Do they make long caskets for tall people?

There are oversize caskets available, both for width and length. But in over 30 years as a funeral director, I have never known Mt very busy firm to ever order an extra long one. Width, yes. All the way to over double for someone close to 700 pounds.

What is the largest size casket?

Fortunately, for those people, oversize caskets are available in a wide variety of sizes that exceed those dimensions. A typical oversize casket can be up to 90 inches long, 36 inches wide, and 30 inches tall.

What size person needs an oversized casket?

Oversized casket These are usually as long as 90” (2.29 meters) and 36” (1 meter) wide. They can be up to 30” tall. Additionally, anyone who weighs over the standard casket weight limit will need an oversized casket to accommodate. This is typically anyone over 450 lbs.

How much does an oversized casket cost?

Oversized Cloth caskets are priced at $799.

Is there a need for extra large coffins?

Obesity is now a national epidemic in the United States. Not only is there a need for extra large coffins, the average sized coffins are now being made wider from the regular 23 – 24 inches to 27 inches. Although at 27 inches, the larger regular coffins are still able to fit into a standard sized burial plot.

What size coffin fits in a burial plot?

Although at 27 inches, the larger regular coffins are still able to fit into a standard sized burial plot. This is the opposite case for the extra large coffins that require at least 2 burial plots which means the family of the deceased will have to incur higher funeral expenses.

Do legs have to be bent to fit in a coffin?

There were cases in the past where the legs of the deceased had to be bent or folded in order to fit into the regular sized coffin. A wife in Los Angeles decided to file a law suit against a funeral home that had her husbands’ lower body contorted to fit into the coffin which she purchased at $ 5,000.

Why do funeral houses provide over sized coffins?

In this millennium, funeral houses have to provide over sized coffins as wide as 52 inches to prevent the Cincinnati incident from ever occurring again. With the introduction of over sized coffins also known as the Goliath Coffin, many other aspects of the funeral has to be taken into consideration as well.