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Vaults & Tombs

Concrete burial vaults, brick tombs, and private family mausoleums, for burial in the ground or above it.

Concrete vaults

Our vault walls taper from 2½ inches thick to 3. The National Concrete Burial Vault Association standard is 1½ inches throughout.

Each vault is poured from high-strength six-bag concrete with synthetic fiber, steel rebar, and a non-porous bonding compound: four kinds of reinforcement in one wall. The heavier build stands up to impact and pressure, and to the freezing and thawing that cracks thinner concrete.

The bonding compound closes the concrete’s pores at the microscopic level, so water can’t work its way through the wall. That is why our vaults don’t need a separate liner.

Lids
Flat-top or beveled top
Sizes
Oversized adult, standard adult, youth, infant, and cremation
Dimensions
Call either yard for the exact measurements of each size
Walls
2½ to 3 inches thick, tapered
Reinforced
High-strength six-bag concrete, synthetic fiber, steel rebar, and a non-porous bonding compound
Vault wall thickness, drawn to scaleA Dauzat vault wall tapers from 2½ inches thick at the top to 3 inches at the bottom. The National Concrete Burial Vault Association standard wall is 1½ inches thick throughout.2½ in.3 in.1½ in.1½ in.Dauzat vault wallAssociation standard
A row of white concrete vaults set on a long poured slab in a cemetery.
Vaults set side by side on a poured slab.
Looking down into an open concrete burial vault.
Inside an open vault.

Brick tombs

Brick tombs are built above ground, with one crypt or several, in the brick color you choose. Their tops and bottoms are poured concrete slabs.

A granite ledger or wrap over the top and sides means less upkeep in the years ahead.

Crypts
Single, double, triple, or more
Brick
Your choice of color
A red brick double tomb with bronze plaques, a granite headstone, and a bench on a wide concrete slab.
A double tomb in red brick, with a bench and bronze plaques.
A charcoal-gray brick tomb with a black granite upright headstone and flowers.
A white brick tomb with a bronze plaque.

Private family mausoleums

Private family mausoleums are available. Call either yard to talk through the size, the stone, and the plot.

A red granite private mausoleum with columns and bronze doors, at the edge of a wooded cemetery.
A gray granite private mausoleum with a dark door and the family name across the top.

Finishing the grave

Most families finish a vault with a few more pieces:

Two concrete vaults on a slab with a wide concrete apron, flowers, a bench, and a solar light.
Two vaults on a slab with a wide apron, a bench, and a solar light.

Talk it through with us

Call either yard, or come walk the rows and see the granite in person.

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