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Stellar Building Performance is a Florida local, family-run company working throughout Indian River County, from Sebastian and Fellsmere in the north through Vero Beach and out to the barrier island communities of Orchid and Indian River Shores.
What Is a Blower Door Test?
Indian River County is an unusual permitting map, four municipal building departments plus the county, covering Vero Beach, Sebastian, Fellsmere, Orchid and Indian River Shores. The county has jurisdiction over the unincorporated county and the City of Vero Beach, while Sebastian, Fellsmere, Orchid and Indian River Shores each issue their own permits.
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.
Whichever department reviews it, the requirement and the report are the same, documented 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 Indian River County, and it applies to any conditioned structure built as living space. What changes from project to project is who enforces it.
Indian River County has an unusual permitting map: four municipal building departments plus the county, and the county seat is the one that does not run its own.
The Indian River County Building Division has jurisdiction over the unincorporated county and the City of Vero Beach. Sebastian, Fellsmere, Orchid and Indian River Shores each issue their own permits. Vero Beach’s own Planning and Development Department handles site plan and zoning approval first, then the county issues the building permit and performs the inspections.
Across all of them the envelope requirement is the same: prescriptive-path homes must not exceed 7 Air Changes per Hour at 50 Pascals, while performance-path homes are tested against their own energy calculation.
Why is Blower Door Testing Beneficial?
Indian River County spans a lot of different building departments and a lot of different products, and the same envelope problems turn up in all of them.
Excessive air leakage through the building envelope can cause:
For Indian River County projects the test does two jobs at once: it satisfies Indian River County Building Division 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 County to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the Indian River County address and when the home will be ready. Knowing which of the five desks reviews a given parcel is half the scheduling problem here.
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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 Indian River County, 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 Indian River County 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, Indian River County Building Division can close out the permit and issue the certificate of occupancy.
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Recent Blower Door Tests in Indian River County
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Frequently asked questions about Blower Door Testing
Budget half an hour to an hour on site in Indian River County, depending on the size of the house. Nothing is drilled, cut or removed.
In Indian River County, 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 Indian River County 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. Indian River County Building Division needs the documented result in the file before it closes the permit, so a missing report in Indian River County 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 Indian River County 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 Indian River County 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 County. 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.
questions? give us a call, this is our specialty!
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Similar Services
Most Indian River County projects need more than one of these. We do all of them, on the same schedule and in the same report chain.
Duct Leakage Testing
Verify duct system airtightness using professional duct blaster testing required for new construction inspections. We provide this service across the Indian River County area!
Energy Code Calculations
Energy performance calculations required for Florida residential building permits and code compliance documentation.
Helping Indian River County Builders Stay on Schedule
Fast Scheduling
We know how Indian River County books inspections, and we test to fit that rather than fight it.
accurate results
A RESNET certified inspector and calibrated gear — results Indian River County Building Division will accept without a second visit.
immediate reports
Same-day digital reporting to the whole Indian River County project team, with deficiencies named if there are any.
Other Areas We Serve
Local blower door testing throughout Indian River County, with additional service in Brevard County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.
