Clean, GREEN, Sheetrock

Many of you may have read about defective drywall imported from China coming in by the boatload during the house boom a few years ago... Uh oh, I guess those cheap prices ended up not being such a good deal for builders or consumers. From the Associated Press:

"During the height of the U.S. housing boom, with building materials in short supply, American construction companies imported millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap. An Associated Press analysis of shipping records found that more than 500 million pounds of Chinese gypsum board was imported between 2004 and 2008 — enough to have built tens of thousands of homes. They are heavily concentrated in the Southeast, especially Florida.
The defective materials have since been found by state and federal agencies to emit "volatile sulfur compounds," and contain traces of strontium sulfide, which can produce a rotten-egg odor, along with organic compounds not found in American-made drywall. Homeowners complain the fumes are corroding copper pipes, destroying TVs and air conditioners, and blackening jewelry and silverware. Some believe the wallboard is also making them ill."

More on this article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_chinese_drywall

Never fear, GREENGLASS is here! GreenGlass is a fiberglass-faced gypsum sheathing that can make any project a little greener. Manufactured with with up to 90% recycled content gypsum sandwiched between naturally mold- and moisture-resistant fiberglass facers, GreenGlass meets the most demanding exterior design requirements and the greenest environmental construction standards.

GreenGlass delivers the mold and moisture resistance necessary to protect your next project and provides high levels of recycled content of at least 90% to contribute valuable credits in environmental rating systems like LEED and the NAHB's Green Building Standard.

You can find GreenGlass sheet rock right here in Tulsa (Broken Arrow) at Cherokee Building Matertials. Call 252-1666 and ask for John Nail. For more product infomration on GreenGlass:
http://www.templeinland.com/BuildingProducts/Gypsum/GreenGlass/Interior/