Thank you. Well done with respect. ☮

Thank you for the " mounds " in the bottom of the grave as it certainly helps us funeral assistance workers remove the lowering tapes from the lowering device when the casket is in the grave . Same in Australia 🇦🇺 appreciate your work 👍

As a former director of a cemetery, graves are typically no deeper than 5' because OSHA requires shoring like they would for a ditch. Technically, a grave is a short narrow ditch and cave ins are common and any depth deeper than 5' could place the grave digger in serious danger. Grave vaults at that level will not typically be affected by frost "heave" as most places in the continental U.S. have a frost depth of 4' or less.

Love your cross at the bottom!

If the cemetary allows for double depth burials, then a family member's vault can be placed on top of another vault when their time comes. Even then the bottom of the initial grave may be about 7 ft 6 inches to 8 ft deep

back in the 70's I helped dig graves by hand and we went to about 5 feet unless there was a concrete vault and we always put mounds at the bottom to be able to remove the lowering straps

My dad and I dug graves in the 1970's by hand. Shovel, Maddock and digging bar. We always tried to be six feet. but the one cemetery we dug graves in was very rocky, so sometimes they would be a bit shallow.

Also, depending on the soil, without vaults, over decades not only do the chemicals from decomposition “percolate “ to the surface, but skeletal remains begin to “float” up (inches) especially very sandy soil. source: participated in an archaeological excavation of a 15th century cemetery. Taking down the first 18” and smoothing the surface you could clearly see where the bodies were below from the different colors of the soil. Looked like chocolate milkshakes had been poured on the ground in body shapes. Very weird.

Thank You Sir! That just means that my loved ones are a little closer to me!

Awesome tutorial You are truly a master and care about your work. Thanks for what you do! My grandfather who was a lfde was always a wilbert vault was the best. !

Well spoken and informative. Didn't say LIKE once!

Good job mate. I seem to remember reading that the reason for a 6 foot grave goes back to a king of England sometime making a declaration during one of the bubonic or black plague sort of thing to prevent people getting sick………. Basically, they worked out that when healthy people came into contact with sick people they ended up getting sick And bodies were not being buried deep enough to keep them happy about cleanliness……… But the other reasons you gave are true as well

Barry, the dead is a business plain and simple. I wish there was a channel that explored this and the undertaking business more. It’s something most people don’t know a lot about and we pay a ton of money for their services.

Have you ever heard of jetting the the grave I was going to have a grave ledger installed for myself and I asked what would happen when I pass and they go to lay the ledger back in place. The monument company pours 3 concrete supports (like a post hole size) from the vault capris to just below the surface to keep the ledger from sinking. In my case the monument company said I should make arrangements to have the grave jetted with water to settle the soil.

Well, graves were also deeper because of freeze and thaw. Depending on your climate, you want the casket or vault deep enough so that it is sitting on soil that is well below the annual freeze and thaw so that the grave does not heave over time. Families always wanted the body within to be below the freeze and thaw line as well.

So do the roots of those large trees affect the burial vaults as they grow? I know that roots can penetrate a whole lot of stuff. Are they able to push a vault as they can a concrete sidewalk, even compromise or penetrate it?

Without vaults yes 6 feet deep I used to be a grave digger working for a funeral home

This is very interesting . . . I had no idea!

Shovel deep I worked for a cemetery when I was in high school and once the backhoe was done we would stick a Shovel down into the hole to check it.

Informative. Thank You. When my Mom passed 10 years ago last May, I think her grabe was pretty close to 6' to the bottom. She wasn't in one of those expensive vaults. She was in a 22 gauge Batesville casket but, I think the "vault" was some sort of thing with a plastic base and thick plastic over shell as I'm recalling. I've often wondered before, about the depth the vault lid or casket lid without a vault. Thinking of measurements, I always guestimated it wasn't much more than a couple of feet. By way, that plastic vault thing.....is that the going trend?

Thanks for your education on this Aus.

What is the depth for stacking vaults?

There is a casket manufacturer in my hometown. We call it the Underground Sofa Co.

What do you do with the extra dirt from when you create the grave? I assume that after placing the grave liner and casket in the ground and covering it with the soil, you'll have about 1.5 to 2 feet of soil left over.

I heard of a body being stolen about 10 years ago or so it might of been longer but I think they had burial vaults back then

Visiting modern cemeteries I often think that the headstones are too close together to accommodate the vault. Are vaults buried at staggered depths to fit more in a limited space? When a new grave is dug are the sides of previous buried vaults exposed?

What about Jewish funerals? I've been to a Jewish funeral. Thank you for the cross. Nice to know to see others with the same perspective.

As beautiful as some Wilbert vaults are, I think I would place it in my living room as a conversation piece.

Ive seen one that was 4ft deep. Cemetery guy said digging was very hard soil. My uncles grave was easily 6 ft deep. Just depends. Cemetery guy also told me they had to exhume a lady, to rebury her on a family ranch. Her grave was 11 feet deep. Was only 10 or 15 years, & he didn’t know why so deep.

When i do a full burial i go shovel deep. Cremations 18-24".

Depth of a shovel handle is what I am used to.

In Oklahoma 4’6” is the legal depth

I thought graves were dug by machine these days. Or does it vary depending on the situation and cemetery policy ?

About a Month after my Brother was Buried , There was a yellow jackets bee's nest at the head of the Grave in the ground ?

Bottom seal vaults are best. Top seal vaults will fill up with water. Middle seal vaults will fill half way with water.

Do coffins still need to be in the concrete? why?

I briefly worked at a place that had this one man that was sort of the foreman . The man stole peoples lunches each day . He was caught not much would happen . Anyway that man ended up being a grave robber along with his girlfriend. They wanted the jewelry that the woman's mother was wearing when buried. Glad they got caught and he went to either jail or prison but he got longer then the woman which I found odd because it was the woman who wanted the jewelry . Courts just seem to go easy on the women .

Here in the southern US they’ve been 4’ for years .

a old fashioned farewell😢

I worked as a grave digging for years for the dignity memory. We had our holes 4 1/2 feet.

What about graves with two burials in one grave ?

Here in the UK everyone assumes that people are "six foot under", this is a myth. In 1967 both my Father and brother died within weeks of each other. As my family could not afford a funeral they were buried in a common grave along with two others. My father's coffin lies just 2 feet below ground.

Do all cemeteries require burial vaults?

Burn me….spend all that money to put a casket and vault in the ground? Not happening

My grave is 3ft-13/16in deep so that i can still see the sun come up every morning.

A gravel shovel to dig a hole?

Most importantly, it's cheaper for you.

Good video. Green burial isn't 6’ deep either. Animals don't dig more than 2’ down and you can bury anything that does degrade so grave robbing would be low as well.

great video but how deep are the graves when you have caskets on top of each other

"Golf Courses and Cemeteries; worst waste of prime real estate!" Al Czervik

The question is, were they evern or is it a leftover from vampire hysteria

I tried to edit that post. Evidently, woke Google/KZfaq dod away with that function. I caught my misspelling after the post. I meant grave, NOT grabe.🤣🤣

How bugs can get to u in ur vault and casket

Most graves would fill with water after 4 feet in depth.

When I die, just throw me in the trash, use the money to smoke some marinaras with the fam.

I never knew that

they still commonly are just depends on the cemetary. indiana where i am most ppl dont use grave vault cause of price my parents n brother were buried in caskets 6 feet down. it just depends again on the cemetary.

Aren't burial vaults required by local , state and federal laws? Because I have heard that the local- state- federal laws have said that if the deceased 💀 person when making his or her own funeral arrangements can be fined by the local state and federal authorities for not compling with these rules regulations and laws and could even be sent to prison for what some people say that by not buying a burial vault when making their funeral arrangements that the person or persons are violating these laws and can be both fined and sent to prison for breaking the laws and regulations as well as the requirements set down by local state and federal government authorities, is this true or not? Please send a reply back to me a.s.a.p. thanks.

Wasted families money indeed . Just think of what this total amount of wasted CASH, could help out the family . This person is not there . Vist them many times ,, it’s called your memory .

Different here in UK.....6ft standard.....8ft double.

A Grave Channel? What Will they think of next? Im going to create one about Chicken Wire.

Ten feet for my mother in law.

6 foot was the minimum for not getting the smell when they just buried a casket

0:24 I thought that Christianity believes that the lord not only has jurisdiction, but love over every non-sinner, religious or not.

Back in the day they were that deep was for the smell .

9 feet is better. Lessens the chance of the casket, vault, and body from getting washed away in a flood. This happened in Sac City, IA at Oakland Cemetary. The Raccoon River is too close.

What about military cemeteries. Do they have regulations on Burial depths ?

What about in Texas? What is their depth?

Vaults are a waste. I won’t have one.

You're cute

Graves are the biggest waste of time money and land. What a racket!