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Stellar Building Performance serves Melbourne Village, the smallest incorporated town in Brevard County, for the custom and infill construction that makes up all of its new residential work.
What Is a Blower Door Test?
Every new home in Melbourne Village with conditioned living space has to be tested. Melbourne Village is the smallest municipality in Brevard, roughly 681 residents on 0.58 square miles, and the work here is infill on large wooded lots, over 90 percent of them between a third of an acre and a full acre.
A blower door test measures how much air leaks through the finished building envelope. On one-off builds there is no second house to learn from — each envelope is its own, which is why we would rather test before things are closed up than after.
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 documents compliance with the Florida Energy Conservation Code for the Town of Melbourne Village.
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Florida Energy Code Blower Door Requirements
The Florida Energy Conservation Code governs every residential permit in Melbourne Village, and it applies to any conditioned structure built as living space.
Melbourne Village has roughly 681 residents in 0.58 square miles, which makes it the smallest municipality in Brevard County. It still runs its own building official through the Town of Melbourne Village.
The single most important scheduling fact in the entire county is here: all Melbourne Village inspections happen on Thursday. You have to be on the list by close of business Wednesday. Miss the list and you wait a full week. We schedule envelope testing early in the week so the report is in hand before the Wednesday cutoff, rather than testing Thursday morning and hoping.
The town was founded in 1947 as an intentional community, and over 90 percent of its lots run between a third of an acre and a full acre under heavy protected canopy. There is no greenfield here, only infill. New houses require Town Review Board approval plus formal site plan review, as do additions that increase coverage by 25 percent or more and any building over 18 feet tall, with signatures notarized.
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. All Brevard jurisdictions are on the 2023 Florida Building Code, 8th Edition.
Why is Blower Door Testing Beneficial?
A custom home in Melbourne Village 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:
A clean result in Melbourne Village means the file is complete and nobody is making a second trip. A failure caught early means it is still cheap to fix.
How We Keep Our Services Simple and Easy
We want completing your Blower Door Testing in Melbourne Village to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the Melbourne Village address and when the home will be ready. We test early in the week so the report is in hand before the Wednesday cutoff, rather than testing Thursday morning and hoping.
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onsite testing
Our inspector arrives at the Melbourne Village site and sets up. 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. We note the problem areas while we are still standing in the house.
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Report delivered same day via email
Documentation is emailed the day of the test so the Melbourne Village permit file is complete when the inspector opens it.
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Ready for Final Inspection approval
With the report on file, the Town of Melbourne Village can close out the permit and issue the certificate of occupancy.
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Recent Blower Door Tests in Melbourne Village and Brevard County
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Frequently asked questions about Blower Door Testing
Most blower door tests in Melbourne Village take 30 to 60 minutes. It is quick, non-destructive, and easy to slot in before final inspection.
In Melbourne Village, 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 Melbourne Village 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. The Town of Melbourne Village needs the documented result in the file before it closes the permit, so a missing report in Melbourne Village 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.
Usually not. The test runs while the crew keeps going; what matters is that the building is buttoned up the way it will be at handover.
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 Melbourne Village 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 Melbourne Village. 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 Melbourne Village Builders Stay on Schedule
Fast Scheduling
Every Melbourne Village inspection happens on Thursday and you have to be on the list by close of business Wednesday. We schedule around it.
accurate results
A RESNET certified inspector and calibrated gear — results the Town of Melbourne Village will accept without a second visit.
immediate reports
Documentation lands by email the day we test, so the Melbourne Village closeout package is never waiting on us.
Other Areas We Serve
Local blower door testing in Melbourne Village, with additional service throughout Brevard County, Indian River County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.