ᐅ Air intake in a light well?

Hello,

we will install a ventilation system from Pluggit, which will be located in the basement.
The supply and exhaust air are planned to be routed through an opening in the basement wall that ends in a small light well. Is this a feasible approach? I am a bit concerned about the supply air coming in below ground level.
Also, it seems to me that the supply and exhaust air openings are quite close together.
Are there any regulations or guidelines that the construction company must follow regarding this?

Good luck,
daniels87

We have something similar, although our air shafts are about the same size as your window well...

Did you misunderstand something? The fresh air is drawn in through a separate duct. The air for the heat pump comes through a light well.

I would choose the position of the fresh air intake carefully, for example on the north side and not near the chimney.

We have a central ventilation system from Zehnder installed in the basement, with supply and exhaust air each conducted through a light well, so below ground level. This works really well. I understood the OP’s question to be about the ventilation system, not about a heat pump.

Sandy1973 schrieb:
We have a central ventilation system from Zehnder installed in the basement, with supply and exhaust air each routed through a light well, so below ground level. It works excellently. I understood the original poster’s question was about the ventilation system, not about a heat pump.

Exactly! I mean the controlled residential ventilation system. Are there any issues with icing up at the exhaust air shaft?

Freezing – I can’t make a statement on that. We’ve only been using it since spring. Our architect designed it this way and implemented it similarly in other construction projects. Supposedly, it works like that, even in winter.