Thread: Crypts?

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I've decided that my major build for next year will be a crypt (well, at least so far).

Framing is not really an issue for me, and I have a plan in place to be able to break it down into flat pieces for storage... my real question is regarding the "covering" of it.

Should I approach it like making a tombstone and attaching the foam siding to it, or have others had success with other means?

Thanks in advance!

I am doing one this year as well, my plan is foam covering.......

I think i would go with a wooden frame and clad the entire thing in blue or pink styro insulation foam. Make the wooden frame so that you can join the pieces together with carriage bolts or wing-nut assemblies for easy knock down and build up next year.The foam can take cutting and routing and carving and, with a coat of light gray primer and some detail, you have a structure that is functional and good looking. The whole thing can be quite rigid depending on your method and can be lit from within or without....you are only then limited by your imagination. I have thought quite a bit of doing one myself in the near future.....who knows?

I have a How To on a wood frame crypt with foamboard walls. My crypt breaks down into flat pieces, except for the front facade. You should check it out for reference at:

Piney Hills Crypt

Drop me a line if you have any questions.

Thanks for that link -- and yes, I do have a mitre saw! I don't know what I'd do around the house without one!

Your pictures were a real help to visually seeing what I visualized (if that makes sense), and I know I can put together the framing so that it can be taken down.

The next question will be the timing. My son is taking a class in theater set production next semester -- amazingly, he's taken to prop production and makeup (go figure) -- so I may have another set of hands with some technical expertise to assist...

I'll certainly post the work in progress!

Looking forward to seeing the end results.

I would use foamboard. that will keep the thing light and ready for storage.

I'll try to build one also in 2010. This place inspired me to got even more ballistic than I ever did. Thanks! (L)

I built a styrofoam mausoleum and I love it. It can come apart and stores nicely. I will actually be hosting a class in the Tutorial and step-by-step section.

Here is a link to my thread for the mausoleum build.

I also have a PDF you can download from my site: Mill Creek Haunted Hollow: Mausoleum Tutorial.

I have made a couple of crypts. The first I made a PVC frame that I could break down for storage. I covered the shell with a black tarp and created a foam facade. This worked well until the "day of high winds". I still fund pieces of it now and then. For my next crypt I used an easy up canopy (10' x 20'). Easy to put up and easy to store. I made a facade of 2" x 4" frame, particleboard and fake brick paneling. WOW was this thing heavy but it did the trick. Unfortunately, there was a second "day of high winds". The easy up was destroyed but the facade is still okay. Here are a few pics: