QUALITY

Our snow white play sand is fine, pure, and soft. That's because it's "washed sand" -- surface mined, screened, and washed by machine to remove silt and clay, then allowed to drain. It's finely graded and commercial standard, appropriate for sandboxes in schools, parks, daycares, and even homes. (Washed sand can also be used for fill, to top-dress golf course greens, and as a base for laying brick.)

QUANTITIES AVAILABLE

Nationwide
We ship our snow white play sand anywhere in the continental U.S. The sand is shipped in 50-lb. bags labelled "Play Sand." The price is $8.99 per bag, with a minimum order of 60 bags. 60 bags equals 1.5 tons of weight. These orders are shipped on pallets, via motor freight. For shipping rates, please phone us toll free.

For orders of fewer than 60 bags (1.5 tons), please phone us toll free for pricing information.

Maryland - DC - Virginia
In the MD - DC - VA area, the price is $130/ton. We can bring the snow white play sand to you in our dumptrucks, or you can pick it up at our facility in Boyds, Maryland. (For your information, 1 ton of sand fills about 5 or 6 standard wheelbarrows.)

If you'd like to pick up snow white play sand at our facility in Boyds, Maryland, you can pick up any quantity you would like, as little as 1 shovel-full!

For deliveries in the MD - DC - VA area, the minimum order is 2 tons of sand. There is no maximum order ... no matter how big your play area, we can bring you enough snow white play sand to fill it! We can drop it on your premises or even put it right into your sandbox (for additional charge).

SERVICES

We deliver snow white play sand in the Maryland - Washington, DC - Virginia area, in quantities as small as 2 tons (approximately 20 wheelbarrows). We can drop the sand on your property, or our team of playground professionals can install it in your sandbox for you. We also sell white fun sand at our facility in Boyds, Maryland, by appointment. You can pick up any quantity you would like! For an appointment, just phone us at (301) 840-0707.

DISCUSSION
Is it safe for kids to play in sand?

Recent health reports have drawn a link between prolonged exposure to micro-grains of silica and pulmonary problems. However, there is virtually no risk to children playing outdoors with sand, for the following reasons:

1. Children play with sand outdoors. Outdoor playgrounds are fully ventilated by Mother Nature's winds and breezes. Health studies concerning sand have focused on closed commercial environments, like cement plants and ceramics factories.

2. Children only play with sand for short periods of time. The subjects of health studies that found a health risk from sand exposure inhaled it for decades, for the length of a work shift (usually 8 hours). But a child usually stays on a playground for no more than an hour and has lots of distraction from other play equipment.

3. Grains of sand are much too large to be drawn into the lungs. To pose a health risk, a sand particle has to measure 1/24,000 of an inch. But grains of playground sand are much bigger, measuring about 212 micrometers.

4. Have you ever seen any health warning signs at the beach? No, because they're not there. You probably spent weeks and weeks at the beach in your childhood, but the sand there never hurt you. Quality playground sand is very similar to beach sand (assuming that you don't buy cheap, dusty sand).