Grand Ridge, Jackson County
Blower Door Testing in Grand Ridge, Florida
For Grand Ridge owners and builders asking whether the air leakage test applies, and what it measures.
Blower door tests in Grand Ridge
Big Bend Services, Inc. runs blower door tests on newly built houses in Grand Ridge, ZIP 32442. The Florida energy code limit for Climate Zone 2 is 7 air changes per hour at 50 pascals.
Builders and owners of a newly built house can book. Call (850) 819-6031 on a weekday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, or send the form. Tests are booked through our office in Wewahitchka.
Additions
Does a Grand Ridge addition need the test?
Under 85 percent of the envelope
Additions and alterations that make up less than 85 percent of the building thermal envelope do not have to be tested.
Who decides
Your building official decides whether the exception covers a project.
The boundary
Attics and garages in a Grand Ridge test
Vented attic over the rooms
Stays outside. The ceiling drywall and everything cut through it form the line the fan reads.
Insulation at the roof deck
An attic sealed and insulated at the roof deck is opened to the house for the test, and its space is measured with the rooms.
Unconditioned attached garage
Stays outside. The shared wall and the door into the house are part of the measured boundary.
A room over the garage
Inside the test once it is heated and cooled, and its floor over the garage becomes part of the boundary.
Test day
Test-day set-up
Windows and outside doors
Shut and latched, not taped.
Fans, the hood and the dryer
Kitchen and bath fans off with their dampers closed, and the dryer not running, with its vent flap shut.
Fireplaces and stoves
Doors shut and flue damper closed.
Interior doors
Open throughout, bedrooms and closets included, so the whole house sits at one pressure.
Heating and cooling
Off for the test, with every supply and return register open.
Drain traps
Filled in any bath or kitchen that has not been used yet.
Booking
What to send when you book
Send the address, the permit number, the date the house will be ready and who to call on site. Book once every opening through the shell has been made. If the ready date slips, call the office and a new test date is set.
Other services
Gutters, a garage door or wire shelving can go on the same call.
Same county
The test in neighboring towns
What to expect
How the test is set up
- 1
Send the build details
Address, permit number and when the house will be ready.
- 2
Test booked
We give you a date for the test.
- 3
Test run
The house is tested once it is ready.
- 4
After a failed test
Corrections are made and the house is tested again.
Does a garage turned into living space join the boundary?
Does a new sunroom count as part of the house?
Is a house built on piers tested differently?
Can the house be furnished on test day?
What if rooms have different ceiling heights?
Do paint and flooring need to be done first?
Get a quote
Request a Blower Door Test in Grand Ridge
Send the Grand Ridge address, the permit number, the ready date and who to call on site.
