The list below identifies drywall manufacturers whose product produces emission rates of hydrogen sulfide 100 times greater than non-Chinese drywall samples. Such levels are dangerous medically and corrosive chemically. The list below finally gives contractors and home inspectors, consumers and homeowners, who are experiencing problems with these various drywalls, manufacturer names that they can look for if they can get a look at the back side of the drywall.
A CPSC press release lists the following manufacturers:
- Knauf Plasterboard (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.: (year of manufacture 2005) China
- Taian Taishan Plasterboard Co. Ltd.: (2006) China
- Shandong Taihe Dongxin Co.: (2005) China
- Knauf Plasterboard (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.: (2006) China
- Taian Taishan Plasterboard Co. Ltd.: (2005) China
- Taian Taishan Plasterboard Co. Ltd.: (2006) China
- Shandong Chenxiang GBM Co. Ltd. (C&K Gypsum Board): (2006) China
- Beijing New Building Materials (BNBM): (2009) China
- Taian Taishan Plasterboard Co. Ltd.: (2009) China
- Shandong Taihe Dongxin Co.: (2009) China
Write these lists down, and check your house. And if you suspect that you have a problem drywall, make plans to eliminate it and everything in your house affected by it. Learn more about Chinese drywall issues.
