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?

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Originally Posted by tunay1

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?

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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

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Originally Posted by tunay1

no, looks organic

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

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Originally Posted by speedball1

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

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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