Dry-In Inspection Guide
Your dry-in inspection may apply to the roof, walls, or both. Follow the sections that apply to your project and make sure the important details are visible before they are covered.
Show Us the Entire Dry-In.
Start with wide views so we understand the project, then move closer to seams, overlaps, openings, penetrations, flashing and transitions.
Some projects require roof dry-in, some require wall dry-in, and some require both. Do not cover the areas being inspected until your inspector has had an opportunity to review them.
Whenever an overlap, spacing or other dimension needs to be verified, take a clear photo with the measuring tape visible next to the area.
Show us the entire dry-in area.
Start with a slow walkthrough showing all areas included in this inspection.
Show whichever applies:
- All dried-in exterior walls
- All dried-in roof planes
- Windows and door openings
- Roof openings and penetrations
- Corners and transitions
- Enough context to identify each area
Show us the wall weather barrier.
If your project uses housewrap, WRB, membrane or a similar wall barrier, show the complete installation before it is covered.
Make sure we can see:
- The overall wall barrier installation
- Material installed tight to the wall
- No excessive wrinkling
- Seams and overlaps
- Corners and transitions
- Top and bottom terminations
- Repairs or patched areas
If an overlap dimension needs to be verified, include a clear photo with a measuring tape across the overlap.
Using ZIP or another integrated sheathing system?
If your approved wall system does not require separate housewrap, show the complete integrated sheathing system and its seam treatment.
Make sure we can see:
- All panel seams
- Seam tape or approved sealing system
- Wall corners
- Window and door openings
- Penetrations
- Any repaired or patched seams
Show wide views first, then close-ups so the inspector can confirm the seams and joints are properly taped or sealed.
Show us the window and door openings.
Show the flashing and weather protection around all openings before it is covered.
For windows, make sure we can see:
- The full window opening
- Sill flashing or sill tape
- Both lower corners
- Sill flashing extending up the sides of the opening
- Seams and transitions
- How the flashing ties into the wall weather barrier system
Take one wider photo of the complete opening and clear close-ups of the sill and both bottom corners.
If a flashing dimension or overlap needs to be verified, include a photo with a measuring tape visible.
Show us wall penetrations, corners and transitions.
Show areas where pipes, ducts, conduits or other items pass through the wall barrier.
Make sure we can see:
- Wall penetrations
- Exterior corners
- Inside corners, where applicable
- Changes in wall material or system
- Wall-to-roof or wall-to-foundation transitions
- How each area is flashed, taped or sealed
Show us the roof underlayment.
Show the underlayment across all roof areas included in the inspection.
Make sure we can see:
- Underlayment coverage
- Material markings or labels, where visible
- Seams and transitions
- Different materials or installation conditions
- Overall condition before the final roof covering
Show us the roof laps and overlaps.
Take clear close-up photos of representative underlayment laps and overlaps.
If an overlap dimension needs to be verified, place a measuring tape across the lap and take a clear photo.
Show representative areas including:
- Horizontal laps
- End laps, where applicable
- Roof transitions
- Different materials or conditions
Show us valleys, edges and roof transitions.
Get close enough for the inspector to clearly see how these critical areas are dried-in.
Make sure we can see:
- Valleys
- Ridges
- Eaves
- Rakes
- Drip edge, where installed
- Roof-to-wall transitions
- Changes in roof plane
Show us all roof penetrations.
Show every penetration and how the dry-in system is sealed or flashed around it.
This may include:
- Plumbing vents
- Mechanical penetrations
- Roof vents
- Exhaust penetrations
- Skylights
- Other roof openings
Show the full penetration first, then take close-ups of the flashing and sealing around it.
Show us anything different or unusual.
If any part of the wall or roof dry-in is different from the rest, make sure your inspector can see it clearly.
- Repairs or patches
- Different materials
- Special flashing conditions
- Unusual transitions
- Field modifications
- Anything else you think the inspector should see
Before You Submit
Take 30 seconds and make sure your inspector can clearly see every dry-in condition that applies to your project.
- Can we see the entire dry-in area?
- If walls are included, can we clearly see the wall barrier or integrated sheathing system?
- Are the wall seams, overlaps and transitions visible?
- If you have windows, did you clearly show the sill flashing or sill tape?
- If using ZIP or a similar system, did you show that the seams are taped or sealed?
- If roof dry-in is included, can we clearly see the underlayment?
- Did you show representative roof laps and overlaps?
- Did you show roof valleys, edges, transitions and penetrations?
- Where dimensions need to be verified, did you include measuring-tape photos?
- Are all important details still exposed and easy to see?
That's It.
Submit your photos, videos and measurement photos through Permit Rockstar. Your inspector will compare the dry-in installation with the approved plans and applicable project requirements.
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