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Hi everyone, Eric Stockland again with Charter Bay Home Builders and I want to talk real
quick about the samples we've collected. Behind me here, we've got all of our drywall samples
and then we've got our miscellaneous samples, electric switches, outlets, that kind of stuff.
As per Judge Fallon's order, he only requires that you get two 10x10 samples of each kind
of drywall that's found in the home.
As you can see, we've got about 50 pieces of Chinese drywall samples behind us and they're
all done in accordance with his order, which is, you take the piece of Chinese drywall,
you put a label on it indicating the room, the date, the wall it comes from, and where
it actually is. Date that label, put it on the drywall, you put that piece of drywall
into a Ziploc bag and then you put the same label onto that Ziploc bag, and then you double
bag it. That's basically how you do the samples themselves.
We do our samples so that as we're actually doing the demolition, we can see the markings,
"Made in China," as we see the markings as we go through. What we'll do is we'll cut
out the piece, and then this is what you get, so every single one of these samples in this
box actually says "Made in China" on it, so in the event that our client ever
ends up in a court of law, they've got good, solid evidence. This, in addition to the photographs
of every single piece of drywall that was taken out, are what's required, so that's
the drywall pieces themselves.
Judge Fallon requires that one piece of drywall end tape from each kind of drywall found in
the home, is kept. We actually have about 10 different samples here, so we've got multiples
of what is shown. We've got some good markings in here for the Chinese stuff with the Chinese
writing on it, the name of the manufacturer on it, so that's the end tape.
We also have some additional plumbing components. All of them, once again, are double bagged,
labeled, everything get's double bagged. We have security keypads which are kept. We have
a great deal of switches. What the order requires is there are three switches and three outlets
from Chinese drywall walls within the home, and he also wants to see three switches and
three outlets, if there's any non-Chinese drywall walls. We've got many more switches
and outlets than are required. It's better to be safe than sorry.
We also keep the water valves that are taken from the individual sinks, which show the
corrosion on them and show the black tarnish. Then, what else do we have in our little box
that I can share, switches, outlets, the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. He requires
that you keep two of these. We've actually kept four and we tape them in such a way that
we keep the wiring on the back of them so that you can see the corrosion caused by the
Chinese drywall. Once again, the idea of keeping these is that it's a fire safety issue. If
they're in fact corroding, you're going to have a system that fails and in the event
of a fire, it doesn't notify you, so those are smoke detectors. Actually we've got another
security pad, we've got one of our HVAC controllers, and every single piece is all done the same
way. The piece is put into a bag, labeled and then put into another bag.
These are actually door stops and the door stops in this home have been a really, really
good example of the tarnish created by the Chinese drywall. They show it really well.
I've got another piece which is one we're not actually going to submit for evidence,
and I'll show you a close-up, how that actually looks on the door stops.
So that gives you an idea of what the samples themselves look like, and we're going to turn
these over today to the attorney so that he has them, and he now has them in a chain of
custody. That's it for now, Eric Stockholm with Charter Home Builders, till next time.