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Initially a few scraps of dirt came out of the bath hot tap. Then a veritable gush of dirty water, which then mostly cleared, but with odd scraps of.... ? still appearing.
Suspecting the (old) tap, and limescale or dirt build up, I checked the sink. Same problem.
Suspecting the loft water tank, I tried the cold taps, which were fine (both bathroom cold taps fed from loft tank.
I also looked in the tank: tank cover in place; water clear; tank floor has a (very) thin layer of dirt except immediately beneath the two outflow pipes; the outflow pipes are both a good 3? inches above the bottom; water level is fine (inch or two below overflow pipe).
That leaves the hot water cylinder, which was new about 6 years ago, and the pipes themselves (age unknown but at least 18 years).
Any suggestions?
edit: looking at it, it is dirt rather than limescale.
Suspecting the (old) tap, and limescale or dirt build up, I checked the sink. Same problem.
Suspecting the loft water tank, I tried the cold taps, which were fine (both bathroom cold taps fed from loft tank.
I also looked in the tank: tank cover in place; water clear; tank floor has a (very) thin layer of dirt except immediately beneath the two outflow pipes; the outflow pipes are both a good 3? inches above the bottom; water level is fine (inch or two below overflow pipe).
That leaves the hot water cylinder, which was new about 6 years ago, and the pipes themselves (age unknown but at least 18 years).
Any suggestions?
edit: looking at it, it is dirt rather than limescale.