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Stellar Building Performance serves Rockledge, the oldest municipality in Brevard County, from the lagoon-front older neighborhoods west across I-95 into the newly annexed growth area.
What Is a Blower Door Test?
Builders working in Rockledge are working in a city split between mature Apollo-era stock east of US-1 and new subdivisions on land annexed west of I-95. Between Reserve at Turtle Creek and the Rockledge Park mixed-use district, 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 Rockledge builders and developers and send the report the same day, documented against the Florida Energy Conservation Code for the City of Rockledge Building Division.
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Florida Energy Code Blower Door Requirements
The Florida Energy Conservation Code governs every residential permit in Rockledge, and it applies to any conditioned structure built as living space.
Rockledge incorporated in 1887 and runs its own City of Rockledge Building Division. The city is effectively two markets: mature Apollo-era housing stock on the east side, where the work is teardown and remodel, and the land annexed west of I-95 in 2022 and 2023, where the new subdivisions are going.
Recent approvals include the Reserve at Turtle Creek subdivision at the golf course and a five-story, 105-unit residential building in the city’s mixed-use district. That district carries a real architectural review layer, and a recent five-story approval was conditioned on meeting all twelve of the city’s design elements.
Two practical notes. Rockledge rejects applications that cite a prior code edition outright, so make sure your energy calc references the 2023 8th Edition. And the inspection line closes at 4:00 p.m. the prior business day or once the day is full, whichever comes first, so there is a hard daily cap on how many inspections get scheduled. We build our route around that rather than against it.
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?
On a production schedule in Rockledge, a failed blower door test is not one problem — it is the same problem repeated across every house on that plan.
Excessive air leakage through the building envelope can cause:
A clean result in Rockledge 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 Rockledge to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the Rockledge address and when the home will be ready. The inspection line closes at 4:00 p.m. the prior business day or once the day is full, whichever comes first.
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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 Rockledge, 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. 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
Documentation is emailed the day of the test so the Rockledge permit file is complete when the inspector opens it.
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Ready for Final Inspection approval
With the report on file, the City of Rockledge Building Division 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 Rockledge, depending on the size of the house. Nothing is drilled, cut or removed.
In Rockledge, 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.
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A blower door test in Rockledge 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. If blower door testing is on the permit and the result is not documented, the City of Rockledge Building Division can hold final approval until it is. That is the whole reason to use a provider who is local to Rockledge and shows up when they said they would.
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 Rockledge 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 Rockledge. 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 Rockledge Builders Stay on Schedule
Fast Scheduling
We know how Rockledge books inspections, and we test to fit that rather than fight it.
accurate results
Calibrated equipment and a RESNET certified inspector, so the number holds up when the City of Rockledge Building Division reviews it.
immediate reports
Documentation lands by email the day we test, so the Rockledge closeout package is never waiting on us.
Other Areas We Serve
Local blower door testing in Rockledge, with additional service throughout Brevard County, Indian River County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.