Here's the situation. I just moved into an apartment with two roommates (actually three, one is letting his girlfriend live here for free, but that's not relevant to THIS issue). The other two are the "main" roommates who are on the lease. I am not. Naturally, I got the smallest room.
At night when the heat is on there is an unbearable tapping noise from the heating pipe. I think this setup is called "forced air." I read it might be something about the pipes expanding when they get hot or something, IDK. The noise is constant throughout the night at irregular intervals and varying degrees of volume. This noise is only heard in my room. By the way, my room is also by far the hottest room in the apartment. For some reason, all of the heat comes here.
I am a pretty light sleeper. Witthout exaggeration there have been multiple nights (I've only been here a month) that I have not slept. I work an 8 hour job and wake up at 6:30. I need to sleep.
So here's my thinking:
Am I unreasonable for thinking that the problem isn't with me, but with my roommates? As far as I'm concerned they have so many options to handle this situation.
1. We sleep with the heat off at night so I can sleep. They just use extra blankets because they are very cold-phobic.
2. One of them offers to switch rooms with me. They all prefer the heat and I prefer the cold anyway.
3. They /really/ get on the landlord's ass about fixing it. They say they've put in work orders, but the guy hasn't done anything. IMO we should be calling him every hour of every day including weekends until he fixes it. I am not sure about personally calling because of my lease-less situation.
On the other hand, these are what I consider to be my options.
1. I sleep with earplugs. I've tried this. Not only do they not work, but they are also painful to me. I have issues with wax buildup and they have already made it much worse.
2. I sleep on the couch in the living room. But then why the fuck am I paying rent here?
3. I move out. Surely this is the most destructive option, if going by Model UN terms.
Any advice? What is reasonable here?
At night when the heat is on there is an unbearable tapping noise from the heating pipe. I think this setup is called "forced air." I read it might be something about the pipes expanding when they get hot or something, IDK. The noise is constant throughout the night at irregular intervals and varying degrees of volume. This noise is only heard in my room. By the way, my room is also by far the hottest room in the apartment. For some reason, all of the heat comes here.
I am a pretty light sleeper. Witthout exaggeration there have been multiple nights (I've only been here a month) that I have not slept. I work an 8 hour job and wake up at 6:30. I need to sleep.
So here's my thinking:
Am I unreasonable for thinking that the problem isn't with me, but with my roommates? As far as I'm concerned they have so many options to handle this situation.
1. We sleep with the heat off at night so I can sleep. They just use extra blankets because they are very cold-phobic.
2. One of them offers to switch rooms with me. They all prefer the heat and I prefer the cold anyway.
3. They /really/ get on the landlord's ass about fixing it. They say they've put in work orders, but the guy hasn't done anything. IMO we should be calling him every hour of every day including weekends until he fixes it. I am not sure about personally calling because of my lease-less situation.
On the other hand, these are what I consider to be my options.
1. I sleep with earplugs. I've tried this. Not only do they not work, but they are also painful to me. I have issues with wax buildup and they have already made it much worse.
2. I sleep on the couch in the living room. But then why the fuck am I paying rent here?
3. I move out. Surely this is the most destructive option, if going by Model UN terms.
Any advice? What is reasonable here?
