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Stellar Building Performance is a Florida local, family-run company working throughout St. Lucie County, one of the fastest-growing construction markets in Florida, from Port St. Lucie and Tradition north through Fort Pierce and out to Hutchinson Island.
What Is a Blower Door Test?
St. Lucie County is one of the fastest-growing construction markets in Florida, covering Port St. Lucie, Tradition and Fort Pierce, plus a very large scattered-lot market. Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and the Town of St. Lucie Village all permit separately, and the county division covers unincorporated areas only.
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 St. Lucie County, and it applies to any conditioned structure built as living space. What changes from project to project is who enforces it.
In St. Lucie County, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and the Town of St. Lucie Village all permit separately. St. Lucie County Building & Code Regulation Division covers unincorporated areas only, so jurisdiction depends on exactly where the parcel sits.
Volume here is significant. The county authorized roughly 4,000 new private housing units in 2025, and Port St. Lucie has been the fastest-growing large city in the country for five consecutive years. Alongside the master-planned phases in Tradition, Riverland and Verano sits an enormous scattered-lot market: the city’s Comprehensive Plan records over 80,000 originally platted lots from the General Development Corporation era.
Prescriptive-path homes must not exceed 7 Air Changes per Hour at 50 Pascals; performance and ERI projects are held to whatever their energy calculation specifies, which is frequently tighter.
Why is Blower Door Testing Beneficial?
Whether a St. Lucie County permit runs through a city or the county, a home that leaks costs its owner the same amount either way.
Excessive air leakage through the building envelope can cause:
In St. Lucie County, 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 St. Lucie County to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the St. Lucie County address and when the home will be ready. Volume here is high enough that we hold recurring slots rather than booking one job at a time.
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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 St. Lucie 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. 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 St. Lucie County job, documenting code compliance for the inspection file.
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Ready for Final Inspection approval
With the report on file, St. Lucie County Building & Code Regulation 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 St. Lucie County, depending on the size of the house. Nothing is drilled, cut or removed.
In St. Lucie 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 St. Lucie 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.
Yes — an undocumented test is an incomplete permit file, and St. Lucie County Building & Code Regulation Division will not close it out. Being on time in St. Lucie County 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 St. Lucie 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 St. Lucie 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.
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Helping St. Lucie County Builders Stay on Schedule
Fast Scheduling
We know how St. Lucie County books inspections, and we test to fit that rather than fight it.
accurate results
Measured, not estimated. Calibrated equipment, RESNET certified, documented for St. Lucie County Building & Code Regulation Division.
immediate reports
The report is emailed the same day to everyone on the St. Lucie County job, not left in a truck.
Other Areas We Serve
Local blower door testing throughout St. Lucie County, with additional service in Brevard County, Indian River County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.