On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:11:44 -0500, Rusty Mase wrote:

You need to also be concerned with the age of the children using the
play area as pea gravel could offer a choking hazard. Isn't there
information of this from the toy safety industry?

From the National Program for Playground Safety
http://www.uni.edu/playground/tips/S...uidelines.html

From the National Safety Council
http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/plgrdgen.htm

They say both pea gravel and sand are acceptable. Your comment about
course sand is a good one. Probably much better than fine sand which
tends to pack.

deg