Friday, January 15, 2010

Summary of Lake Ashton Chinese Drywall Meetings

Meeting of 1/7/2010

Due to the seriousness of the contaminated drywall issue, it appeared that it was necessary to provide an informational meeting so that all are informed of the Lake Ashton situation.

As a result, this meeting was centered on three informational goals.

1.To provide factual information in order to quell many of the rumors concerning the issue.

2. To begin to provide strategy for identifying the scope of the problem.

3. Provide descriptive information of symptoms of contaminated drywall.

It was pointed out that the largest importation of the contaminated drywall was between the years 2004-2007. At this time in Lake Ashton there have been eight identified cases which have involved houses completed in 2006.

Typical identifiers are:

a. air conditioner coils corroding followed by leakage.

b. blackened electrical ground wires and blackened exposed copper.

c. appliances or electronic equipment stopping or operating erratically

d. blackened and corroded jewelry

e. presence of knauf Tianjin china drywall

f. physical symptoms can consist of unexplained rashes, dizziness, respiratory problems, unusual headaches, nosebleeds etc.

Amerispec Home Inspections is offering house inspections which are looking for the above items as identified by the Florida Department of Health.

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