DIY Funeral & flat pack coffins any advice welcome

Cardew

HugoSP wrote: »

Unless this is cutting edge technology there is no reason why they couldn't be manufactured in the UK, unless the weak dollar of late has put paid to this...

Er - The weak dollar would make them cheaper in UK.

madoldbat

geordie_joe wrote: »

Don't forget to assemble it before you pop off. If you leave it to 'er in doors you'll never get buried

Hi Geordie its er'indoors doing the planning:D .Its hubby who will not talk about this kind of stuff:rolleyes: .
I think your right there is no legal reason it has to be a coffin only tradition.
In the past only the wealthy had them the poor lower orders had a shroud (if funeral cost keep going up we will be going back to that ).
I like the idea of a body bag but agree biodegradable would be much better.
I could be very sick about this and say its a shame there are no large green cones for the dissposal.

HugoSP

Cardew wrote: »

Er - The weak dollar would make them cheaper in UK.

Yes, my point exactly. It may be cheaper for them to manufacture over there and ship, rather than have to pay to manufacture in the UK.

geordie_joe

madoldbat wrote: »

Hi Geordie its er'indoors doing the planning:D .Its hubby who will not talk about this kind of stuff:rolleyes: .

IOn that case take the easy way out, plan to pop of before him and let him sort your coffin out. If nothing else it'll give you an incentive to keep him alive as long as possible

madoldbat wrote: »

I think your right there is no legal reason it has to be a coffin only tradition.
In the past only the wealthy had them the poor lower orders had a shroud (if funeral cost keep going up we will be going back to that ).

Yep, after all coffins are just for show on the day. Nobody sees them after that.

madoldbat wrote: »

I like the idea of a body bag but agree biodegradable would be much better.
I could be very sick about this and say its a shame there are no large green cones for the dissposal.

That's a thought, how long will a body take to rot down?

looby-loo_2

This is from Environ in Leicester. Next day delivery and very realistic. I think I paid £80 inc VAT and delivery

http://www.gwll.org.uk/index.asp?page=150

HugoSP

looby-loo wrote: »

This is from Environ in Leicester. Next day delivery and very realistic. I think I paid £80 inc VAT and delivery

http://www.gwll.org.uk/index.asp?page=150

Look at this as well, slightly off topic but....

http://www.gwll.org.uk/ecohouse

I used to live about 10 minuites walk from there

fluffalo

In the really old days you used to be able to rent a coffin that had a trapdoor in the bottom...you called also rent a mortcloth to cover it to make it look nice for the trip to the churchyard..

Ken68

You could use the freezer at home Mad...cost about £40 a year or free if enough room for the normal stuff.
Set against , say, £1500 funeral costs. :-)

~Chameleon~

You could also have a home burial, assuming you own your own house/land of course and also subject to certain rules and regs, but it certainly is possible!

madoldbat

Thanks for all the replys guys!
Not sure I like the idea of my freezer:rolleyes: the kids and OH would not be able to move house cos they would need to unplug me:eek: :rotfl:
Nor is the garden a good idea we rent and new tennents might not like a lodger in the garden :rotfl:
GJ no way is OH allowed to go before me,Im looking forward to coming back to haunt him;) :rotfl: :rotfl:
Looby like that coffin as you can decorate it:D When I go I whant a bright in your face loud send off lots of colour and music to shake the raffters.So coffin could be deccorated to theam:D
Has for how long it would take a body to decompose in a green cone wonder if any thriller/crime novel fans know?:rotfl: