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Lennar Corp., involved in a class-action lawsuit, says it did not use Chinese drywall in Fredericksburg-area homes.
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Chinese drywall not used in area
Area builders, drywall manufacturers say Chinese drywall not used in Fredericksburg area

Date published: 4/22/2009

BY BILL FREEHLING

Area builders and drywall providers say Chinese-made drywall has not been used in Fredericksburg-area houses.

Chinese drywall has been making national news of late after hundreds of U.S. homeowners have complained that it smells and emits gasses that make people sick. Most of the claims have been filed in Florida and New Orleans.

Homebuilder Lennar Corp., which is building homes in Spotsylvania County's Lee's Parke subdivision, disclosed Monday that it has been named in a class-action lawsuit filed in Florida on behalf of people who bought homes with Chinese drywall that were built during the boom.

Bob Krieff, division president for Lennar in Virginia, said Chinese drywall has not been used in any of Lennar's Virginia homes. He said it appears to be a Florida-only problem for Lennar.

In Florida, Lennar has been inspecting homes it built that might have had the Chinese drywall and paying to replace it. Lennar sued the Chinese drywall manufacturer and distributors.

Florida's health department has said it will begin testing the air quality in homes to determine whether the material can make people ill. Estimates indicate the drywall may be in more than 100,000 homes, more than 35,000 in Florida alone.

Harvey Gold, director of government affairs for the Fredericksburg Area Builders Association, said none of the association's builders he's checked with have reported using the Chinese drywall. He's also checked with local governments, and no problems have been reported.

Executives for Ashton Innovations and Chatham Construction Co. Inc., which are two of the Fredericksburg area's bigger drywall installers, both said they do not and have not used Chinese drywall.

--The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Date published: 4/22/2009



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? (posted by 1958 , Apr. 30, 2009 11:37 am)    0 likes
WHAT ONE OF THE TWO BROTHERS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LennarS sorry for the caps

note every one (posted by 1958 , Apr. 29, 2009 9:31 am)    0 likes
Stuff made from china ia here in our area.I have it in my camper.And if you have one made in the last ten years you probley have unsafe leavels of toxins to. toxic trailer.org, sick trailer.com.fredtalk you rv camper could be making you sick or worse. Be safe have them tested

Lennar is notorius for... (posted by NashRambler , Apr. 22, 2009 6:19 am)    0 likes
Lying to and/or deceiving their customers. I would not trust any statement made by Lennar Builiders as being truthful. They along with other builders in their communities may very well have used this product. It may explain why I suffered from sinus infections in the first 2 years that I lived in my home in one of their communities. Why, it wasn't until after we spent thousands of $$ to add an elaborate filtration system that these sinus infections eventually went away.

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