At the end of a loved one's cremation services in Taylorsville, UT, you and your family will receive their cremated remains back. From there, you'll be able to do almost anything that you want with the remains. You can take them home and display them in an urn. You can also bring them to a cemetery and bury them there or scatter them in a place that was extra special to your loved one. Before you get the remains back, though, you may be wondering how much they're going to weigh. Get your answer below. 

Most cremated remains will weigh between 4 and 8 pounds. 

On average, a person's cremated remains are going to weigh somewhere between 4 and 8 pounds at the conclusion of their Taylorsville, UT cremation. This is because the only thing that will be left of a person following their cremation will be bone fragments from their body. These bone fragments will then be ground up and processed to make them all small and uniform in size. They should be very easy to transport since they won't weigh much at all. 

Some people's remains will weigh less than 4 pounds. 

The exact weight of a person's remains will depend on their height and weight. For this reason, it isn't all that uncommon for some people's remains to come in at under 4 pounds. If, for example, a person was short and petite, their remains might not get up to 4 pounds. Or if the person who was cremated was still a child, this might be another time when their remains will weigh less than 4 pounds. 

Other people's remains will weigh more than 8 pounds. 

It isn't exactly a secret that many Americans weigh more than people used to. The average diet in the U.S. has changed, and that has resulted in some people being much taller and heavier than they were once upon a time. Because of this, there are some people who will have remains that will weigh more than 8 pounds. If a person was over 6 feet tall and more than 300 pounds, that would be a good example of a time when their remains might weigh over 8 pounds when everything is all said and done. 

A funeral home should be able to tell you how much a loved one's remains will weigh. 

If you're curious as to how much a loved one's remains will weigh, you shouldn't be shy about asking a cremation specialist from a funeral home to break it down for you. They'll have enough experience to take one look at your loved one and tell you approximately how much their remains will weigh. This might help you decide which cremation urn you're going to buy for them. It can help you avoid purchasing an urn that isn't going to be big enough to fit all your loved one's remains. 

Our funeral home has carried out our fair share of Taylorsville, UT cremations over time, so we should be able to tell you how much your loved one's remains will weigh. We can also answer any other questions you might have about cremating a loved one. Give us a call today to get the answers you're looking for.