Comments on: Chinese Drywall Lawsuit Claims 30,000 Florida Homes Could Be Affected

By: Joyce James

Joyce James — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:58:59 +0000

When are we, as Americans, going to stop purchasing ANYTHING from China. Many food products are coming from there, as well, and I, for one, am FED UP. We need to support American made products…PERIOD!!!!! ASK QUESTIONS AND REFUSE TO BUY CHINESE MADE PRODUCTS!!!

By: Dane J D.

Dane J D. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:51:53 +0000

If home depot or Lowe’s did not sell this product???? Who else sells this much drywall board????
I know they are lying due to installing it in my home I built. But the thing that I think is not letting it get so bad is it had taken me 3 years just to prime all the drywall so it had time to breath but the smell is still very much there.
The one room smells like a dogs breath after waking up and we cannot get the odor out including windows open and fan blowing out at all times except at night.
All my drywall was purchased at home depot and Lowe’s. Who else sells it?? Drywall depot.
I still have sheets of all the different types of the drywall I used and there is a difference on some of them. some were soft and some were very hard to cut and to break.
I’m very poor now and two out of three of my kids has autism One very serious with non verbal autistic and one with asperger’s and the one we thought is normal is having to take things due to temper problems.
so I do not have the time or the money to fix this and with my health going down hill were just going to have to live with problem.
just like every other bad thing that happens to our family.
Just remember some body has to suffer out there were just the ones very often.
Altamonte Springs Fl, 32714
Thank you.
Dane J D.
dane_774@ yahoo.com

By: Nina Ortega

Nina Ortega — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:26:46 +0000

I Nina Ortega would like to make a commet. I had rented a house at 4233 Overture Cir. Bradenton,fl. 34209 ( PALMA SOLO TRACE) Dates 3-15-08 to 3-31-09. I have a 14 yr old daughter and compltely healthy until 2 months after we moved out. Head achs,fevers,couph,and now has seisures she is on medication for 2 yrs. could this be related?????

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:26:52 +0000

We bought 12 sheets of 1/2 inch drywall in Fall 2002 from Home Depot in Dalton, GA (NW Georgia near Chattanooga) to continue finishing our basement. We’ve been wondering for about 7 months now why our house smelled so bad. Home Depot continues to deny they sold this stuff. Why does our house smell like sulfur then? It comes and goes.

By: Larry Beeler

Larry Beeler — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:30:27 +0000

I built our house with all materials bought from Home Depot and I could not figure out what this odor was! When I asked home depot what on earth could cause this stench and cause all the copper wiring and copper plumbing in the house to turn black they said they didn’t have a clue. Well now we know that YES HOME DEPOT imported the drywall and sold it for top dollar to all of us unsuspecting home builders all over the country because I live in lil ole Clarksville Indiana.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:48:36 +0000

Jerry..
Are you sure and can you confirm with evidence Home Depot never bought their drywall during the shortage from China? I am sure now and before shortage they did not, but what about that 4 year shortage. I used Home Depot drywall in 2007. My house has struggled with the sulfur smell during the AZ Summer storms, when the ac is on and the weather is humid. Some members of my family also suffered respitory problems/infection, my 10 yr old chronic nose bleeds for about a year after the remodel, I even had a still born baby during that time. HOW CAN YOU BE ABSOLUTELY SURE it was not sold there. I will re-drywall if this is the case.

By: jerry

jerry — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:17:43 +0000

In response to Jay, the drywall finisher…Home Depot does not, nor never has bought its’ drywall from China. Our supplier is National Gypsum and the product is produced here in the United States.

By: Pauline Gilmore

Pauline Gilmore — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:44:38 +0000

We have been having respitory problems in our home for a long while. After Charlie I bought dry wall at home depot to repair 2 bathrooms that were damaged. We did the work ourself. We have had an order in our home that we have been trying to cover up and never put the 2 togather. my husband has had a heart transplant and I think that his could be part of the problem. Not the transplant but the respitory problems of everyone in the home. and I am woried that this could effect his heart transplant. Could this be the cause?

By: jay

jay — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:29:58 +0000

if you are someone who has either built a house of had repairs done around the time of katrina or charlie the board from china is in your home i will make a bet that you will eventually smell what everyone else is…think its a scare? good luck to you. I believe that the manf. should some how be held responsible.
Going after the builder I think is just climbing the first branch to the solution.
How come nothing is said about home depot or lowes about the board they sold? I know we have fingers…point them in the right dir. clowns!!
A drywall finisher for 25yrs.

By: Jennifer Rose

Jennifer Rose — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:25:20 +0000

this whole drywall scare is getting out of hand and it needs to be resolved QUICK!

By: Sean Pakin

Sean Pakin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:28:45 +0000

If Lennar wants to stay in business, it appears they must fix homes with defective drywall or ,as I see it, mortgage companies will probably refuse to finance Lennar built homes. Of course, the homeowners alternative would be to let the mortgage company foreclose on the home. Mortgage foreclosures based upon defective drywall would definitely be against any builders best interest.