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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 Duct Leakage 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 duct layout.
A duct leakage test measures how much air escapes the duct system instead of reaching the rooms it was sized for. Registers are sealed and a calibrated duct blaster pressurizes the system to 25 Pascals, reporting the result as CFM25 per 100 square feet of conditioned floor area.
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 Duct Leakage 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.
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.
Why is Duct Leakage Testing Beneficial?
On a production schedule in Rockledge, a failed duct leakage test is not one problem — it is the same problem repeated across every house on that plan.
Ducts losing air outside the conditioned space 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 Duct Leakage 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
Registers are sealed and the duct blaster is connected to the system, which is then 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 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
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 Duct Leakage 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, 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.
Common Structures Like:
Additional Structures Like:
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.
Yes. If duct leakage 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 duct leakage 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.
Duct Leakage Testing Code Reference
Duct Leakage Test Florida Requirements Explained
Duct leakage testing is required in Rockledge 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
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.
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