"rob" wrote in news:1122988945.426808.208670
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:



I am wondering what to use as the floor of my new sandbox that is under
the kids play system. It is 5' x 5'. Do I want to use landscape fabric,
or make a wood floor? Thanks for the advice. Also, anyone have any
opinions on where to buy sand for the box? How much sand will be needed
to fill a 25 sqft box? What depth should I fill to?

Thanks!
Rob


Odd timing - I'm just starting that project too. Tired of the kids using
the Garden as the "DMZ" or Thomas-the-Tank-Engine-Desert-of-Doom...

Norm's got an approach outlined in one of his books, but I plan on doing
a wood planked floor, then landscape fabric so the water has a place to
drain.

There *are* concerns now of the types of sand you put into the box.
Whether you buy the arguments or not - it should make sense to a
woodworker that any sand that has "dust potential to irritate a little
one's lungs" should probably be avoided. I found this link
http://www.safesand.com/information.htm, but no endorsement of the
content from me.

We're going to use pea gravel.
But there are sands out there targeted for sandboxes. Low silica content
sands.