Removing A Wall On A Hip Roof

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.

Adjustable steel columns also called lally columns or jack posts are the quickest and most effective way to add supports. Watch this video before. When you remove a load bearing wall you need to create a temporary support to bear the weight of the ceiling before removing the wall which will remain until the beam is fully in place. There are no gable ends on a building with a hip roof.

Go downstairs or to the basement and see where the wiring plumbing venting etc. There are two ways to accomplish this. When you have your eye set on removing a load bearing wall you may be thinking of removing the whole wall to turn two rooms into one or maybe just removing a piece of the wall to widen a doorway or create a pass through between rooms. If they go into the wall you want to demolish they ll have to be relocated before the wall can be completely removed.

Enter the main floor. 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. 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. In this case all you can do is remove the drywall to expose the studs and the utilities in the wall.