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Stellar Building Performance is a Florida local, family-run company working the barrier island communities, including the Town of Indian River Shores. The town runs its own building department and its own inspections, so the permit, the inspections and the close out all sit with the town rather than with the county.
What Is a Duct Leakage Test?
A duct leakage test measures how much air escapes the duct system instead of reaching the rooms it was sized for. On a barrier island town of roughly four thousand full time residents, where nearly everything built is a custom home inside a gated community, it is the last check before a project that has already cleared flood, wind and coastal review can close out.
What we test in Indian River Shores is custom homes on the island, a large share of them inside John’s Island, the 1,650 acre community that holds close to half the town’s residents, along with the other gated communities up and down A1A.
Registers are sealed and a calibrated fan pressurizes the system to 25 Pascals, reporting the result as CFM25 per 100 square feet of conditioned floor area. The result is filed with the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department against the Florida Energy Conservation Code.
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Florida Energy Code Duct Leakage Requirements
A duct test is required here whenever any part of the duct system or the air handler sits outside the conditioned space. Total leakage must be no more than 4 CFM25 per 100 square feet of conditioned floor area, or 3 CFM25 per 100 square feet at rough-in where the air handler is not yet installed. Where every duct run and the air handler are inside the thermal envelope, the code does not require a test at all.
The Town of Indian River Shores Building Department issues its own permits and runs its own inspections rather than routing them through the county, and it bills inspection fees separately from the permit fee. Contractors register their license with the town before work starts. Work here is custom barrier island construction, where large glazed envelopes usually warrant smoke or infrared diagnostics alongside the duct leakage test.
Why is Duct Leakage Testing Beneficial?
Coastal construction in Indian River Shores is unforgiving about air and moisture, and the duct system is where conditioned air goes missing.
Ducts losing air outside the conditioned space can cause:
For Indian River Shores projects the test does two jobs at once: it satisfies the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department 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 Duct Leakage Testing in Indian River Shores to be as easy as possible.
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Schedule your test
You tell us the Indian River Shores address and when the home will be ready. Island work runs heavier from October through Easter, when the town’s seasonal population nearly doubles, so that stretch books up early.
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onsite testing
We show up at the Indian River Shores address with everything needed. Registers are sealed and the duct blaster is connected to the system, which is then brought up to test pressure.
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Diagnostics and Measurements
We measure total duct leakage in CFM25 per 100 square feet and compare it against the limit for the test stage. 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
Everyone on the Indian River Shores 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, the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department can close out the permit and issue the certificate of occupancy.
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Frequently asked questions about Duct Leakage Testing
Typically 30 to 60 minutes for a Indian River Shores home. The setup takes longer than the measurement itself, and nothing about it is destructive.
Simple rule of thumb: if it’s a conditioned space intended for people, it will require duct leakage testing.
By code definition, any dwelling unit permitted for residential use requires duct leakage testing in Indian River Shores. This includes:
Common Structures Like:
Additional Structures Like:
In Indian River Shores, duct leakage testing is required for new residential buildings where any part of the duct system or the air handler sits outside the conditioned space. That covers most homes with ducts in an attic, a garage, a crawlspace, or a soffit chase. If every duct run and the air handler are inside the thermal envelope, the code exempts the system from testing.
Yes. If duct leakage testing is on the permit and the result is not documented, the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department can hold final approval until it is. That is the whole reason to use a provider who is local to Indian River Shores and shows up when they said they would.
Either one is allowed. A rough-in test is run before the drywall closes the system up, which is the better moment to catch a problem because the ducts are still reachable. A postconstruction test is run near the end, once the air handler is in and the home is approaching final inspection. The limit is 4 CFM25 per 100 square feet in both cases, except at rough-in without the air handler installed, where it tightens to 3.
In most cases, no. Other trades can keep working in Indian River Shores while we test — we only need the openings closed and the house in its final configuration.
Yes. Indian River Shores runs its own building department rather than using the county, so the permit, the inspections and the close out all sit with the town. Inspection fees are billed separately from the permit fee, and contractors register their license with the town before starting. We schedule duct testing against the town’s inspection date.
The method is the same. Indian River Shores is entirely barrier island, and the work here is custom homes rather than production phases. Long duct runs serving large single story footprints have more joints and more boot connections to seal, so we often pair the duct test with smoke or infrared diagnostics to locate leakage rather than only report the number.
Duct Leakage Testing Code Reference
Duct Leakage Test Florida Requirements Explained
Duct leakage testing is required in Indian River Shores under R403.3.3 of the 2023 Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, Eighth Edition, which calls for ducts to be pressure tested at 25 Pascals either at rough-in or after construction.
The limits live in R403.3.4. Total leakage must be no more than 4 CFM25 per 100 square feet of conditioned floor area on a postconstruction test, and the same 4 CFM25 on a rough-in test where the air handler is installed. If the air handler is not in place at rough-in, the limit tightens to 3 CFM25 per 100 square feet.
There is a real exception: no duct test is required where the ducts and air handlers are located entirely within the building thermal envelope. Homes on the performance path under R405 are handled differently again, and are tested against the duct leakage rate assumed in the energy calculation.
We keep the full code language, including the complete text of R403.3.3, R403.3.4 and the R405 provisions, on our main duct leakage page: read the full Florida duct leakage code references.
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Fast Scheduling
Testing in Indian River Shores gets scheduled to land before the inspection, not chase it.
accurate results
Calibrated equipment and a RESNET certified inspector, so the number holds up when the Town of Indian River Shores Building Department reviews it.
immediate reports
Same-day digital reporting to the whole Indian River Shores project team, with deficiencies named if there are any.
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Local duct leakage testing in Indian River Shores, with additional service throughout Brevard County, Indian River County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.
