Does your home contain contaminated Chinese Drywall? This testing advice from the New York Times can help a homeowner determine if he or she is one of the thousands in over 30 states with the poisonous plasterboard. Some ways to tell if you have Chinese Drywall in...
It might be too late to spare China's embarrassment over the contaminated drywall mess, but apparently it isn't too late to right their wrong. That's what Sabre Technical Services is doing, with their chlorine dioxide decontamination process which -- once injected...
The case of the Chinese drywall keeps getting bigger and bigger. While the Sun Sentinel estimated it cost Miami home builder, Lennar Corp., $99,500 per house to fix the tainted drywall, a Florida politician estimated that 100,000 Florida homes may be facing similar...
Lawsuits are now being filed in the case of the toxic imported drywall I wrote about in January. According to lawyers, tens of thousands of homes in Florida could be affected by the Chinese-made drywall that emits sulfuric gases. These gases are being blamed for...
While this isn't a home improvement job per se, I did admire the boarding and painting job these guys did over their co-worker's office door as an April Fool's Day joke. The paint matches and they even installed a working electrical outlet (not recommended for...
Look out, mold! You don't stand a chance now that Syngenta's SPORGARD mold protection is being incorporated into National Gypsum’s XP® mold resistant gypsum board. Long a big player in agribusiness, SPORGARD marks Syngenta's move into mold protection in building...
Some Florida homeowners are running into a unique problem with imported Chinese drywall. The drywall was made from waste material from scrubbers on coal-fired power plants in 2004 and 2005. Unfortunately, it appears some of this material can leak off as sulfur and...
Some products are better illustrated with video. When I came across the Stringa-Level web site, I found this: "The system is comprised of interlocking sections with level vials that are used in series to form a continuous angle support shelf on which the first course...
I once lived in a basement apartment while in college. It was a large space for the money—practically double the size of my terrestrial friends’ abodes. It was surprisingly well-lit with multiple windows, however, they were high and provided little to look at. Sure, I...
Have you ever tried to repair a cracked ceiling or wall? I love drywall compound—it slathers on and makes that great swipe. It covers anything in its path! So why, when I've completely covered the crack, does it come back? And, moving on to drywall 201, why can't I...
