These Are The Outside Containers Into Which The Casket Is Placed. Burial Vaults Are Designed To Protect The Casket And May Be Made Of A Variety Or Combination Of Materials Including Concrete, Stainless Steel, Galvanized Steel, Copper, Bronze, Plastic Or Fiberglass. A Grave Liner Is A Lightweight Version Of A Vault Which Simply Keeps The Grave Surface From Sinking In.
Opening And Closing Can Include Up To And Beyond 50 Or More Separate Services Provided By The Cemetery. Typically, The Opening And Closing Fee Includes Administration And Permanent Record Keeping (determining Ownership, Obtaining Permission And The Completion Of Other Documentation Which May Be Required, Entering The Interment Particulars In The Interment Register, Maintaining All Legal Files); Opening And Closing The Grave (locating The Grave And Laying Out The Boundaries, Excavating And Filling The Interment Space); Installation And Removal Of The Lowering Device; Placement And Removal Of Artificial Grass Dressing And Coco-matting At The Grave Site, Leveling, Tamping, Re-grading And Sodding The Grave Site And Leveling And Re-sodding The Grave If The Earth Settles.
