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Stellar Building Performance is a Florida local, family-run company working the barrier island communities, including the Town of Indian River Shores. The town runs its own building department and its own inspections, so the permit, the inspections and the close out all sit with the town rather than with the county.
What Is a Blower Door Test?
A blower door test measures how much air leaks through the finished building envelope. On a barrier island town of roughly four thousand full time residents, where nearly everything built is a custom home inside a gated community, it is the last check before a project that has already cleared flood, wind and coastal review can close out.
What we test in Indian River Shores is custom homes on the island, a large share of them inside John’s Island, the 1,650 acre community that holds close to half the town’s residents, along with the other gated communities up and down A1A.
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. The result is filed with the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department against 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 the Town of Indian River Shores and applies to any conditioned structure built as living space. Under the 2023 Eighth Edition, prescriptive-path homes must not exceed 7 Air Changes per Hour at 50 Pascals, with performance-path homes held to their energy calculation.
The Town of Indian River Shores Building Department issues its own permits and runs its own inspections rather than routing them through the county, and it bills inspection fees separately from the permit fee. Contractors register their license with the town before work starts. Work here is custom barrier island construction, where large glazed envelopes usually warrant smoke or infrared diagnostics alongside the blower door.
Why is Blower Door Testing Beneficial?
Coastal construction in Indian River Shores is unforgiving about air and moisture, and the envelope is the only thing standing between the two.
Excessive air leakage through the building envelope can cause:
For Indian River Shores projects the test does two jobs at once: it satisfies the Town of Indian River Shores 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 Indian River Shores to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the Indian River Shores address and when the home will be ready. Island work runs heavier from October through Easter, when the town’s seasonal population nearly doubles, so that stretch books up early.
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onsite testing
We show up at the Indian River Shores address with everything needed. The blower door is sealed into an exterior doorway and the house is brought up to test pressure.
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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. If it is over, we identify where it is going rather than just handing you a fail.
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Report delivered same day via email
Everyone on the Indian River Shores 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, the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department can close out the permit and issue the certificate of occupancy.
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Frequently asked questions about Blower Door Testing
Typically 30 to 60 minutes for a Indian River Shores home. The setup takes longer than the measurement itself, and nothing about it is destructive.
Simple rule of thumb: if it’s a conditioned space intended for people, it will require blower door testing.
By code definition, any dwelling unit permitted for residential use requires blower door testing in Indian River Shores. This includes:
Common Structures Like:
Additional Structures Like:
A blower door test is typically required in Indian River Shores before final inspection or Certificate of Occupancy (CO). Many builders do not realize this requirement until it appears on the permit card or is flagged by the Town of Indian River Shores building department during final inspection.
Yes. If blower door testing is on the permit and the result is not documented, the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department can hold final approval until it is. That is the whole reason to use a provider who is local to Indian River Shores and shows up when they said they would.
Blower door testing in Indian River Shores is typically performed at the end of construction, when the building envelope is complete but before final inspection. Windows, doors, and penetrations should be installed and sealed for accurate results. Reference our Blower Door Pre-Testing Checklist included in your quote for a comprehensive guide to prepare for your Indian River Shores blower door test.
In most cases, no. Other trades can keep working in Indian River Shores while we test — we only need the openings closed and the house in its final configuration.
Yes. Indian River Shores runs its own building department rather than using the county, so the permit, the inspections and the close out all sit with the town. Inspection fees are billed separately from the permit fee, and contractors register their license with the town before starting. We schedule envelope testing against the town’s inspection date.
The method is the same. Indian River Shores is entirely barrier island, and the work here is custom homes rather than production phases. Large custom envelopes with extensive glazing and multiple exterior doors have more pressure boundary to seal, so we often pair the blower door with smoke or infrared diagnostics to locate leakage rather than only report the number.
Want the longer version? Read our complete blower door testing FAQ.
Blower Door Testing Code Reference
Blower Door Test Florida Requirements Explained
Blower door testing has been required for all new residential dwellings in Indian River Shores 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 Indian River Shores. 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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Fast Scheduling
Testing in Indian River Shores gets scheduled to land before the inspection, not chase it.
accurate results
Calibrated equipment and a RESNET certified inspector, so the number holds up when the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department reviews it.
immediate reports
Same-day digital reporting to the whole Indian River Shores project team, with deficiencies named if there are any.
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