I've just tried to take a shower and noticed that brown tobacco like material / substance comes out of my shower head, I unscrewed the head and ran the shower with the material occasionally coming out of the hose, what is it, how do İ clean / flush it out?

I've just tried to take a shower and noticed that brown tobacco like material / substance comes out of my shower head, I unscrewed the head and ran the shower with the material occasionally coming out of the hose, what is it, how do İ clean / flush it out?

You have to teach your roommates the shower hose isn't a spitoon... :-)

Actually what it likely is... is rust and sediment. Do you have Iron pipes?

I think smoothy nailed it! If you have a older house with galvanized pipes or if you don't flush your water heater on a regular basis your lines cold be loaded with rust and mineral buildup plus sediment from the water heater. The solution would be to flush out your lines and set a schedule to start flushing your heater. Good luck, Tom

Remove shower head and run water for 5 minutes - both hot and cold. The sediment should clear from your pipes. Question: any recent plumbing work done in your house ?

Back to you. Milo

No, looks organic

no, looks organic
Explain! Why are you saying This? How does it smell? Is it hard or soft? Is it stringy? Let's have more details. Tom

Explain! Why are you saying This? How does it smell? Is it hard or soft? Is it stringy? Let's have more details. Tom

Tom, yes it's soft and stringy, as İ said looks like tobacco.

Do you have a well, cistern, or city water?

No mains water, and tank in the loft