Print Page | Close Window

Clam shell pool / sand pit

Printed From: OHbaby!
Category: General Chat
Forum Name: General Chat
Forum Description: For mums, dads, parents-to-be, grandparents, friends -- you name it! And you name the topic you want to chat about!
URL: https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36421
Printed Date: 10 July 2025 at 4:52am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.05 - http://www.webwizforums.com


Topic: Clam shell pool / sand pit
Posted By: MrsMojo
Subject: Clam shell pool / sand pit
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 4:27pm
Does anyone know how many litres on sand it would take to fill one of these?

-------------



Replies:
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 4:44pm
If you buy the bags of sand from bunnings you can always keep your receipt and take it back if you don't use it. If you measure the sand pit in cm and how deep you want it you should be able to convert to L on the internet.


Posted By: Jaxnz1
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 5:13pm
We got one at the weekend from Bunnings and I'm pretty sure DH got two bags of the play sand.
It's about half full.

-------------



Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 6:47pm
BUY sand? Pardon my iggo but can you not just borrow some from the beach?

-------------
http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">


Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 7:02pm
i bought two bags and only used one to fill DDs sandpit Jo - if you want the other one feel free to come down and get it! It didn't fill it completely but plenty there to play around with

-------------



Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 8:45pm

That'd be awesome, thanks Susie  Shall I pop down tomorrow evening or would weekend suit better?

MrsH, shame on you.



-------------


Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 8:48pm
tomorrow evening is good - should be back by quarter to 6 (will have to find out where DH has hidden it in the garage)

-------------



Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 10:48pm
Shame on me? It wouldn't be stealing... more like 're-homing'.... and what do you do once you've finished with it? Chuck at the back with the rest of it's earthly bretheren like compost and old plastic chairs.

-------------
http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">


Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 8:24am
MrsH - lol tbh we would probably do the same thing. But we would sift it incase there is dog poo or broken glass or drunk teenagers in it...


Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 8:29am
i think the play sand you buy is different than beach sand. its finer for a start and probably doesnt have yuck in it!
Imagine though if everyone took a sandpit load home every time they visited the beach!

-------------
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">


Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 9:29am
'Take only photos, leave only footprints' lol

-------------


Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 9:38am
In case anyone's looking for one, I saw they had those clam shells on sale at the Warehouse for $16 - I thought that looked like a pretty good deal.

Originally posted by MyLilSquishy MyLilSquishy wrote:

MrsH - lol tbh we would probably do the same thing. But we would sift it incase there is dog poo or broken glass or drunk teenagers in it...


Hahahaha...

-------------



Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:23am
The stuff you buy is heat treated to kill any bugs and sanitise it but seriously it gets dirty in a sand pit and I don't know of one sand pit that hasn't once had a cat poop in it. They are just too tempting and covers get left off. lol.

If only I could rehome a nice new car....lol


Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:24am
I'm sure there was a case back in the UK of a man getting arrested for taking pebbles off a beach for his garden

-------------



Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:26am
oh and just to gross everyone else my DD came up to me last year holding a used condom that she had dug out of the sand. Maybe the sanitised sand is a good idea. hehe

edited to say - at the beach not the sand pit.


Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:26am
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Beach-pebble-pinchers-face-prosecution/article-1963381-detail/article.html - A most henious crime


-------------



Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:50am
kiwi2 - ewwwwwww ohk buying sand!


Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 11:18am
Not borrowing the sand from our beaches, they were closed earlier in the year because something was killing the dogs!

We used 2 bags (from placemakers)... you could easily get away with one though... Despite my protests DH felt it would need 4 so we now have 2 extra bags under the house. We figure in time we will need it...

-------------




Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 12:02pm
yeah, we thought about going to the beach too but just couldn't bring ourselves to do it...what if we all did that? And yes there are very questionable things at the beach

2 bags from bunnings half filled ours ...so maybe get 3? I wouldn't want ours filled all the way to the top, enough sand gets chucked out as it is

-------------
Mum to:
Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz
Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz


Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 4:12pm
Originally posted by kiwi2 kiwi2 wrote:

oh and just to gross everyone else my DD came up to me last year holding a used condom that she had dug out of the sand. Maybe the sanitised sand is a good idea. hehe

edited to say - at the beach not the sand pit.


LOL @ the edit!!

-------------
http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
http://eggsineachbasket.blogspot.com/


Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 4:28pm
We dont borrow our sand from the beach. we get it from the land slip on DPs farm.
its crystal white sand and has quartz particles in it.

and we dont buy crushed rock either, we get that from the quarry on the farm. the local transport company crushes it and takes it away and pays for what they take but we can take what we want too as its our rock.



Print Page | Close Window

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.05 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Copyright ©2001-2022 Web Wiz Ltd. - https://www.webwiz.net