Unit widths-  Doors.  14 tall opening this 16 foot clearance.  12 wide door.  

The index inched higher for the fourth consecutive month, demonstrating the upbeat outlook in the construction industry.

Also, since a developer out there just turned an enormous amount of previously spongy, wooded land, with lots of tall absorbent grasses into a big fancy neighborhood, I suspect the flood danger has increased for the whole area and it will likely flood worse than before.

If its just the area right around the old screws, you could go back a few inches and find solid particleboard.

If it wasn't sitting under water for a day or two, you should be fine just cutting the drywall off a few inches above its peak. doors etc should be able to be cleaned if they were not under for longer than a day or two.

So properties that are in poor shape, tall grass, bordered up in a great neighborhood that have the comps to back up the ARV.

(It is a 3 story building and this garden unit was legalized with the rehab permit & plans under which things are being done)Existing drywall appears to be half inch (so we are off by 1/8th of an inch) and it was never touched so I thought it can be left alone but now they want to cut it and check the thickness.Since they demanded that I tear down the entire ceiling to put 5/8" drywall per code, I suggested if I can keep the Half inch drywall and just add another layer of 5/8" inch which would make it much thicker then what they demanded.

However, this is just one code regulation to look at.An insurance carrier or lender may require the bottom plate to be bolted every 12 inches, usually 6 inches deep.

It looks like this wide crack (from the picture looks like is a good inch on one side then less on the other plus a vertical crack that seems to follow a brick wall against concrete slab foundation.  

The US standard of sellers having to pay for the buyers agent is a global anomaly (just like inches, pounds and cups) and makes little sense.