How much does a funeral cost?

[geminisnake]

get measured up! I fucking would! it's not morbid. it's practical

I know but I just tried to engage hubby about it and he won't talk about it

Think I'll just go get me some tongue & groove and do it myself

 

[sojourner]

I know but I just tried to engage hubby about it and he won't talk about it

Think I'll just go get me some tongue & groove and do it myself

isn't that what we should all do?

fuck it - i'm gonna measure myself for a coffin tomorrow

 

[Annierak]

isn't that what we should all do?

fuck it - i'm gonna measure myself for a coffin tomorrow

I always wanted a coffin for a bed but my mum wouldn't let me have one

 

[sojourner]

I always wanted a coffin for a bed but my mum wouldn't let me have one

Are you STILL not over the goth phase?

anyway, fuck off derailing this thread

 

[Annierak]

Are you STILL not over the goth phase?

anyway, fuck off derailing this thread

I'm talking teenage years here during my 'Daughter of darkness' phase. I've grown out of it now

Yeh, i'll fuckoff

 

[pogofish]

Ditto, I mentioned it yrs ago and got told off for being morbid but why not?? Hubby is a joiner for goodness sake, why pay extra when I could go down the timberyard and get enough wood for both of us for about £100??

It is a bit more than just wood - IIRC there is actually a standard that coffins must comply with, depending on the purpose they are intended for - a cremation coffin being the lowest but where one is going in the ground, they have to be sturdy enough to remain leakproof for several years & for longer still if they are going in a vault etc. Even where cardboard is concerned.

Most coffins in the UK are made from chipboard & plastic now apparently so it can't be that high.

 

[sojourner]

It is a bit more than just wood - IIRC there is actually a standard that coffins must comply with, depending on the purpose they are intended for - a cremation coffin being the lowest but where one is going in the ground, they have to be sturdy enough to remain leakproof for several years & for longer still if they are going in a vault etc. Even where cardboard is concerned.

where do you find this info?

 

[pogofish]

mmm

fancy posting up some links mate?

and owt you might have about rules and regs

i really don't think you should have to pay a small fortune for burying/cremating someone

This is OTOH from @two years ago - Any links will be on my old machine that is sitting through the house.

 

[pogofish]

where do you find this info?

I'm remembering it from the reporting of the court case about the cardboard coffins - The funeral trade really tried hard to block them/DIY funerals when they first became practical (late 90s?) Looked like a big threat to threat to their moneymaker?

 

[spanglechick]

Innit, the same goes for claiming that bereavment benefit.

anyway, it all pales into insignificance cos she's decided she want a big eff off piece of Moorcroft to keep him in (my idea, tbf) - and that's going to cost way more than they'd have stung us for an urn.

 

[pogofish]

Gulp:

http://www.colourfulcoffins.com/images/gallery_new/002_check_and_dogs.jpg


Hmmm:

http://www.colourfulcoffins.com/images/gallery_new/002_brickwall.jpg


They do a "Hawkwind" coffin!

http://www.colourfulcoffins.com/images/gallery_new/002_rock_and_roll_hawkwind.jpg

 

[sheothebudworths]

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=178812&highlight=green+burial

(madamv is always very helpful on these matters, btw! )


I thought Stig did a thread about green burials too, but I can't find it ...I'm sure it was on that one that drfranni wrote about her mum saying they ought not to make a fuss and that she'd like to be driven to the crematorium in a hackney carraige and drfranni saying to her 'You'll have a hessian sack and a minicab and be grateful!'...or something like that...

 

[pogofish]

Article here on natural funerals but it is very out of date:

http://www.globalideasbank.org/w2go/WTG-4.HTML

£3k just to dig a grave in Highgate!

 

[geminisnake]

It is a bit more than just wood - IIRC there is actually a standard that coffins must comply with, depending on the purpose they are intended for

It's for going in the fire

I ain't getting cremated in feffing chipboard!!!

I just googled DIY coffins and I'm away to read a bit more about it. Loads of info!!

This is what I'm reading just now soj.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/relationships/coping_with_grief/practicalissues_diyfuneral.shtml

 

[pogofish]

It's for going in the fire

How about a skip then:

Yes, seems the UK's largest source of environmental mercury pollution is from the crap materials used for coffins.

 

[pogofish]

Funeral benifit info here:

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/jcp/Customers/WorkingAgeBenefits/008260.xml.html

You or your partner must get one of the following benefits.
Income Support
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Pension Credit
Working Tax Credit which includes a disability or severe disability element
Child Tax Credit at a rate higher than the family element
Housing Benefit
Council Tax Benefit

<snip>

This includes:
the necessary costs of burial or cremation fees
a new burial plot (if a burial is chosen)
certain other expenses, and
up to £700 for any other funeral expenses like funeral director’s fees, a coffin or flowers.

We may take off an amount for:
any assets of the person who has died available to you or a member of your family
any lump sum from a pre-paid funeral plan or insurance policy payout, and
costs paid by a charity, relative or other grant.
What are the benefit rates?

Social Fund Funeral Payment covers the necessary cost of specified items or services plus up to £700 for other funeral expenses.

 

[friedaweed]

Mines going to cost about 2k. 1200 for the box and burning 800 behind the bar for a good send-off. I've priced up all my kit with price stickers and if people pay me for what my left-overs are worth then i should break even.

My brother asked me only last week if he could have my Martin guitar when i popped it. We agreed on £500 cash

You have to have these things covered ime