Overflow drain: the other end?

[nutjob]

I've been taking walks through the alleys around the neighborhood, peeking between fence slats at pools and comparing notes.

I see some folks' pool overflow drains connect to a pop-up emitter that lets the water drain into the alley, like this:

My builder left me with this bare pipe:

My question is: is that OK? Around the block I see a few people with pop-up emitters, a few with plastic gratings, and also a few with bare pipes, like mine.

Should I plop on an emitter or a grate—or just not worry about it?

 

[JasonLion]

It doesn't really matter. Some people like the way the popups look better, but all it really is changing is the appearance.

 

[jdp39]

It doesn't really matter. Some people like the way the popups look better, but all it really is changing is the appearance.

And keeping someone's kid from getting a hand or something stuck in it. Last thing you need is to stress test your liability insurance over something simple like that. Open pipes of any variety are just a plain bad idea.