Hey what's that smell?

[The Architect]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/18/chinese.drywall/index.html

How pissed would you be if your house smelled like sulfur all the time and your appliances were failing?

[He Man]

And thats why i dont drop ship sheetrock from any chinese supply store.

[ducpainter]

And thats why i dont drop ship sheetrock from any chinese supply store.

You don't...

but you should probably talk to the buyers at Lowes and Home Depot.

...and the drywall in question is technically manufactured by a German company...

so your point would be?

[He Man]

 

[Mother]

"it's poo poo, poo poo"

[ducpainter]

Is that a standard mathematicians answer?

[cyrus buelton]

Is that a standard mathematicians answer?

Nah.

It was "Oh shit, he's probably right but I blow it off as being silly."

[Mother]

soooo, just out of curious-osityness, how does one ship sheetrock overseas without having a boat load of goo?

[redxblack]

I don't want to turn this political, but trade an economics are kissing cousins of politics. I'll try to be careful.


I do wish we made more stuff in America. I was never a fan of GATT, NAFTA or the WTO, but they're billed as progress. The fraction of Chinese goods that are poisonous just MIGHT get people interested at domestic production again.

[lauramonster]

for a while, couldn't get enough sheetrock.  When our house was being built, the drywall came in warm - right from the plant!!!  This is a way to meet the supply.

from what I understand, concrete is in short supply.  It's now used for basement walls and so many other things, that they can't produce it fast enough. 

The answer is to inform the buyers where the product is coming from.  Other countries may not be up to our standards (or may be beyond our standards, but we need to know that in order to make an informed decision). 

Builders use what ever is out there.  Notice the area that used the Chinese sheetrock?  Think Katrina.

[cyrus buelton]

Notice the area that used the Chinese sheetrock?  Think Katrina.