Posts Tagged ‘Apartment Maintenance’

Can you clean a dirty air filter?

Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Delvala asked:


The filter in my air conditioning/heating unit (in my apartment) is extremely dirty. Maintenance is supposed to come and change them once a month, but I guess they haven’t gotten around to it this month. I plan on getting a new one soon, but I’m wondering - is it possible to clean them somehow, until I get a new one?
I’ve noticed that since it has been dirty, the system is much louder (running the heat OR the a/c). Could this be due to the dirty filter, or may there be something else wrong with the system?

Joan