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Radiator only making racket at night

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mob1345
mob1345 Member Posts: 3
I live in an old apartment build in the 5th floor one floor below the top. My landlord keeps telling me there is nothing wrong with my radiator they have inspected it 4 times but issues persist and they won't try to find out the cause. Mostly in the middle of the night my one radiator bangs like heck wakes everyone up in my apartmentand the apartments around me . But this only.happens a few.nights during the week not every night.what I noticed is on the nights it happens the steam seems to come up with great intensity that air valve on the side is hissing like heck  then it suddenly stops and the radiator starts banging like hell . But on nights when it doesn't bang you don't hear that strong hissing sometimes you don't hear it at all but the radiator get.hot . 
 Another thing I noticed is this is more likely to happen on a much colder night. Last night it wasn't as cold and the radiator  was OK but tonight windchill is around 19 and the radiator  started this is at 2:30 am  sometimes this can go on for nights in a row and sometime multiple  times during the night and you keep getting woken up .Help

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  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,435
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    Is the radiator valve fully open?
  • Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
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    Some picture of the radiator will help. We want to see the piping.
    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab