Casket Selection Room

Caskets

Exclusively Aurora Caskets
We only sell Aurora caskets
because they are of superior
quality and Aurora only sells to
family owned funeral homes.

Gasketed vs. Non-Gasketed

A gasketed casket has a single
piece molded rubber gasket all
around the edge of the casket to
help keep air and water from
getting in or out of the casket. This
is standard on most metal caskets.

A non-gasketed casket does not
have this feature. Air and water will
be able to get in and out of the
casket.
In the case of a wood casket,
wood is porous by nature and so
wood caskets would never be able
to keep out air or water, even with
a gasket.

Apples to Apples
Make sure when you shop around
for caskets that you are comparing
like caskets.
Understand the differences
between materials and metals.
With gauges, the lower the
number, the thicker the metal.
20 Gauge steel - it takes 20
sheets of metal to make one inch
18 Gauge steel - it takes 18
sheets of metal to make one inch
Stainless Steel - Does not rust.
Our stainless is equivalent in
strength to 16 gauge steel.