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  2. Chinese drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...

  3. Toxic Chinese drywall turns U.S. homes into smelly ... - AOL

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    Foul-smelling drywall imported from China could sully future earnings of mega-homebuilder Hovanian Enterprises (HOV), The Wall Street Journal reports. But Hovnanian's problems with bad drywall ...

  4. Drywall - Wikipedia

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    Various sized cuts of 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) drywall with tools for maintenance and installation . Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of ...

  5. Chinese Drywall Maker Reaches Settlement - AOL

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    Especially if they are sulfur-oozing, health-hazardous ones manufactured in China. In a move to quell the controversy over homes built with defective drywall, Knauf Chinese Drywall Maker Reaches ...

  6. Avoid Chinese-Drywall Torture - AOL

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    Chinese drywall is causing more than just sickness, toxic smells and corroding pipes (like the ones in this photo). Now, some unlucky homeowners are getting stuck with canceled insurance policies ...

  7. China National Building Material - Wikipedia

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    China National Building Material Co., Ltd. or CNBM is a public traded company, engaging in cement, lightweight building materials, glass fiber and fibre-reinforced plastic products and engineering service businesses. CNBM is currently the largest cement and gypsum board producer in China.

  8. Chinese drywall a hazard to American homeowners - AOL

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    Owners of Florida homes built between 2004 and 2005 have discovered dangerous Chinese drywall to be behind heating and air conditioning system failures, as well as air quality issues in their homes.

  9. Traditional Chinese house architecture - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Chinese house architecture refers to a historical series of architecture styles and design elements that were commonly utilized in the building of civilian homes during the imperial era of ancient China. Throughout this two-thousand-year-long period, significant innovations and variations of homes existed, but house design generally ...