Chinese Drywall in Las Vegas

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Nov

This information on Chinese Drywall is provided courtesy of Paul Donohue at Spectrum Inspection Group.

Chinese Drywall is a Concern to Many Prospective Home Buyers

One of the objectives of our firm is to ensure you are kept up-to-date on structural/mechanical issues pertaining to our industry.

More and more frequently our inspectors are asked:

“What do you know about Chinese Drywall?”

Chinese drywall is a very complicated issue that refers to a sheet rock product that may be producing an invisible gas that causes accelerated corrosion of copper components in the home and is purportedly causing the inhabitants of the home to suffer adverse health effects.

It is notorious for causing rapid corrosion of air conditioning system evaporators coils and other metal products in the home including smoke detectors.

How Las Vegas is Affected Chinese drywall has been found to be used predominately in the hurricane ravaged regions of the country such as South Florida and Louisiana. The concern for Chinese drywall being used extensively in Southern Nevada is low because we have two local Sheetrock manufacturers. CertainTeed Gypsum has a plant in Blue Diamond west of Las Vegas and Georgia-Pacific has a plant at Apex northeast of Las Vegas.To date, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received about 1,501 reports from residents in 27 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico who believe their health symptoms or the corrosion of certain metal components in their homes are related to the presence of drywall produced in China. None of these reports originate from the State of Nevada.Officially Chinese drywall is not known to exist in any Las Vegas Valley constructed homes. The likelihood of Chinese drywall existing in Las Vegas residential construction is very low.

Although there are indicators of its presence that a trained property inspector could observe that may lead him to believe Chinese drywall could be present no property inspection firm in Southern Nevada is able to ascertain the presence of the defective product. The identification protocol has not yet been formulated and will be determined by the CPSC.

Course of Action:For information on the subject check out the CPSC web site for more information. The following link will route you to the specific section concerning Chinese drywall:Information on Chinese drywall issues from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Spectrum Inspection Group Inc.
8345 Coyado Street
Las Vegas, NV, 89123

Scheduling (702) 269-6716

www.INSPECTLV.com

Paul J. Donohue
Owner

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