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- Response to Dryvit's Response to Dateline -

Dryvit: "The reality is that the vast majority of Dryvit homes have no reported moisture problems."

No, the reality is that the vast majority of Dryvit homes have not had moisture-intrusion testing, yet.

Dryvit: "In commercial EIFS applications, which account for over 90% of Dryvit’s sales, moisture repair problems are almost non-existent due to more consistent and higher quality construction practices and workmanship."

Due to more consistent and higher quality construction practices and workmanship and steel and masonry structural components. It is great that the vast majority of your sales are from the commercial industry. It means your corporation will have an ample supply of money to compensate home-owners who are going to have to choose between repairing their homes and sending their kids to college.

Dryvit: "The purported ‘smoking gun’ document was in fact provided by Dryvit, during discovery in a class action suit filed by lawyers looking to cash-in on these isolated problems. The document was of course taken out of context. ... It only covered part of an ongoing internal technical discussion of issues related to attachment of EIFS to paper faced gypsum board. In fact, the full trail of documents, which were provided to Dateline, indicates that these particular issues were addressed and resolved by Dryvit management more than ten years ago."

Ongoing internal technical discussion? Are they still concerned about the inevitable leaks in the systems?

Related attachment of EIFS to paper-faced gypsum? Why is the attachment of EIFS to gypsum a different scenario than the attachment of EIFS to other sheathings? They all decay when exposed to water-intrusion.

How were the particular issues addressed? There have been no significant changes to barrier EIFS design since their introduction into the U.S. in 1969. There were no significant changes to EIFS detailing and installation until after the Wilmington problems went public in 1996. Dryvit's water-managed systems were not introduced into the residential market until 1997.

If the issues were addressed and resolved more than ten years ago, why are so many homes less than ten years old in Wilmington (and elsewhere) rotting?

Dryvit: "Extensive documented evidence of moisture repair involving EIFS homes found that only about 3 to 5% of the total wall area is affected on average."

Doesn't this mean that there has been extensive moisture repair [damage] involving EIFS homes?