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Stellar Building Performance serves Hobe Sound and southern Martin County, from Port Salerno south along US-1 to the Jonathan Dickinson State Park line.
What Is a Blower Door Test?
Hobe Sound is the fastest-growing community in Martin County, up more than 14 percent between the 2010 and 2020 censuses. Almost everything built here is infill and small phases along the US-1 corridor, which changes how testing fits the schedule: there is no repeating plan type to tune, just this house.
A blower door test measures how much air leaks through the finished building envelope. A calibrated fan is sealed into an exterior doorway and the house is brought to a 50 Pascal pressure difference while the fan measures the air needed to hold it there.
Jonathan Dickinson State Park and the national wildlife refuge bracket the area, so new construction is pushed inland along US-1 rather than spreading out. The report goes to Martin County Building Department under the Florida Energy Conservation Code.
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Florida Energy Code Blower Door Requirements
The Florida Energy Conservation Code governs every residential permit in Hobe Sound, and it applies to any conditioned structure built as living space.
Hobe Sound is an unincorporated community, so the Martin County Building Department issues and inspects every residential permit here.
Hobe Sound has been the fastest-growing community in Martin County, up more than 14 percent between the 2010 and 2020 censuses. What makes it unusual is how little of it can actually be built on: Jonathan Dickinson State Park and the national wildlife refuge land bracket the area, and Jupiter Island sits across South Jupiter Narrows to the east. New construction is pushed inland along the US-1 corridor, so the work tends to be infill and small phases rather than large greenfield subdivisions.
Prescriptive-path homes must not exceed 7 Air Changes per Hour at 50 Pascals, and performance-path homes are held to whatever their energy calculation specifies.
Why is Blower Door Testing Beneficial?
A custom home in Hobe Sound is the only one of its kind, and its envelope is too. There is no second unit to fix.
Excessive air leakage through the building envelope can cause:
For Hobe Sound projects the test does two jobs at once: it satisfies Martin County Building Department and it tells the builder whether the assembly actually performed the way it was drawn.
How We Keep Our Services Simple and Easy
We want completing your Blower Door Testing in Hobe Sound to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the Hobe Sound address and when the home will be ready. We coordinate with the county inspection calendar.
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onsite testing
The blower door is sealed into an exterior doorway and the house is brought up to test pressure. We work around whoever else is still on site in Hobe Sound, so nobody has to clear out.
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Diagnostics and Measurements
We measure the envelope leakage rate and compare it against the limit for the compliance path on your plans. We note the problem areas while we are still standing in the house.
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Report delivered same day via email
Everyone on the Hobe Sound project team gets the signed report the same day, not on the next visit.
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Ready for Final Inspection approval
With the report on file, Martin County Building Department can close out the permit and issue the certificate of occupancy.
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Frequently asked questions about Blower Door Testing
Budget half an hour to an hour on site in Hobe Sound, depending on the size of the house. Nothing is drilled, cut or removed.
In Hobe Sound, blower door testing is generally required for new residential buildings with conditioned living space. That can include single-family homes, duplexes, townhomes, apartments, guest houses, and additions where enclosed space is being conditioned for occupancy.
Common Structures Like:
Additional Structures Like:
A blower door test in Hobe Sound is usually completed near the end of construction, once the building envelope is in place and the home is getting close to final inspection or Certificate of Occupancy review.
It can. Martin County Building Department needs the documented result in the file before it closes the permit, so a missing report in Hobe Sound is a stalled CO. We schedule so that does not happen.
It is recommended to test as close to completion as possible. Our best suggestion is to be one of the last vendors in the project before the cleaners do their final clean. We provide a pre-inspection, get ready checklist in all of our proposals that is designed to make being prepared for your blower door test as simple and easy as possible.
In most cases, no. Other trades can keep working in Hobe Sound while we test — we only need the openings closed and the house in its final configuration.
Blower Door Testing Code Reference
Blower Door Test Florida Requirements Explained
Blower door testing has been required for all new residential dwellings in Hobe Sound since the 2010 Florida Building Code, and the requirement carries forward in the current 2023 Eighth Edition.
Which number your project is tested against depends on the compliance path. The prescriptive method caps envelope leakage at 7 air changes per hour at 50 Pascals in Florida Climate Zone 2, which covers Hobe Sound. Projects documented through the performance or ERI path are tested against whatever the energy calculation for that specific home specifies, and that target is often tighter than 7. Two homes on the same street can carry different numbers.
We keep the full code citations, including the exact language from R402.4.1.2, R403.3.3 and R405, on our main blower door page: read the full Florida blower door code reference.
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Helping Hobe Sound Builders Stay on Schedule
Fast Scheduling
We know how Hobe Sound books inspections, and we test to fit that rather than fight it.
accurate results
A RESNET certified inspector and calibrated gear — results Martin County Building Department will accept without a second visit.
immediate reports
Same-day digital reporting to the whole Hobe Sound project team, with deficiencies named if there are any.
Other Areas We Serve
Local blower door testing in Hobe Sound, with additional service throughout Brevard County, Indian River County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.
