Maintenance installed an AC filter that is too small
An ill-fitting or incorrectly sized replacement air filter can leave gaps, potentially causing throat irritation for apartment residents. It can also raise safety worries about whether the improper fit might cause a fire or damage the system.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1putting the slightly mis-sized filter in at an angle
- 2forcing the filter to fit as long as the door goes back on
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“In getting a replacement filter this year I realized only once I was going to put this in that it was an inch wider than our previous filters.”source ↗
“I just don't want to cause a fire in the house or any big trouble like that.”source ↗
“A couple of the paper pieces did break is that also going to be a problem?”source ↗
“Hello, maintenance just replaced our AC filter and both people living in the apartment are having throat irritation. Not sure if this could be causing it, but it seems like the filter replacement is too small. Is it too small?”source ↗
“Thank you for this I was stressed because this was always the kind of filter we put in it 😭”source ↗
Where this came up
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