Now we have Chinese Bat Soup Disease.

@Sidicas

Жыл бұрын

People said the same thing about the "greatest technological breakthrough in home fire safety" called asbestos. Tear all the homes down, rebuild them, etc. But for the most part people learn to deal with it properly. My home built in the late 1960s has lead paints, asbestos, and radon but they are never a problem so long as you follow the rules to keep yourself safe. These people will probably need some kind of air purifiers or ionizers to reliably treat the sulfur in the air on their return vents and then they can just forget about it and go on with their lives while their air problems are fixed by their furnace, air conditioner, etc. while it circulates air. Those people that have these expectations of a flawless home are just fooling themselves. There are things in your home that are killing you that we won't even discover until 30 years from now. I'd rather have an older home where I already know exactly what those things are and how to properly deal with them than a new home with countless unknowns.

@dricka49221

Жыл бұрын

@@Sidicas Is sulfur the real problem that asbestos causes? If so, then I was misinformed. Thank you for the information. I grew up on sulfur water that everybody said smelled like rotten eggs. I breathed in those vapors for 19 years of my life and then every time I went back to visit my parents at the homestead for the next 33 years. That never had any effect on me.

@montamiddleton9318

Жыл бұрын

@@dricka49221 My mom grew up in East Texas. She epuld bring that Texas water home to Alabama in gallon jugs when we visited relatives. She died st 94. My siblings and I grew up with lead pain and asbestos, were fine. Just let it be. As a dental assistant folks wanted their perfectly fine amalgam fillings removed and replaced with plastic composite fillings. Drilling all the old out was more dangerous to us than just letting it be. No mercury was released into your system when it hardened. FYI...plastic fillings were 3 times the cost and zero percent better than amalgam fillings. So you are ingesting little bits plastic csuse it's not near as hard. So what's better, plastic or amalgam? Conspiracy theories get started like this. But if you want to pay 200 bucks for a plastic fillings instead of 50 bucks for silver....its your money, waste it if you want.

@tmb2226

Жыл бұрын

@@montamiddleton9318 Had all of my amalgam fillings removed 25 years ago and replaced with composite fillings. After 25 years, all of my composite fillings are still in perfect condition. Mercury is an extremely toxic poison that can damage the brain, kidneys, and lungs, cause tremors, and impair cognitive skills. Mercury amalgam fillings are now slowly but surely being phased out in Europe, the U.S., and world wide. They should never be used in dental work in this day and age when durable and safe mercury-free alternatives are now widely available.

That’s what happens when U S companies out service their businesses for profit, Industry need to return to the States, way too many companies are more concerned with profit than safety.

Me Chinese, me not tall , me have tainted your drywall. 😂

A friend of mine, who used to manage health and safety at a nuclear power plant, told me that a huge shipment of rebar contaminated with radioactive waste, came into the country from China. It was caught before it got a chance to be distributed, and was sent back. But China won't take it back. He said it is just floating out there somewhere in a shipping container. I saw a documentary that people are stealing radioactive metal from areas around Chernobyl and selling it on the black market to China, and China buys it. I saw what was happening to people in China who lived in apartment buildings that had contaminated rebar in. Even buried in the cement, people are getting really sick. With as much as we get from China, even in the way of trinkets, I would recommend that people buy a geiger counter. You can get little ones that plug into your smart phones, now.

@haroldwilkes598

Жыл бұрын

I have one and use it regularly for exactly this reason. Oriental pots, pans and kitchen utensils were made the same way from reprocessed waste.

@yourcompassioncorner

Жыл бұрын

@@haroldwilkes598 you know the Chinese could kill us this way... Have you ever discovered radioactive contaminated products? If so, you could create a series of videos where you find this stuff...

@haroldwilkes598

Жыл бұрын

@@yourcompassioncorner Only found it in some ore samples and auction knives, forks, etc plus some discarded laboratory stuff. Old stuff, not modern but I still check occasionally. Lived near INEL and Atomic City in Idaho, bought the detectors (CD V-777-2) in a Civil Defense package from the 50s, cumbersome but they work. I think the cutlery was from Korea.

@muddybasilisk7526

Жыл бұрын

Wow 4 years

Why don't we elect people that are supposed to protect and look out for our well being? AMERICA, What's up?

@barryrutenschroer75

3 жыл бұрын

We did his name was Trump, Now China Joe is ready to move into the White House. I bet he will be very strong, America first and China last. No wait I think I might have that wrong.

@ristinechapman9936

Жыл бұрын

@@barryrutenschroer75 With all honesty, Trump nor Prez Biden guilty on this charge. I brought a house in 2007 when the issue actually came into play.

@barryrutenschroer75

Жыл бұрын

@@ristinechapman9936 As a Senator Biden was the ranking member of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, at the same time the drywall was being shipped to the US. I don't suppose he could have known that the trade agreement with China was going to bring cheap poisoned drywall to the American building industry. Much the same I don't think at the time Trump's China tariffs were implemented that he could have foreseen the inflationary pressure it would put on our economy. I do believe that Trump as a business man had more interest in America's success than the Biden family with overseas dealings that only seem to have taken place due to the political positions that Joe Biden has held over the last 50 years. Hopefully the house you bought was one of the ones with American made drywall. Fortunately for me the Chinese drywall never made it into my markets in the Cincinnati area. My reply to Monk Amani was not specifically for this issue but how I felt overall about whom put America first. Biden will spend billions of our tax $ to defend a border in Ukraine, but sees no problem letting all kinds of narcotics flood across our southern border. Thanks for your comment

@ristinechapman9936

Жыл бұрын

@@barryrutenschroer75 Talk about Don the Con man. Wow, what did he do in 4 Yrs for we the people. You sir is a typical Repugs Lot's of babbling rhetoric. Prez Biden has been a Senator for as long as Trump has been a Con Man. Now back to the subject of the defective dry wall. Your greedy Repugs Home builders, contractors, knew dam well what they were purchasing from China.

Another sad part is the insurance company in Florida won't cover it

An update on this situation and on the families' health so many years later. I did see where a law was passed in 2012 against hazardous drywall imports...do you have a follow-up story?

I'd love an update nearly 10 yrs later. How are those children's health doing?

I'm a real estate appraiser and I have seen defective construction up close recently in the Del Mar California Highlands and in Mira Mesa San Diego. I am intrigued by this report because it renders the value of these houses to worthless. No one with any knowledge of market value will go anywhere near these houses including the greedy real estate investors. If they don't want the house then that should tell you something. However you might be able to get one of the investors who boasts " We buy houses any condition" to purchase your house. I feel bad for these homeowners who got stuck with these toxic houses simply because of the absolute greed of the Developers as well as the third world standards of China.

@naomimarcelle6656

Жыл бұрын

8

You reap what you sow! You wanted a cheap house, you got a cheap house!

This has been going on a long time how did the contractors not know the dangers of Chinese drywall.

May 2019 - What happened to the homeowners? 10 years later!!!!

Walk away and let the bank and insurance company have it.

@godzilladestroyscities1757

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with that. No shame in going bankrupt. (To force the bank to eat the cost if all other avenues fail.) After a few years of renting your credit score recovers and you can do whatever you want again.

@keyroncampbell

6 жыл бұрын

Carla Simmons mess up your credit and never own a house again.... That's stupid

@alicevon-schott7872

6 жыл бұрын

Cam23 wrong. my mom filed for bankruptcy and then bought a $150k house last year making only $40k a year

@geraldhenrickson7472

6 жыл бұрын

I walked on a $300 loan in 1972 and am still paying for it. A would think slipping out the back door on a million five would be a bad idea.

@gordo6934

6 жыл бұрын

Carla Simmons why its a cheap fix new drywall

The real crime is paying anywhere near $750,00 for that house

INSURANCE COMPANY DENIED THE CLAIM....Why does that not surprise any of us

When I shop for groceries I always check to make sure the food doesn't come from China.

@pollypurree1834

5 жыл бұрын

I always read everything on the products.

@pollypurree1834

5 жыл бұрын

@@Janell136 No they don't. No chicken is sent to China. Way too expensive and rather foolish.

@davethedude9885

5 жыл бұрын

YOUR MEDS NOW COME FROM CHINA WAKE UP NOW WITH ARSENIC.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@emko333

4 жыл бұрын

same i make sure the beef and chicken is Canadian, American stuff tastes awful

@burtbunns2270

3 жыл бұрын

Yes people are bocoting China products.....but damn they keep buying the cars ..,😂😂✌️

The Chinese make YOUR VACCINATIONS, HELLO

@dianneanderson731

5 жыл бұрын

I think that China is depopulating its country and USA by many means, by permissions of the join Powers That Be, of course.

@rosebudadkins6803

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I worked in healthcare chars and became disabled after vaccines. Which lead to other issues and I am now stage four and no cure offered. Childhood diseases offer some immunity from certain cancers as adults. Weight the risks you chose to take.

@ts7135

10 күн бұрын

Chinese make nearly all american prescriptions- does that worry anybody

The builders knew but did not care

That worthless insurance agency needs to pay up. That's their function.

Good isn't cheap and cheap isn't good.Those contractors install chienese drywall at 3 a foot and charge American made prices.It been going on for 20 years.A tract home builder goes the cheapest route possible on everything they can.They save pennies to waste home owner dollars down the road after the warranty period. Some of those homes will be teardown properties.

@georgemarksity1441

5 жыл бұрын

Dont blame the contractors blame the supplier......menards lowes etc......

@randyhutchinson9910

5 жыл бұрын

bird dog 2020 absolutely true

@algrayson8965

5 жыл бұрын

bird dog 2020 - A friend found that his house had no poured concrete footing. The block was laid on cap blocks* in a shallow trench. Of course after a few years it had cracks everywhere. * 4"x 8"x 16" solid blocks.

FWIW, this is one of the problems that happens when you get a house built, or buy a house, and know little or nothing about homebuilding. And that goes for pretty much everything else (cars, insurance, computers, land or a herd of cattle). Educate yourself about every type of major purchase, because you can't really trust anyone else to watch your back.

@lvnndtruth8862

6 жыл бұрын

Lenny Tompkins 100% agree. That is what I've been learning for decades now. This is also true with health-care and education but almost everything else as well.

@geylekinfraire8596

Жыл бұрын

They don't care! Greed is America's god.

That’s what you get for not making sure Americans are providing

Omg, just imagine what it is doing inside of their bodies, these families might have some serious health problems later in life

Sue the snot out of the build and the company that sold the drywall and the imports

@ncg5560

Жыл бұрын

Who's got the money to pay the attorney fees? Kinda tough to find one who would take the case on a contingency basis.

She must be rich to pay 8 grand a month for housing OMG 😳 and still has to pay for everything else !!!

@russellking9762

Жыл бұрын

you are getting away from the point here…who cares how much money she has..that is totally irrelevant…these people have been ripped off of their hard earned..not to mention the damage to their health…despicable!

@gofaraway

Жыл бұрын

They could afford to install new drywall

@russellking9762

Жыл бұрын

@@gofaraway thats not the point …it should have been done right the first time…can’t you see that?

🤬 That's terrible!!! Thank you for letting everyone know!

It is not rocket science.Make plaster board,ship it across the largest ocean in the world to a country that has massive gypsum mines and paper mills and sell it cheaper. Can only be dodgy.

My wife and I Knew of this when we finally left the Garbage Dump of California and were looking at homes in Henderson, Nevada. We directly asked the realtor if these homes were made from toxic Chinese drywall, and she answered YES - She HAD to disclose or face Huge lawsuit. We went to Utah instead -

@khoavo7111

Жыл бұрын

Excuse me, did you know there are lot of things from China or indirectly? Henderson is a newly improved town, just becareful!!!!

@tommurphy4307

Жыл бұрын

yeah- henderson is like shangri-la.... wow. people in vegas call it 'hender-hole'....we're glad you left.

@sswulffable

Жыл бұрын

@@khoavo7111 I honestly Don't Know what in the world you're trying to say ...

@sswulffable

Жыл бұрын

@@tommurphy4307 Thank you - us too !

@khoavo7111

Жыл бұрын

Please avoid buying things from China.

currently costing them 8-10k a month why don't they just replace the sheetrock and probably will cost them $20-25 thousand. and then chase after the all those guy's.

@jxsilicon9

5 жыл бұрын

More like $50k+. This is Florida.

@kayleen9110

5 жыл бұрын

they said,plumbing,electrical etc would all have to be replaced.

@jayarnold8883

3 жыл бұрын

The quality of construction in china is crappy also.

That construction company made a mint off these poor people. This makes me sick when they will get away with that. Shame on that construction company.

Title of the video struck a nerve as I’m in the middle of a remodel and the dust migrated through the house, then I see “13 years ago” and remembered.

That’s what you get when you use builders that cheap out and cut corners. I’m sure you have companies in the USA that make drywall, like we have here in Canada.

@dainiusvongailis8331

5 жыл бұрын

Viper6 it's not China's fault . US let that garbage in and approved as safe . Did anyone resign or got fired? They must compensate those who's loosing money and go after China .

@Viper6-MotoVlogger

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you. The onus to ensure products from other countries, resides with the importing country.

@altitudeillume6729

5 жыл бұрын

SOUTHER REPUBLICAN DE-REGULATION FREAKS REAP WHAT THEY SOW. WALMART OF CHINESE TOXIC'S AND BUILDING SUPPLY CHEAPSTERS'.

@axer3515

5 жыл бұрын

Which builders are not cheap, and do not cut corners? When in the army I bought 5 news houses and found out that developers buy the cheapest fixtures available. Also they all offer upgrades that entails the builders using the fixture they should be using in the first place and charging considerably more for house. The last house I bought I told the builder that I would have all the light fixtures, out lets, and carpets installed myself. Bu doing this, the house was cheaper with higher grade fixtures thus sold for more when I retired.

@MrMccurley

5 жыл бұрын

@ altitude illness This was obammy's EPA and Chamber of Commerce, and cheap ass democrat contractors, jackass.

They need to hold these builders financially liable. Of course even if they do they'll go bankrupt and go up with a different name and these families would never see any money.

And, with the government now in it, nothing will/has happened.

It was difficult to install on ceilings because it was like a piece of floppy rubber. The seams would swell creating a problem called ridgging and was all but impossible to repair. You could put a 4' straight edge across the wall or ceiling seams and put your hand under either side of it. This problem would usually take several months to develop. Nightmare city for drywall people and all involved.

@thoughtthinker9300

Жыл бұрын

You seem to understand this stuff. I have a house with stacks of drywall that's old enough to be this stuff here in Virginia. One of the states mentioned. Do you know how I can identify if this is indeed is that defective Chinese drywall boards. Please, It would be good to know before installing or throwing it away. I'm hoping it's good stuff, but would rather know if I'm wrong. Truths matter.

@jimmybare3026

Жыл бұрын

@@thoughtthinker9300 check first the end tab that holds the two sheets together. It should say where it's made there. If not separate the two sheets of drywall, stand it up and look on the back side for the origin of manufacture. Hope this helps.

@thoughtthinker9300

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmybare3026 Thank you. The sheets are all individual sheets. But looking on the backs should be doable. I hope they're marked whether it's good or bad news. It's better than not knowing. THANK YOU

@jimmybare3026

Жыл бұрын

@@thoughtthinker9300 if it's manufactured by USG or Gold bond both are made in the US you should be good.

@thoughtthinker9300

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmybare3026 That may help also. Thanks again

At $3 a sheet you still probably paid $33 a sheet and then another $70 to $100 a sheet finished. So the $3 a sheet means nothing except to the brokers who brought it in to stuff their pockets. The root of all evil is still the king.

@36742650885

6 жыл бұрын

curt wehrmeyer and that guys quote of 22 dollars a sheet is bullshit they pay more like 6 dollars for the 1/2" drywall a few dollars more for the 5/8" fire rated board which is primarily used in commercial construction and apartment complexes these contractors buy 10's of thousands of sheets a year they get wholesale price the $ went to the drywall manufacturers I worked as a drywall hanger/finisher for 30 yrs

Nov 12 2018 what happened to these people and their properties ?

@juliearnold5065

4 жыл бұрын

You are correct. There should be an update.

How do you test your drywall? That's the biggest question I have. I own a house with a huge stack of drywall that was never installed. Long story. So how so I check if it's that Chinese drywall they're talking about. I don't want to just throw it away, unless it's no good. If good it's worth a bit of money. To throw it way isn't cheap. So how would I know if I should use it or cart it away?

Important public safety information 👍

should stop the hoa fees asap. an sued the hoa for using chinese made dry wall. in the first place.

What's just a kick in the teeth is that the county zoning boards are who require all these unaffordable ridiculous "building codes," (which force the use of cheap materials), then refuse to allow anyone to go off grid and live truly healthy the way the pioneers did. The govt writes all these zoning laws (saying it's for health and safety reasons when it's really just to keep us paying out the nose for "the grid"), then they claim ignorance when their China bedmates send us "death boards." What we have is a system so knee deep in greed and the regulations that cater to that greed, that it will take a lifetime of newly born citizens, full of youth who will see the scam and rise up to fight it. Bc the living generations now are far too brainwashed to see the forest for the trees.

@godzilladestroyscities1757

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with that with the exception of suburban areas. I live in a suburban area, I cannot put a septic system in my area without negatively affecting my neighbors. Out in the sticks though, it should not matter. If a house is structurally sound and hygienic, then it should not matter. There are log cabins that still exist today that were built hundreds of years ago. They still exist because of regular upkeep. My parents grew up using shit houses on farms. My 20's were spent in the military where you basically used shit houses. It's not rocket science. I now work in the HVAC industry. I have a pretty good understanding of the dangers of high humidity. Too much humidity produces black mold. How do you avoid this? First you make sure your house is built on a base of rock that drains water away from the structure. Then you start looking at insulation and ways to vent the house. If the home has proper drainage, then bacterial growth is limited in the summer and is killed off in the winter. Then it becomes an issue of regular maintenance. We have technology now that makes it so you do not need to live on the power grid. Solar panels have come along way. I love the idea of these things. I want to build a log cabin with a few solar panels for small things that I feel are necessary. Nothing wrong with using a wood stove out in the woods for heating, considering we've been doing that for 400+ years (Previously we used fire places).

@Shahida4God

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan but LOW Humidity causes HEALTH issues, BLACK MOLD on/in Dry-Walls is a major problem across the units I dwell, but during the winter humidity drops to the teens which is unhealthy, and even when you engage in humidifier it only brings it to 20's which causes Bronchitis and Dry Nose & Throat issues for me and my granddaughter.

@godzilladestroyscities1757

6 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, the old folks would put a pot on the stove and slowly heat the water to put water in the air. It works. Doesn't work so well with electric stoves though. Electric stoves suck compared to gas stoves.

@Spazcan

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, "healthy"...guess that is why the average life span of a pioneer was 42 years.

@Shahida4God

6 жыл бұрын

Spazcan, well now their life span would measure to 10-15yrs with Tainted Dry-Wall

I heard Merle Haggard talking when he was diagnosed with cancer. It was ultimately traced back to the carcinogens in the drywall used remodeling his home. Chinese drywall

Replacing all the board in an occupied house is a frigging nightmare. Good luck suing the manufacturer.

They can afford a mortgage and live in a rental. Thats the real crime.

I feel bad for them. I bought a house that turned out to have waxy mold growing out of the base of the walls in the basement bathroom and bedroom. I also discovered mushrooms growing under a carpet in the basement closet. Now, it was obvious that the previous owner was aware of it...because I removed the mold from the walls and under the carpet and of course, several months later it was back. That proved to me that he knew about it. The inspector did not catch it somehow...or maybe he just didn't write it up. At the time of the inspection, the mold coming out of the walls was absent. Of course I complained to the mortgage company but they had little sympathy...I signed off on the inspection so it was basically my problem. I was not in a position to move out of the house and pay for the family to live somewhere else. I could not sell it like that...well...I would not sell it like that. In the end, I went into foreclosure and lost the place. But in the long run, it was better. The previous owner's wife was sick all of the time...and now we know why.

@saulduke1549

Жыл бұрын

Well you should sued the Inspector, and the builder..in must cases is the A/C system is to big, olso concrete slab or foundation problems was not insulated, or has water leaks some where hasn't been detected yet.

@arthurduncan5838

Жыл бұрын

@@saulduke1549 Doesn’t work that way.

@arthurduncan5838

Жыл бұрын

You had mold in the basement ?! … they all do

@saulduke1549

Жыл бұрын

@@arthurduncan5838 I do A/C for leaving I got plenty customer who had mold in the entair house..basements you need put humidifier system in..but previously chek for insulation issues.. get it dry really good, treated it with clorox vented for 2 weeks check again .

@arthurduncan5838

Жыл бұрын

@@saulduke1549 What ever brings the mold has to be removed or it comes back, right? Well since basements are in the ground, isn’t that all but impossible in most cases? The source usually inside the house but in the dirt… right?

$8000 a month?!?!? She lives life far above the level of most Americans. Whatever she does for a living, she is making bank.

She should be able to get the house taxes reduced because this would take the value down.

I bought my first house 40 years ago. It was a simple 1400 Sq ft house no frills we called them starter homes. Now a first time home buyer wants 5000+ Sq ft with all the bells and whistles. The builders are forced to build to a price point to sell them.

How could such a disaster happen? Where is the control in China and where is the inspection that allowed a faulty product into the country?

@Nova7400

5 жыл бұрын

There is no QC in a communist state--only profit worship. KZread videos on how the Chinese will put ANYTHING into their products to make it look decent and plentiful so they can profit. This is why Chinese won't buy their own cars or their own milk powder--ADV China covers this topic. In the construction over there, new buildings actually have cardboard and other junk in the materials and the buildings start falling apart after less than five years. Chinese buy real estate only to sell it to someone else and make a profit because the places aren't even safe to live in. They're ghost cities.

@davethedude9885

5 жыл бұрын

COMMUNISM DONT YOU JUST LUV CHINA .MEDS NOW COME FROM CHINA WITH ARSENIC WAKE UP OR DIE!!!!!!!!!!

@marymdavis3189

Жыл бұрын

How is this much different than Corporations dumping toxic waste in private landfills, then compacting the soil in preparation for housing development. Recognize this story yet? Love Canal

Well, that's where the old expression "never buy Chinese drywall" comes from.

I’m retired Drywall Contractor we used Celotex, G.P., U S Gypsum and more but nothing foreign!

when the shipping containers were opened by the distributor/wholesaler it had to reek of sulfur. if you can smell it in a house, imagine a box closed up tight for months. someone had to know and not care.

Oooops! How'd that fire get started? Glad I just upped my Home Owners Insurance.😀

8000 dollars a month? That's 96000 dollars a year for housing? What the hell is wrong here? I am homeless and have a income of 989dollars a month ssdi and it's no wonder why the rental market is out of whack.

Here in Phoenix, Az, young ones with nose bleed issues the other with constipation that affected his system over the year's house was build in 1996 and knowingly this was a toxic home when moving in for their own benefit's.

i hung drywall for 26 years, thankfully i quit the trade before that crap hit the market, hangers breathe dust from that stuff everyday, USG brand sheetrock used to be one of the best quality board on the market, guess their company went overseas like all the rest. CELOTEX is the best, not sure if they are still quality or not

@brucewayne-ej3cx

6 жыл бұрын

Good to know 👍

@elliotness422

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, there is no asbestos in Drywall,just Gypsum and Fiberglass except in this case we have sulfer?? wth. the fiberglass is bad enough :D 30+ years hanging\taping,finish I did....Hard work but it was fun imo, it was a trade off;)

@TheTacticalHouse

6 жыл бұрын

I used to haul wallboard. Most of it came from Fort Dodge, Iowa, Kansas, River Rouge Mi, Minnesota, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Hammond, Indiana. All made in American plants where I picked up or delivered. Whether it was Celotex or USG. This was around 2005-2007.

@tommitchell8425

Жыл бұрын

Sir-I am HOPING YOU ARE UNION BROTHER

I think the emphasis on building houses that are virtually air-tight makes the problem worse for air-breathers. I've got windows open, year-round. Run the house fan most of the time, except peak heat times.

what did you think a foreign country would dump on America a good deal!

Contractors and city inspectors are getting away! Plus building with exterior stucco and foam is a disaster.