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Message: [QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 5700100, member: 5058"] Pretty much anything is possible if you’re willing to spend the money, but in truth, it would require a pretty big effort by my understanding. The walls of the Dome are structurally self supporting. To cut a hole or remove one at minimum means that load (the weight of the panel above the cut) would have to be carried, distributed, and “grounded”. Nothing in place today was designed to carry that additional load. Entirely new structure would have to be installed. That’s tough to do right next to the existing walls that still need “the ground” along with footings and foundations to support them. It’s usually called “underpinning”. IIRC, Miron’s openings to the Dome have rather large beams installed (called a header) above the openings as part of a structural system designed to do what I mention above. [/QUOTE]