Owners ripping apart Homes to Find and Replace Chinese Drywall February 1, 2010

Finding Chinese drywall in your home can be one of the worst experiences of your life. Not only does this mean that your health is at risk, but it also leads to many financial changes. For some homeowners the end result is a major “renovation” project.

A recent story in the HeraldTribune.com outlines the struggles of one couple to get rid of Chinese drywall in their home. After realizing that this was the problem there were facing, the couple decided to spend $100k of their own money to have all of the drywall in their home replaced. While this is an expense they should not have incurred, it is one that they needed to take on in order to have a place to live.

Some homeowners try to live with Chinese drywall; some file a lawsuit against the builder or supplier; and others, such as those detailed in this story, take matters into their own hands. The main issue with this is the money that it costs to replace Chinese drywall with quality material. As you can imagine the bigger the home the more it costs to complete this project.

Many homeowners across the country are tearing their walls back to the studs, throwing Chinese drywall to the curb, and having it replaced with the material they were expecting the first time around.