Varsity Cinema

Tuckpointing the multi-color brick wall at the Varsity Cinema in Des Moines, Iowa.

Patterned brick deserves careful pointing. Clean joints keep the pattern readable.

Client:

Design Professional

General Contractor

The Varsity Cinema at 1207 25th Street in Des Moines is a neighborhood theater. Along its walkway is a multi-color brick wall in red, gray and green brick.

We tuckpointed that wall. Patterned brick deserves careful pointing: clean, consistent joints keep the pattern crisp and readable, and sloppy joints blur it.

Good tuckpointing also does the practical job of closing up the open joints so water stays out of the wall.

This is the kind of work we do on commercial and residential buildings in Des Moines: tuckpointing.