WCI Communities, an East Coast developer, knew two years before the drywall controversy became public that there were serious troubles with homes it had built in Florida—so serious that it planned to tear out the drywall or reconstruct the houses. But its plans did not include coming clean with homeowners or government officials about the drywall that produced foul odors and caused serious respiratory problems and new appliances to fail.

 

Another business, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd., tried to resell the tainted drywall after it had reclaimed the material from suppliers. One of those suppliers, Miami-based Banner Supply, was offered the drywall for free—as long as it didn’t try to sell it in the U.S. But Banner turned down the offer.

-Noel Brinkerhoff

 

Unsealed Drywall Documents Show How Information Was Stifled (by Aaron Kessler, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica)

Tainted Chinese Drywall Concerns Went Unreported for Two Years (by Aaron Kessler, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica)