Casket Cover Sizes

[mcf]

We have never done many casket covers due to the FH selling them, but are getting more and more requests lately. Therefore, I am re-educating myself on them.

According to TF...

1/2 Caskets range 38"W to 59"W & 27"H to 50"H

What is your average size?

Full Caskets range 59" to 69" & 27"H to 33"H

What's your average size?

(While a casket cover 50" high might be lovely at the funeral home, what will it look like after the casket is placed in the hearse? Calling a few funeral homes tomorrow to ask questions about clearance.)

 

[Tracy D'Amico]

1/2 caskets for the most part here.
Sizing ranges approximately 36"-48" long, 12"-14" tall. We drape in front, so the depth is probably 24" or so, with longer pieces draping in front. That's a tough thing to explain!

Full caskets are usually 4'-5' long, with the same height and depth.

I don't understand the idea that a casket cover is 50" high .... I wonder if they mean deep, from front to back ..... the average height shouldn't be more than 15" or so, for those clearance issues.

 

[clay]

We have never done many casket covers due to the FH selling them, but are getting more and more requests lately. Therefore, I am re-educating myself on them.

According to TF...

1/2 Caskets range 38"W to 59"W & 27"H to 50"H

What is your average size?

Full Caskets range 59" to 69" & 27"H to 33"H

What's your average size?

(While a casket cover 50" high might be lovely at the funeral home, what will it look like after the casket is placed in the hearse? Calling a few funeral homes tomorrow to ask questions about clearance.)

Going from a memory that is aging, the casket lid to the 1/2 casket (meaning the lid that does not open) measures 38" and we design ours where the longest flower/greenry goes to 42" (2" past the end of the lid).

Regarding the height, we use a benchmark of not going over 18" MAX from the top of the casket saddle foam....anything above that hits the ceiling inside the hearse (the last time we checked anyway). Yes, some of the designs above that can look really good....but the funeral directors can really get POed if they can not transport the casket flowers on top of the casket....and have to wedge it somewhere else in the hearse.

 

[mcf]

I don't understand the idea that a casket cover is 50" high .... I wonder if they mean deep, from front to back ..... the average height shouldn't be more than 15" or so, for those clearance issues.

Now I get it. They mean left to right for width & front to back for height. I knew 50" just couldn't be right.

 

[felicityflowers]

Yes, some of the designs above that can look really good....but the funeral directors can really get POed if they can not transport the casket flowers on top of the casket....and have to wedge it somewhere else in the hearse.

Or they just get crammed into the hearse even if they don't fit....I've seen it happen and it's not pretty.

 

[Joe Mioux]

I don't measure, but I can give you some guidelines based on the foliage.

I use emerald as the base greens. One full piece hangs down - front - center.

I generally cut the last row or the last two rows of lateral leaves for the next insertion. That piece of emerald goes on the left side.

For the right side, generally a full piece and angled slightly downward.

For the back, - center - I cut a piece of emerald in half.

That basic size will cover the lower half of the casket.

For a full couch casket spray, I just use full uncut Emerald on the left, right and front.

hth
Joe

 

[AMB]

In this area, full lid (open) caskets are most popular. Our traditionally styled full sprays measure about 6' long. Some of the more stylized casket sprays are shorter in length. Occasionally, a family will choose a single saddle design for display on the fully open casket, mostly in an effort to economize.

We've also been doing more memorial services, with and without cremains displayed. For those we make multiple table arrangements and standing sprays. This trend is being fueled by the rising cost of funerals.