How much does a home performance assessment cost?

Saratoga Cellulose charges a flat fee of $495 for a complete home performance assessment, which includes blower door testing, thermal imaging, moisture evaluation, and a written report with prioritized recommendations.

How long does a home performance assessment take?

Most home performance assessments take 2–3 hours depending on home size and complexity.

Home Infiltration Assessment

Don't Guess. Test.

Q: What is a home performance assessment?

A home performance assessment is an equipment-based diagnostic that uses a blower door, thermal imaging camera, and moisture meter to measure how your home actually performs — identifying air leaks, insulation gaps, and moisture problems with data rather than guesswork.

Most homeowners spend thousands trying to fix comfort and energy problems without ever knowing what's actually causing them. A Home Infiltration Assessment uses building-science diagnostics to help identify what's happening — before you invest in insulation or air sealing.

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What Is a Home Performance Assessment?

A Home Performance Assessment is a systematic, equipment-based evaluation of your home's building envelope — the thermal and air barriers that separate conditioned space from unconditioned space. We use professional diagnostic equipment to measure, test, and document what's actually happening inside your walls, attic, and crawlspace.

Blower Door Test

Measures total air leakage in your home and helps locate where air is escaping.

Thermal Imaging

Thermal imaging can help identify temperature anomalies associated with insulation deficiencies, air leakage, and conditions warranting further investigation when environmental conditions allow.

Moisture Evaluation

Identifies moisture conditions that may warrant further investigation.

Visual Inspection

Thorough inspection of attic, crawlspace, basement, and accessible wall cavities.

Is Your Home Telling You Something?

Rooms that are consistently too cold or too hot

Heating and cooling bills that seem too high

Ice dams forming on your roof in winter

Drafts you can feel but can't locate

Second floor that's unbearably hot in summer

Humidity or moisture problems

Old or damaged insulation you want evaluated

You're planning insulation work and want to do it right

What You Get

Every assessment includes the following deliverables.

Written Report

A clear, plain-language report documenting what we found, what it means, and what we recommend.

Blower Door Results

Your home's measured air leakage rate (ACH50) compared to code and best-practice benchmarks.

Thermal Images

Annotated infrared photos showing temperature anomalies associated with insulation deficiencies or air leakage when conditions allow.

Prioritized Recommendations

Specific, actionable recommendations ranked by impact — so you know where to start.

Scope of Work Guidance

If you decide to move forward with insulation or air sealing, the assessment informs the scope.

Assessment Pricing

$495flat fee

Payment is required to schedule. If Saratoga Cellulose develops a prescribed corrective scope based on the assessment and you choose to have Saratoga Cellulose complete the approved project, the $495 assessment fee will be credited toward that project.

Approximately 1–2 hours on site. Serving Saratoga County, Capital Region, and surrounding communities.