Blower Door Testing

The most effective way to assess the efficiency of your building envelope, as well as the tightness and seal of your commercial structure, is to do a blower door test. Blower door testing, which is frequently the initial step in determining the overall energy efficiency of your structure, is something we undertake at Triton Test Balance throughout Northern Illinois and the Greater Midwest Region (see our full Service Area Map here). If we visit your building to execute this testing, the results will be useful information in determining how to improve the seal and effectiveness of your building envelope. The blower door test essentially determines how airtight your building is, which has a direct bearing on how energy-efficient it is and how much energy you use.

One of the greatest methods to determine if your building is a good, tight structure that is efficient and green, or more like a sieve with air pouring in from every corner, is to perform a blower door test. The test involves mounting a sizable fan in your exterior entryway, which swiftly and forcefully removes the air from your building. To do this, we utilize state of the art Retrotec Blower Door Testing systems. This process causes the indoor air pressure to be significantly decreased. The outside air with a higher pressure “attacks” your home once the pressure inside lowers sharply, discovering and exposing all the cracks and crevices that aren’t sealed or aren’t sealed well. Our inspector then records these air leaks, which is always eye opening for the building owner.

Contact Triton Test Balance to schedule your blower door test today. We service Freeport, Rockford, Chicago-suburbs, Madison Wisconsin, Dubuque Iowa and many other surrounding regions. See our full Service Area Map here.