Remodelling With Spray Foam Insulation

Remodelling with Spray Foam Insulation in the Carolinas

With high inventory levels and a poor real estate market across the nation, many homeowners are deciding to remodel their existing home, instead of buying new.  In addition, most real estate markets are not seeing the increase in real estate value of their home from year to year, as in recent years.  This has lead to many homeowners looking for other ways to add real estate value to their home, and remodelling is the best way to add value, and curb appeal to your home.  One home improvement a lot of homeowners in North Carolina & South Carolina are making, is re-insulating their home to make it more energy efficient, and in turn lowering utility cost.  With rising utility cost and increase in gas prices, energy efficiency is a top priority among most homeowners looking to remodel.   By re-insulating, homeowners can see a return on their investment in the form of utility savings.  Current tax credits for re-insulating is also encouraging more homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their home.  In order to maximize utility savings homeowners are turning to "green" building products like spray foam insulation, wall foam insulation, and crawl space encapsulations.  Though slightly higher in installation cost, energy & utility savings are much higher as well, helping to offset installation cost.  "Green" building products not only help homeowners save money on utility bills, going green also helps to save the environment as well. 

Here is a list of some of the most popular energy saving home improvements our customers are having installed in 2011:

• Spray Foam Insulation
• Wall Foam Insulation
• Crawl Space Encapsulation
• Solar Energy Powered Hot Water Heaters
• Standing Seam Metal Roofing
• Tile Roofing Systems
• Solar Integrated Roofing Systems

If you are a homeowner in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia reading this blog, and looking to save on utility bills in 2011 and in years to come, then call Retro-Solutions Construction Company of Myrtle Beach, SC.  We have experienced, professional, and licensed install teams across all of NC, SC, and GA, and we can help make your home or business more energy efficient. 

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Quick Vegetable Pizza

I like this quick version because it helps me out when I do not have time to prepare home made pizza dough and sauce. As only topping is prepared at home, it is easy to limit the quantity of cheese and takes only 15 minutes of time. Pizza crust and pizza sauce is available in almost all grocery shops.



Basic Information:

Prep Time: <10 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes
Serves: 2

Ingredients:



Pizza crust - 1 any size

Pizza sauce - 1 tablespoon or as required

Mixed vegetables - 1/2 cup (I added onion,yellow capsicum, tindora)

Grated cheese - 1/4 cup or as required

Green chillies - 2, chopped finely

Pepper powder -  1/2 teaspoon

Salt - to sprinkle

Dried herbs - to sprinkle (I added oregano,thyme) (optional)



Method:



1) Take a pizza crust and spread pizza sauce followed by grated cheese.

2) Decorate with vegetables of your choice and green chillies with even intervals.

3) Sprinkle few grated cheese on top of the vegetables followed by salt and pepper.

4) Throw dried herbs if using.

5) Preheat the oven to 150C.

6) Keep the pizza inside and bake it for 10-15 minutes or as per the instructions given in the pizza crust.

7) Cut them into slice and serve hot with any sauce.

Note:

1) Usage of vegetables are absolutely your choice. I used the vegetables which were available by the time of preparation.

2) Try to do different topping as per your wish and enjoy.

Thakkali Sadam / Tomato Rice

A typical south Indian food, best suits for lunch box can be prepared in two ways. One method is prepared using fresh ripe tomatoes and boiling rice with them. Another method is preparing tomato gravy and rice separately and mixing them together to make a rice. Both the methods are very simple. Here I am posting the first method cooking tomatoes with rice to gether.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Tomato - 3 medium size, finely chopped

Rice - 1 cup

Onion - 1 medium size, chopped

Ginger - 1 teaspoon, minced

Garlic - 1 teaspoon, minced

Cloves - 1 no

Fennel seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Curry leaves - 1 string

Oil/butter/ghee - 4 teaspoon

Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon / to taste

Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon

Coriander leaves - 1 string, for garnishing

Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon

Salt - to taste



Method:



1) Wash rice two or three times thoroughly using water. Keep aside after washing.

2) In a steam cooker, Heat oil and add mustard seeds and fennel seeds.

3) when they crackle, add crushed clove and curry leaves.

4) Add chopped onions and saute till they are translucent.

5) Add minced ginger and garlic. Saute for few seconds.

6) Add chopped tomatoes and saute till they are completely mashed.

7) Add red chilli powder and coriander powder and fry till the raw smeel of masala goes off.

8) Add washed rice and add 2 cups of water. Add salt to taste.

9) Mix well and cover the cooker using the lid.

10) Wait for 3 whistles. When steam releases from cooker, mix the rice gently. Garnish with coriander leaves.

11) Tomato rice is ready and Serve hot with any raitha.