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Stellar Building Performance is proudly based in Palm Bay, giving local builders, developers, and homeowners a nearby partner for blower door testing. Our Palm Bay location helps us respond quickly, schedule efficiently, and support projects moving toward final inspection and CO.
What Is a Blower Door Test?
Builders working in Palm Bay are working in the largest city in Brevard, with tens of thousands of pre-platted lots left from the original Port Malabar plats. Between single scattered-lot spec homes through full production phases off St. Johns Heritage Parkway, the same plan comes up again and again — and so does the same envelope.
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.
We test for Palm Bay builders and developers and send the report the same day, documented against the Florida Energy Conservation Code for the City of Palm Bay Building Department.
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Florida Energy Code Blower Door Requirements
The Florida Energy Conservation Code governs every residential permit in Palm Bay and applies to any conditioned structure built as living space. Under the 2023 Eighth Edition, homes on the prescriptive path must not exceed 7 Air Changes per Hour at 50 Pascals, and performance-path homes are held to whatever their energy calculation specifies.
Palm Bay reviews and inspects its own permits through the Palm Bay Building Department, which runs an IAS-accredited department and a digital plan room. With tens of thousands of pre-platted lots left from the original Port Malabar plats, we test everything here from single scattered-lot spec homes to full production phases off St. Johns Heritage Parkway.
Why is Blower Door Testing Beneficial?
Volume builders in Palm Bay do not just need a passing number, they need to know which detail moved it.
Excessive air leakage through the building envelope can cause:
In Palm Bay, blower door testing is what turns “it should be fine” into a documented number before final inspection. Passing the first time is what keeps the closeout on schedule.
How We Keep Our Services Simple and Easy
We want completing your Blower Door Testing in Palm Bay to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the Palm Bay address and when the home will be ready. We schedule against the city’s own 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 Palm Bay, 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. You get the number and, if it needs work, the reason behind it.
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Report delivered same day via email
The report goes out by email before we leave the Palm Bay job, documenting code compliance for the inspection file.
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Ready for Final Inspection approval
With the report on file, the City of Palm Bay 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 Palm Bay, depending on the size of the house. Nothing is drilled, cut or removed.
In Palm Bay, 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 Palm Bay 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.
Yes — an undocumented test is an incomplete permit file, and the City of Palm Bay Building Department will not close it out. Being on time in Palm Bay is most of the job.
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.
No. Work does not have to stop and the building does not need to be cleared. We just need the envelope in its finished condition, with exterior doors and windows shut.
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 Palm Bay 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 Palm Bay. 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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Helping Palm Bay Builders Stay on Schedule
Fast Scheduling
We know how Palm Bay books inspections, and we test to fit that rather than fight it.
accurate results
Measured, not estimated. Calibrated equipment, RESNET certified, documented for the City of Palm Bay Building Department.
immediate reports
The report is emailed the same day to everyone on the Palm Bay job, not left in a truck.
Other Areas We Serve
Local blower door testing in Palm Bay, with additional service throughout Brevard County, Indian River County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.