How To Choose The Best Foundation For Your Mausoleum
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How To Choose The Best Foundation For Your Mausoleum
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Earth alone won’t support the weight of this mausoleum. It’s going to take a well-laid foundation to keep it standing up straight for as long as it stands – and that should be centuries!
In this Chapter of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, I’m going to show you how to choose the best foundation for your mausoleum using a deep single layer of concrete with wire mesh.
The foundation of a mausoleum provides a solid support for the base course and mausoleum structure. Without a good foundation, the mausoleum will absorb water and can shift with the ground, causing cracking and tilting.
A high quality foundation has a single layer of 100% high grade concrete, several feet thick…And spread under the entire footprint of the mausoleum. It prevents water from being absorbed into the structure. And keeps it from cracking and tilting when the ground shifts over time. The concrete slab normally rests on a slab of crushed gravel to improve drainage. Wire mesh in the concrete reduces the chance of cracking.
On the other hand, a poor quality mausoleum foundation may be made with poor grade concrete that crumbles and deteriorates over time. It has multiple blocks and is only around the bottom perimeter of the building while the middle is filled with crushed stone – which provides poor support. It can cause the structure to absorb water and shift with ground movement causing cracking and tilting. The foundation may not cover the entire footprint of the mausoleum. And no wire mesh is used to solidify the concrete.
If you want to learn more about high quality mausoleum foundations, just call a mausoleum professional at Rome Monument, and they’ll be happy to answer any question you have.
Next in The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, we’ll look at the importance of having a high quality base course for your mausoleum.
2023 Essential Buyers Guide to Private Family Mausoleums (Full-Length)
Based on Greek and Roman architecture, Classical style mausoleums have perfect proportions, harmony, symmetry, and feature triangular pediments and tall columns supporting horizontal beams.
The balanced and symetrical Classical Revival (Neoclassical) architectural design features a triangular pediment, 4 dramatic Ionic columns, a large interior vestibule and 2 granite memorial benches.
For mausoleum shipping, delivery and installation fees in the US, please call Vince Dioguardi, the Rome Monument mausoleum shipping manager, at 724-770-0100 or email him at info@romemonuments.com, for an exact cost.
Once you commission the design and construction of a mausoleum, one of the Rome Monument mausoleum design consultants will work closely with you and your cemetery to arrange the delivery and installation of your mausoleum.
Browse pictures of high quality mausoleums for sale online or locally at US showroom near you, here.
Rome Monument is mausoleum designer, builder and construction contractor that was founded in 1934 by Michael Dioguardi, Vince Dioguardi's great-grandfather, and John Dioguardi's grandfather.
Vince Dioguardi is the primary mausoleum designer and mausoleum architect for the Rome Monument mausoleum construction company.
Find out why it is so important to hire a mausoleum construction company that designs and builds mausoleums in accordance with strict mausoleum construction standards as set by local, state and federal laws in this video.
Learn how to select your mausoleum designer and builder and find out how to hire a mausoleum construction contractor in this 2023 video.
Individuals, families and cemetery operators can order a high quality granite mausoleum remotely online, by phone or at one of the many Rome Monument showrooms located in the United States.
Rome Monument also delivers high quality granite mausoleums to other businesses or freight company warehouse locations.
What Are Mausoleums? History, Styles, Types & More
A mausoleum is an above-ground, free-standing building that has crypts or any other type of burial compartments to hold remains.
They are found in many cemeteries, yet they vary in size, design, and purpose.
Some mausoleums can hold the remains of one person, while others are capable of carrying the remains of several family members.
Choosing the type of burial to memorialize your loved ones or yourself is a profoundly personal decision.
Burial options offer a valuable outlet to maintain the memories of your loved ones forever.
It can be hard to envision just what a mausoleum looks like if you have never seen one before.
Whether you are considering a community mausoleum, a garden mausoleum, or a private mausoleum, it may help put your mind at ease to see what each looks like in person.
See The Inside And Interior Of A Beautiful Private Family Walk-In Mausoleum Constructed In A Historic Cemetery In New York
In the 2021 video above, you can see the exterior and interior of a private family walk-in mausoleum unmatched in quality and craftsmanship at the time it was constructed.
This classically styled private family mausoleum is located in the Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg, New York which opened in 1869.
Get information on private family mausoleum prices in New York, here.
The Various Types Of Mausoleum Crypts
If you are planning a entombment (burial in a mausoleum crypt), or are planning on entombing cremated remains, you have a number of options.
Types Of Cemetery Mausoleums
Indoor: A shared space where the crypts are located indoors
Garden/outdoor: A shared space where the crypts are located outdoors
Private mausoleums: Private spaces, where the crypts can be located indoors or outdoors
Types Of Mausoleum Crypts
Single crypts: Single crypts are the most common type of crypt in a mausoleum. Single crypts contain the remains of one person in a casket.
Side-by-side crypts: Side-by-side crypts are designed for two people. The caskets are positioned next to each other horizontally, and may each have its own engraved marker or the crypts may share a single large marker.
Companion crypts or end-to-end crypts: Companion crypts are designed for two people, but only take the space of a single crypt. The caskets are lined up “end-to-end” and a single marker is shared. Companion crypts are the mausoleum equivalent of “double depth.”
Westminster family crypts: Sometimes referred to simply as “Westminster crypts” or “family crypts,” this style of crypt can accommodate as many people as you’d like. Sometimes the arrangement is end-to-end crypts stacked on top of each other, and sometimes the arrangement is side-by-side crypts stacked on top of each other. Each person may have his or her own marker, or the crypts may share a single large marker.
Learn How Rome Monument Is Selling, Designing, Building Shipping, Delivering, Setting And Installing High Quality Granite Mausoleums In The US In 2023
The external free-standing building shown here is a stately and magnificent monument that encloses the interment space (burial chamber) for the deceased members of the Pappan family.
If you're thinking about a mausoleum for your family's final resting place, the videos on the American image sharing and social media website, Pinterest.com, are required viewing.
The Estate Mausolem Pictured Above Was Commissioned By the Pappan Family And Designed By Vince Dioguardi And John Dioguardi Of Of Rome Romument
Vince Dioguardi has many years of experience as the lead mausoleum architect in charge of designing stunning granite, bronze and glass buildings, which are located in some of the most beautiful and historic cemeteries in the US.
He has designed and helped build numerous high quality mausoleum buildings in some of the greatest cemeteries in the country.
Rome Monument mausoleum design consultants such as Vince Dioguardi frequently prepare hand drawings and/or CAD design drawings for customers to approve before private and public mausoleums are ordered and built.
Vince Dioguardi and the firm, Rome Monument have been chosen by many cemetery operators and private families to be their general contractor for complex mausoleum building projects.
Vince Dioguardi is normally assisted by his brother-in-law, William Hapach Jr., and at times by his "semi-retired" father John Dioguardi, with the responsibilities and coordination of high profile mausoleum installation projects.
Vince Dioguardi and William Hapach Jr. both provide in-person day-to-day oversight at mausoleum construction sites located throughout the United States while working for Rome Monument and Dio + Co.
Learn how people commission the design and construction of a mausoleum, here.
Vince Dioguardi and William Hapach communicate critical information to customers that have ordered a mausoleum. They also provide important information to cemetery operators, third party mausoleum construction vendors and other parties that are involved during the course of mausoleum construction projects.
A walk-in mausoleum is a private eternal resting place where living family members peacefully reflect and cherish the love they have in their hearts for beloved relatives that have passed away.
Walk-in family mausoleums provide shelter, privacy and comfort to family members that are visiting a grave site to pay their respects to family members that have passed on. The average design and construction time for a private family mausoleum ranges from 3-12 months.
Get ideas for gravesite visitations here or learn what to do when you visit your family's walk-in mausoleum by watching this 2019 video produced by Rome Monument.
The stunning private family mausoleum shown above was installed by Rome Monument mausoleum builders and monumental masons in the Beaver Cemetery located in Beaver, Pennsylvania.
The private family mausoleum pictured above was featured on MentalFloss.com in an article titled "13 Secrets of Tombstone Engravers", which was published on October 31, 2018.
A 4 Crypt Private Mausoleum (Pictured Below) Designed And Handcrafted By Rome Monument Provides The Davis Family With A Final Resting Place On The Grounds Of The Historic Beaver Cemetery
Pictured above and below is an elegant 4 crypt granite mausoleum that was handcrafted by Rome Monument to provide a fitting and tranquil final resting place for the Davis family.
Pictured above and below is a high quality 4 crypt granite family mausoleum that has two side-by-side crypts and two crypts stacked on top of the two crypts on the lower level.
The 4 crypt mausoleum shown here was constructed by Rome Monument artisans using mahogany granite for the structure and black granite for the crypt fronts.
Rome Monument specializes in handcrafting cemetery monuments, private mausoleums and public mausoleums using high quality black granite. See examples designs on Pinterest, here.
This 4 crypt above ground burial vault was commissioned to be custom designed by the Davis family.
In the pictures displayed here you will notice that only Nathan Scott Davis has his name, birth date and death date diamond etched on the front.
Rome Monument designs and constructs private and public mausoleums in historic cemeteris located throughout the United States.
Beaver Cemetery was founded in 1865 by community leaders to provide an area for dignified and proper burial for the townspeople of the day and for future generations.
The community was laid out in 1792 and in 1800 it became the county seat of the newly formed Beaver County.
In the 1800s, Beaver Cemetery was the most popular burial option for celebrated community leaders, business pioneers and architects of the Beaver civic institutions, judges, Pennsylvania senators and Beaver mayors.
Take a gander at historic cemetery monuments disigned and built for famous Americans, who were laid to rest in Beaver Cemetery, some of which were erected by Rome Monument, here.
Take a look at the 2 crypt mausoleum commisioned by U.S. Congressman, Charles Richard Eckert, and who was interred in Beaver Cemetery in 1959, here.
Watch this video, produced by Rome Monument in 2018, to see inside of large mausoleums that were commisioned to memorialize famous Americans, here.
To discuss the design and construction of a 4 crypt mausoleum for your family, feel free to contact Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument at 724-770-0100 or info@romemonuments.com.
In 2023, Rome Monument Is Now Selling Private Mausoleums Custom Made With The Highest Quality Granite To Customers In All 50 States
You can shop at one of the many Rome Monument showrooms in the United States and choose from a large selection. From time to time, Rome Monument offers deals on select mausoleums.
Watch private family mausoleum construction videos and get information on mausoleum designs and prices, here.
Contact Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100 or info@romemonuments.com with your mausoleum design idea.
A 9 Crypt Chapel Style Mausoleum Designed And Built By Rome Monument Is Pictured Below
What Are Private Mausoleums, Public Mausoleums, Columbariums And Cremation Niches?
The term private mausoleum refers to an above-ground final resting place where an individual or multiple family members are buried.
There are different meanings of the phrase private mausoleum.
One connotation of the meaning of a private mausoleum, is that a private "estate" mausoleum is a building for a single family, and as such, is not a public mausoleum where multiple families are buried.
The other primary meaning of the concept of a private mausoleum is that the building has a grand entryway or walk-in door (s), and a vestibule area where mourners stand or sit to reflect, and is therefore a private place in a cemetery.
A single crypt granite mausoleum, which is always built above ground, holds the remains of the deceased in a casket or cremation urn or niche. A 1 crypt mausoleum is also considered to be a private mausoleum because nobody else is buried in the mausoleum.
The base course is a large slab of granite that rests on the concrete foundation, supporting the weight of the mausoleum and keeping it off the wet, unstable ground.
A Classically Designed Single Crypt Mausoleum Designed Constructed By Rome Monument Is Pictured Below
Pictured above is a single crypt granite mausoleum that was built to memorialize Frank Hanley Morrow (March 2, 1917 to August 16, 1999) by the Rome Monument mausoleum construction company.
Rome Monument designs and builds both private mausoleums and public (community) mausoleums on behalf of individuals, families and cemetery owners located in almost every state.
A twenty crypt private mausoleum built by Rome Monument is pictured here. This amazing mausoleum features a flat roof, a tiffany grey granite roof and base course and cameo rose granite walls.
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph.
A public mausoleum or community mausoleum, is a very sturdy above ground building that is used to memorialize multiple individuals from different families. Public mausoleums can hold caskets or cremated remains, or both.
Private walk-in mausoleums feature a secure indoor enclosure that remains clean and dry without ever letting the casket or vault come in contact with the earth.
In contrast to a private mausoleum, pictured below is a public community cremation niche mausoleum that holds the remains of deceased individuals from multiple families. Cremated remains can be buried in columbarium.
The Columbarium (Pictured Below) With Niches Where Funeral Urns Are Stored Was Designed By Vince Dioguardi And Was Built By Rome Monument
A columbarium is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns, holding cremated remains of the deceased.
Browse pictures of Rome Monument columbariums with niches for cremated remains used by families, churches and cemeteries, here.
Columbariums are structures designed specifically to house cremated remains. A columbarium can be an indoor structure or an outdoor garden-style building, they can either be public or private.
Although they resemble a mausoleum, columbariums differ in the fact that only cremated remains are stored there. Columbariums can be very simple or quite ornate, it depends on the style of the cemetery.
Similar to mausoleums, columbariums can either be in public buildings or private family rooms. Community or public columbariums may be indoor or outdoor buildings that host cremated remains for everyone.
On the other hand, private columbarium rooms are private spaces dedicated for one family. These are entirely independent rooms that can be customized with features such as stained glass, unique materials, and more. Private rooms can accommodate as many members of a family.
A columbarium is made up of all the cremation niches it holds. Cremation niches are used to house the cremation urns and just as mausoleum crypts, they come in different styles and options.
A single niche is a personalized cremation niche that holds one urn. A companion niche holds two cremation urns and are often available in either side-by-side or tandem configurations.
View pictures of family mausoleums and columbariums built by Rome Monument, here.
View pictures of cemetery structures for cremated remains designed and built by Rome Monument, here.
View pictures of vaults, tombs and crypts for cremated remains, here.
Check out pictures of columbarium and mausoleum niche designs, here.
A 2 Person "Companion" Mausoleum Designed And Constructed By Rome Monument For A Husband And Wife Is Pictured Below
Pictured above is a 2 person granite private mausoleum designed and built by Rome Monument at the request of Donal and Marian Hildman.
In Chapter 2 of The Essential Buyers Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn about the types and prices of mausoleums for sale. There are three basic types of mausoleums: Above Ground Burial Vaults, Garden or outdoor Mausoleums, and estate walk-in and non-walk-in mausoleum buildings.
How Private Mausoleums Are Commissioned, Designed, Built, Delivered And Constructed By Rome Monument In The United States In 2023
For an overview explaining how iconic high-quality granite mausoleums are ordered, designed, pre-built, delivered and constructed on-site in the U.S., watch this YouTube video.
In this video, Rome Monument shows you how to tell the difference between high quality mausoleum and low quality mausoleum design and construction. In addition to a superior, professional design, the quality of a mausoleum depends on such factors as the reputation of the granite quarry, the quality of the granite, foundation, base course, side walls, roof and joints, among other construction elements.
Vince Dioguardi Designs Custom Mausoleums With Laser Etched Portraits, Images And Scenes
Pictured above is a 2 crypt private mausoleum that was designed by Vince Dioguardi on behalf of Joseph John Betters and his wife Ann.
In Chapter 9 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you'll learn how personalized etchings and engravings offer families an opportunity to memorialize the life and journey through life of an individual or family. You'll learn about the engraving process of cutting lettering, symbols, images, and artwork into the granite to create deep impressions. Etching makes shallower cuts and can create more detailed designs. Hand etching and laser etching are used for cutting granite.
Rome Monument's mausoleum designer, Vince Dioguardi creates high-end, custom mausoleums with laser etched portraits by using CAD software and a CNC laser engraving machine.
The professionals at Rome Monument, and it's luxury brand monument manufacturing company, Dio + Co., are experts at carving and etching personalized funerary art, including the finest details in stone relief.
Pictured below is a side-by-side double crypt mausoleum designed and built by Rome Monument to memorialize Theodore C. Inman and his wife Bette.
In addition to a superior, professional design, the quality of a mausoleum depends on such factors as the reputation of the granite quarry, the quality of the granite, foundation, base course, side walls, roof and joints, among other construction elements.
The new columbarium section is located near the main entrance of the chapel with 616 new niches. The blessing took place under a strong sun that illuminated the space where the cremains of parishioners of the church would have eternal rest. According to Monsignor Clay, Catholics are increasingly choosing to be cremated. This has been particularly true since the onset of the pandemic. In 1997, the Catholic Church in the United States, with the approval of the Vatican, published guidelines to assist parishes and the families in the proper and reverent treatment of cremains. One of the main reasons why Catholics are choosing cremation is because it is seen as a more affordable option.
In 2023, Vince Dioguardi Is Designing Numerous Private Mausoleums For Prominent Families In The United States
To design and build these stately walk-in style buildings on behalf of renowned U.S. families, Vince Dioguardi collaborates with client representatives, cemetery managers, burial park operators, public memorial garden personnel and columbarium and cremation niche providers.
Some of Vince Dioguardi's mausolem designs and cemetry monuments can be very elaborate. “Whatever that consumer can think of that they want to do, we can design it,” Dioguardi explains. That goes for the industry as a whole, not just his firm. “There’s a monument in Vermont that it’s a full scale Mercedes-Benz [made] out of a single block of granite,” he describes. The only thing that truly limits what kind of memorial you can design for your loved one is your budget— and your imagination.
The guy in Vermont who was memorized with a giant Mercedes-Benz sculpture isn’t a total outlier—a fair number of people ask to somehow incorporate cars or trucks. Many of Dioguardi’s clients request private mausoleums and memorials that incorporate themes like faith, family, hobbies, and career.
Vince Dioguardi, President Of the Rome Monument Mausoleum Construction Firm, Designs and Oversees The Construction Of 2 Person And Multi Crypt Mausoleums For Proud Families Located Throughout The United States
About The 2 Crypt (Double or Companion) Mausoleum Pictured Above
Pictured above is a beautiful 2 crypt granite mausoleum that was designed by Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument, at the request of A. Leonard and Lois E. Kayafas, who are husband and wife.
The final resting place shown above is sits peacefully in the historic Beavery Cemetery in Beaver, PA.
The double mausoleum rests amid the beauty of stately trees sits an area landmark with winding roads and intriguing monuments standing in tribute to the persons who contributed to the history and destiny of this area.
The companion mausoleum shown above was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Kayafas while they were both still alive.
Check out Rome Monument's line of black granite 2 crypt mausoleums, here.
Vince Dioguardi Is One Of The Top Mausoleum Designers In The United States
In Chapter 25 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, we’ll give you some tips on how to find the right company to buy your mausoleum from. Since there aren’t many companies that make mausoleums in the US., it’s likely you’ll be working with an out-of-town company, but a good company is used to working remotely with clients and is willing to install a mausoleum anywhere in the U.S.
In Chapter 25 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, we’ll give you some tips on how to find the right company to buy your mausoleum from. Since there aren’t many companies that make mausoleums in the US., it’s likely you’ll be working with an out-of-town company, but a good company is used to working remotely with clients and is willing to install a mausoleum anywhere in the U.S.
Pictured below is a companion crypt (2 crypt) private mausoleum designed, built and installed by Vince Dioguardi and the Rome Monument craftsmen to memorialize Jerry and Anna Vuletic.
In 2022, Vince Dioguardi collaborated in-person and remotely with every client that commissioned the construction of Rome Monument mausoleum, while also providing oversight to the project's stakeholders.
Dioguardi estimates that crafting a memorial takes around eight to 10 weeks at his company, although custom mausoleums normally can take 6 months to a year to design and build. First, however, customers typically meet with Mr. Dioguardi in person or online in video meetings, where they learn about the mausolem construction process, talk about mausolem design ideas, decide on something, and finally come up with a mausoleum quote and contract.
Not only does Vince Dioguardi create the actual CAD drawings of the mausoleums for customer approval, but he also works efficiently with cemetery owners, general contractors and subcontractors to ensure that the customer's final resting place met Rome Monument's rigorous mausoleum quality standards.
In contrast to public cemetery monuments, these above ground granite structures built by Rome Monument, provide a private and serene place for mourners to visit the graves of their loved ones. They are constructed on-site throughout North America by Rome Monument mausoleum builders.
To begin the process of commissioning the construction of a custom 2 crypt mausoleum for you and your spouse, call Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument at 724-770-0100, extension # 3 between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm (EST), Monday through Friday, or 9:00 am to noon on Saturday. Mr. Dioguardi designs custom mausoleums in his office at the Rome Monument main office, located at 300 W. Park Street in Rochester, Pennsylvania.
Rome Monument Designs And Builds Custom 4 Crypt Granite Mausoleums And Helps Customers Choose A Good Cemetery For Mausoleum Burials
Pictured above is a 4 crypt granite mausoleum that Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument designed for the Anderson family. Rome Monument sells and installs 4 crypt granite mausoleums throughout the United States. You can buy a 4 crypt mausoleums with prices starting at $40K (setting, crane rental and installation not included).
Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument designed a 4 crypt mausoeum for the Pollack family. Two crypts are side-by-side and two crypts are stacked on top. It was built by Rome Monument using mahogany granite and installed in December of 1999 at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh, PA.
A walk-in 4 crypt mausoleum designed and built with Tiffany grey granite by Rome Monument is pictured here.
How To Choose A Good Cemetery For Your Mausoleum Burial
In Chapter 7 of the Essential Buyer’s Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn how to choose a good cemetery for your mausoleum burial. We’ll discuss cemetery type, location, and rules and costs. every cemetery has rules and regulations about what types of memorials they allow and where they can be placed. And that includes mausoleums.
In Chapter 8 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn why planning ahead for your mausoleum - in advance of the passing of any family members – is a smart decision. You’ll learn how to plan, buy and build your custom family mausoleum…and how to buy your cemetery plots and land. When ordering a mausoleum pre-need, you pre-design, pre-plan and pre-pay for a truly high-quality monument prior to a passing and according to everyone’s wishes. If you wait till a family member passes, you’ll be left with difficult decisions on a big investment while in mourning, and could be overwhelmed with funeral arrangements and other post-passing business. Pre-planning ensures that your family gets a mausoleum exactly the way you want it.
Pictured below is a 2 crypt granite mausoleum designed by Vince Dioguardi for Walter R. Kasper and his wife, Margaret O. Kasper. It features a black cross at the top.
You don’t have to leave your gravestone’s design up to the people who outlive you: You can choose something for yourself before you go. “It’s extremely common here,” Dioguardi says. It’s called “pre-need.” That way, there’s no guessing or arguing among your family members about what you might want—it’s already determined.
Rome Monument pre-need programs enables individual and families to purchase a customized mausoleum before a funeral and burial occurs and pre-arrange the installation of the mausoleum in the cemetery in advance. Find out why customers order a mausoleum from Rome Monument before burials occur, here.
“A lot of consumers think this is all machinery-based,” Dioguardi says, but not all firms rely entirely on stencils and computers. Rome Monument uses an automated sandblaster for lettering, but also uses chisels and other tools to create mausoleums by hand. If a family comes in and asks for a mausoleum with a rose on it, one of their sculptors will actually carve that rose into the granite freehand.
The professionals at Rome Monument, and it's luxury brand monument manufacturing company, Dio + Co., are experts at carving and etching personalized funerary art, including the finest details in stone relief. Vince Dioguardi, the Rome Monument mausoleum designer, is an expert at producing high-end, custom mausoleums with laser etched portraits.
These mausoleums often include a framed photograph or cameo of the deceased on the headstones, monuments, or gravestones we're creating. Vince uses design software that incorporates different fonts, photographs, and religious symbolism. Rome Monument deliver to cemeteries and other locations nationwide.
What Is A Mausoleum Exactly?
Mausoleums are above ground structures that contain the crypt or crypts of the deceased. They can be as simple as a granite “butter dish”-style mausoleum that is just large enough to cover a coffin or casket. Private family mausoleums refer to any style of mausoleum that hold the bodies and remains of the family that personally commissioned the design and building of the mausoleum. Mausoleums can be built by a quality mausoleum company in any style you prefer.
In Chapter 3 of The Essential Buyers Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn about some mausoleum design styles and 2023 costs for private family mausoleums. A mausoleum company that is quality-driven can advise you on the ideal style for your private family mausoleum based on the number of bodies to be buried there, the cemetery regulations, the location, the cost, and other factors.
Wikipedia defines a mausoleum as an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. Rome Monument designs and builds upscale mausoleums for cemeteries and private property owners using high-quality materials and impeccable construction standards.
A mausoleum is a free-standing cemetery building that contains the grave, tomb, or burial chamber of your loved one.
A chapel mausoleum is a walk-in mausoleum that features a private indoor area with one or more rooms. Take a look at a stately chapel mausoleum designed and constructed by Rome Monument, here. It is a two crypt family private chapel roof mausoleum with a glass side window. Vince Dioguardi designed it to feature Tiffany grey granite. The size of this chapel mausoleum is 15'-0" x 14'-5" x 15'-11".
The meaning of the word mausoleum describes a large tomb which is usually a stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground. Rome Monument is anationally recognized mausoleum construction company, mausoleum contractor, mausoleum builder and installer.
Rome Monument is a 5th generation mausoleum manufacturing company with over 89 years of experience as high-quality private family mausoleum contractor for cemeteries, private property owners and memorial parks.
In Chapter 8 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn why planning ahead for your mausoleum - in advance of the passing of any family members – is a smart decision. You’ll learn how to plan, buy and build your custom family mausoleum…and how to buy your cemetery plots and land. When ordering a mausoleum pre-need, you pre-design, pre-plan and pre-pay for a truly high-quality monument prior to a passing and according to everyone’s wishes. If you wait till a family member passes, you’ll be left with difficult decisions on a big investment while in mourning, and could be overwhelmed with funeral arrangements and other post-passing business. Pre-planning ensures that your family gets a mausoleum exactly the way you want it.
Co-Design Your Personal Or Family Mausoleum Hand-In-Hand With Vince Dioguardi
Vincent Dioguardi is a remarkable person. He is friendly, honest, fun to talk with and a very talented mausoleum designer. Vince also works as the Rome Monument mausoleum construction manager. He flies all over the United States every year to manage the delivery and installation of the high-end mausoleums he designs and that his firm builds.
1) Rome takes the time to educate every customer on every aspect of the design and what their options are.
2) Rome’s mausoleum artists come up with an initial CAD design which we go over with you, and make any changes and adjustments you need made.
3) When the final design is approved, we begin the process of building the mausoleum.
4) You choose all the materials, including the granite. We’ll visit the Rome Granite Warehouse with thousands of world’s most beautiful granite slabs. It’s one of the largest in America.
5) From here, the granite goes next door to the Rome production facility. We’ll visit the plant where hundreds of headstones and mausoleums are designed and constructed each year, each one of the highest quality, using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship.
6) Certified master carvers and craftspeople cut the granite to size, sculpt, hand etch, letter, polish and sandblast to achieve a perfect mausoleum slab or accessory.
7) When it’s complete, we either store the mausoleum in the warehouse for future assembly at the cemetery, or deliver it to your cemetery anywhere in the continental United States.
8) The foundation for the mausoleum is laid in advance of the setting.
9) The mausoleum is installed and the plot is landscaped
To view a list of each of the 27 chapters of the Buyers Guide, the full-length video (all chapters), and the condensed version of the full-length video, go to https://www.romemonuments.com/Mausoleum-Buyers-Guide.
Watch how a 2 crypt mausoleum is installed in a cemetery in this video where you’ll follow the installation of a two-crypt private family mausoleum from the time it is hoisted onto the flatbed at the Rome Monument Artisan Center in Monaca, Pennsylvania, to when it is lowered onto its foundation at the Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
At the cemetery, a large crane lifts the monument from its flatbed to the plot.
The mausoleum is lowered onto cubes of dry ice to prevent breakage. As the dry ice melts, the mausoleum lowers onto the concrete pad where the joint between the mausoleum and foundation are sealed and waterproofed. Granite columns and engraved inscriptions were added at a later date by the Rome mausoleum artists and builders.
Pictured below is 2 crypt mausoleum constructed by Rome Monument after is was commissioned by Edmund and Rosemary Hill.
TheRome Monument craftsmanare experts at stone cutting, sculpting and etching funerary art, including the finest details in stone relief. Rome Monument was founded by stone craftsman Michael Dioguardi, who emigrated from Rome, Italy to Rochester, Pennsylvania in 1930, bringing with him the skills and techniques he learned from Italy’s master sculptors.
In 2023, Rome Monument is now a 5th generation family-owned mausoleum construction business andis considered to be one of America’s leading upscale cemetery memorial design companies.
Luxury mausoleums are often buildings which contain the grave of a famous person or the graves of a wealthy family. The design and construction of a custom mausoleum starts with a remote personal consultation or an in-person meeting with Vince Dioguardi at one the Rome Monument U.S. showrooms or remotely by a Zoom video meeting.
At Rome Monument, Old-World Skills And Stone-Working Artistry Are Used To Create One-Of-A-Kind Mausoleums
Learn how private family mausoleums are built and designed with custom granite etchings and engravings in this 2023 video.
In Chapter 9 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you'll learn how personalized etchings and engravings offer families an opportunity to memorialize the life and journey through life of an individual or family. You'll learn about the engraving process of cutting lettering, symbols, images, and artwork into the granite to create deep impressions. Etching makes shallower cuts and can create more detailed designs. Hand etching and laser etching are used for cutting granite.
Pictured above is a 2 crypt mausoleum that was built by Rome Monument to secure for eternity, the cremated remains of Manuel Sanchez and his wife, Myrtle.
Since 1934, Rome Monument has showcased old-world skills and stone-working artistry to create unique luxury private mausoleums for families located throughout the United States. The Rome Monument mausoleum construction standards are rigorous and meticulous.
Learn how to choose the perfect phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died or an epitaph for a mausoleum in the Rome Monument produced YouTube video titled "How To Choose The Perfect Headstone Saying or Epitaph".
A 2 Crypt Laser Etched Mausoleum Designed And Built By Rome Monument To Memorialize A Married Couple Is Shown Below
Pictured above is 2 crypt mausoleum designed and built by Rome Monument at the bequest of Shirley Shutey and her husband John. It features a laser etched old fashioned golfing scene.
How To Choose A Mausoleum Designer and Builder In The United States
Just because you choose a particular cemetery or funeral home doesn’t mean you have to buy a mausoleum directly from that company. “Cemeteries that do sell memorials make the consumer think that they have to purchase a memorial from the cemetery,” Dioguardi explains, but that isn’t the case.
You can commission a mausoleum from any designer, and then have it delivered and installed in the cemetery of your choice, assuming that they permit mausoleums. Both of Vince Dioguardi's firms, Rome Monument and Dio + Co. design and ship extremely high quality mausoleums to cemeteries all over the country.
A 9 Crypt Private Mausoleum Designed By Vince Dioguardi Is Pictured Below
Dio + Co. Luxury Mausoleums Are Also Designed By Vince Dioguardi
Dio + Co. is fourth-generation family-owned company, that designs, manufactures, and installs a wide variety of luxury mausoleums, gravestones, headstones, tombstones, monuments, memorial benches, granite and bronze memorials, and other stone markers that are placed over graves and burial plots.
Options include single crypt, double crypt, private family multiple crypt, chapel walk-in, garden/outdoor or sepulcher, classically-styled walk-in, vestibule, Westminster family crypts, cemetery owned outdoor, and cemetery owned outdoor walk-in mausoleums.
Mr. Dioguardi and the staff of these two mausoleum construction firms build private and public mausoleums that are completely customized to the client's precise wishes. Both of these mausoleum contractors use high-quality granite, impeccable construction standards, and old-world craftsmanship.
Larger mausoleums designed by Vince Dioguardi can also include additional elements like a chapel or a niche for cremated remains and can be for any number of graves. The shape, style, and color are completely customizable as well as the adornments that accompany the mausoleum.
In Chapter 26 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, we’ll give you a step-by-step guide of how a typical mausoleum purchase works. Most Americans live in communities with cemeteries, but no monument company that makes mausoleums. Since your choice of a company will likely be from out of town, the transaction will likely be done remotely.
Pictured Below Are 3 Different 2 Crypt Mausoleums Designed Handcrafted By Rome Monument For The Betters Family
Get information about how mausoleums are shipped and delivered in the United States,here.
Zoning ordinances should unambiguously state that mausoleum and columbarium usage is consistent with cemetery usage.
Zoning ordinances should not require special use or nonconforming use permits for mausoleum construction and other cemetery-related structures on acreage dedicated for cemetery operation.
In most states, the only restrictions to home mausolem burials on private property, are found in local zoning laws that tell you how and where you can bury the body.
Pictured Below Is A 2 Person Mausoleum Designed And Built By Rome Monument As The Final Resting Place Of George And Donna Suznevichh
In Chapter 24 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, we give you ballpark figures on costs for basic types of mausoleums. Keep in mind, the final cost is determined by factors such as type, size, style, shape, design, ornamentation, number of crypts, and materials used in the mausoleum. These are Rome Monument, current as of 2023, and don’t include freight and installation costs.
Mausoleums For Sale Online And Locally Near You (US Only)
On occassion, Rome Monument mausoleum and monument construction crews help to restore, preserve, maintain and protect famous, historic and working cemeteries in the United States, usually at no charge.
Pictured above is a private 2 crypt mausoleum designed and installed in the cemetery by Rome Monument to memorialize Robert and Margaret Mitchell.
Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument often designs 2 crypt mausoleums for a husband and wife, or for a living couple. Get 2 crypt mausoleum design ideas from Rome Monument on Pinterest.
Learn More About Mausoleums Designed And Constructed In The United States By Rome Monument
Mausoleum Paino urn 02 - Lake View Cemetery - 2014-11-26 (17380040288)
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Mausoleum rotunda 01 - Lake View Cemetery - 2014-11-29 (16449337429), Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
2021-06-26 09 58 22 A wall of mausoleum niches in the Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
2021-06-26 09 59 36 An individual mausoleum niche in the Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Festetics Mausoleum (W), 2016 Hungary
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Miller crypt - mausoleum - Mayfield Cemetery (27627780670), Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Mumtaz Mahal with attendant, See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Père-Lachaise - Columbarium 8153-8194, Stanzilla, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Underground crypt prepped for remains - mausoleum - Mayfield Cemetery (27892942786), Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
