The Associated Press
Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 5:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 5:50 p.m.
WASHINGTON - The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued guidelines for homeowners to identify potentially problematic drywall.
The agencies said Thursday the guidance will help identify the presence of metal corrosion and other characteristics of the suspect building materials. They say it requires a visual inspection that must show blackening of copper wires in the home only for drywall installed between 2001 and 2008.
The federal government continues to consider how to help affected homeowners.
Widespread reports of tainted Chinese drywall, and some American-made material, began to surface last year as homeowners complained of illness and mechanical failures from fumes emitted from the wallboard.
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