A hip roof is a roof in which the roof slopes upward from all four exterior walls to meet at a central ridge.
Removing a wall on a hip roof.
Go downstairs or to the basement and see where the wiring plumbing venting etc.
Just to be on the side of caution i would install an 8ft 4x4 directly centered under the splice with lag bolts and remove the vertical.
In this case all you can do is remove the drywall to expose the studs and the utilities in the wall.
The wall you are wanting to remove is not a bearing wall by looking at the framing in the attic and the roof lines of the house.
Enter the main floor.
Lay a strip of 2x4s on the floor run another doubled up strip across the ceiling held in place with nails or screws then jack a pair of steel.
Mosby carpenters were able to remove the wall by installing a new load bearing point artfully disguised as a column and transfer the load of the weight bearing header artfully disguised as a soffit with crown molding to a new grounding point.
Watch this video before.
If they go into the wall you want to demolish they ll have to be relocated before the wall can be completely removed.
There are no gable ends on a building with a hip roof.
Adjustable steel columns also called lally columns or jack posts are the quickest and most effective way to add supports.
In hip roof designs all four exterior walls support the ends of roof rafters so all exterior walls bear a weight load from the roof above them.