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View from the study into the atrium
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Finished edges in the new opening
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Cutting the brick opening for the atrium
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Interior view from front door through the building
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Atrium wall without roof
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Upstairs partition walls
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Assistants hoist concrete to fill the voids in the block
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Mason puts the last blocks in place
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Laying out the interior wall partitions
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Raking the joints
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Carpenters frame interior walls
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Masons finish the concrete block wall
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Leveling the floor joists
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Supporting the floor joists as work continues
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View of the second floor atrium opening
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Laying out the new floor joists