Greenwood, Jackson County
Blower Door Testing in Greenwood, Florida
For Greenwood builders deciding what finish work can go on before the air leakage test, and what number the house needs.
Testing new Greenwood houses for air leakage
Big Bend Services, Inc. tests newly built houses in Greenwood, ZIP 32443, for air leakage under the Florida energy code. Section R402.4.1.2 of the Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 8th Edition (2023), sets the limit at 7 air changes per hour at 50 pascals for Climate Zones 1 and 2, and Table R301.1 puts Jackson County in Zone 2.
Book by calling (850) 819-6031, Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, or use the form. Tests are booked through our office in Wewahitchka.
Finish work
Greenwood finish trades that can work around the test
The fan reads air moving through the outside walls, the ceiling below the attic and the floor. Trades working on surfaces inside that shell can carry on before or after the test date.
Flooring installers
Tile, wood, vinyl or carpet goes over the subfloor.
Cabinets and countertops
Setting cabinets and tops has no effect on the result.
Mirrors and hardware
Mirrors, towel bars and door hardware go on whenever suits.
Appliances
Sliding a refrigerator or range into place changes nothing. The range hood duct and dryer vent are different: they pass through the shell and need to be in before the test.
Work that does move the reading
Anything that opens a path through the outside walls, the ceiling under the attic or the floor changes the number. That includes a new light box in a top-floor ceiling, a pipe or wire run through an outside wall, a new exhaust fan, and an opening cut to reach something and left open. Moving a light or adding an outlet on an outside wall after the drywall is up counts the same way.
Drywall is not finish work for this test. On the outside walls and the ceiling below a vented attic, the drywall is part of the air barrier, so a missing sheet or an open chase behind it counts as an opening.
Trim-out
Finish-stage trades that do touch the shell
Some trades come back at the finish stage to work on openings they made earlier, and that work sits on the boundary.
Electrical trim-out
Devices and cover plates on outside walls and fixtures in the top-floor ceiling. The gap around each box is part of the shell.
Heating and cooling trim-out
Grilles set on the duct boots. The seam between each boot and the drywall is what counts, not the grille.
Plumbing trim-out
Fixtures and trim plates where pipes come through an outside wall or the floor.
Low-voltage trim-out
Cable and data plates on outside walls.
Before finishes cover them
Openings that are easier to seal early
Under sinks
Drain and supply pipes come through the floor or wall inside the sink cabinet.
Behind a tub or shower
An outside wall behind a tub is closed off once the tub and surround are set.
Along the bottom of outside walls
The joint where the wall meets the floor, covered once the baseboard goes on.
Behind the refrigerator and range
Water and gas lines through the floor or wall, hidden once the appliances slide in.
Around a factory-built fireplace
The gap where the unit meets the wall framing, covered once the surround and mantel go on.
At the electrical panel
Where cables enter a panel set in an outside wall, before the cover goes on.
Booking
Booking the test
Send the street address, the permit number, the ready date and who to call on site. The ready date is the day the last opening through the shell is made and the walls and ceilings are closed, not the day the house is finished.
Dates that slip
Call the office and a new test date is set.
Several houses
Each one is tested on its own and gets its own result.
Same county
Other towns for a blower door test
What to expect
How the booking works
- 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 caulking the trim help the number?
Does the garage door need to be installed?
Do interior doors need to be hung?
Is the attic part of the test?
Get a quote
Request a Blower Door Test in Greenwood
Send the Greenwood address, the permit number and the date every opening through the shell will be in.
