brown water dripping

[herbert]

i recently fitted a bathroom which included a fixed ceiling shower head.

The customer rings me saying when they turn the shower on they dirty (brown) water coming out the head for the first second or so then clears up fine untill the next time. what would you think it was...

 

[Pipes Plumbing]

Rust from inside a rough / poorly made steel shower head or block perhaps...

Guessing that is is going to be something much more interesting, funny or grim though

 

[Dannypipe]

Yeah, it'll be rust from something...is the shower head made from metal or plastic?

More worrying, it could be a steel pipe/ steel union somewhere in the system. Not quite so easy to solve if that is the case...you'd need to track it down and remove it.

 

[easyt]

Is it from a gravity fed immersion tank or combi. I presume not electric

 

[leelister6]

Is it tank fed or from a combi?

 

[easyt]

Is it tank fed or from a combi?

 

[leelister6]

Alrite smartarse, didn't see that 1!

 

[easyt]

It's OK

 

[herbert]

well it was the filter between the shower head and the arm it had gone rusty in about 10 weeks!! how crap's that!

 

[Pipes Plumbing]

That is pretty crap!
Things normally wait until about a week outside the warranty then the customer still wants it fixed for bugger all!

Was it a big name brand or a cheapy?

 

[herbert]

well it was from bath empire 8" LED square shower head (195mm) with next day delivery. Bath Empire the filter is a thimble shape with a rubber waher / 'o' ring on the top its a good job its removable!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

get it changed under the 10 year warranty as per their site. and complain.

 

[easyt]

Ask for an additional spare and make sure customer keeps the info

 

[herbert]

Ask for an additional spare and make sure customer keeps the info

can't go replacing rhe filter every 3 weeks!

 

[easyt]

Hopefully it was just a bad batch

 

[davewill0001]

rust maybe? maybe he should also change the pipes.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

if you read the whole post you will see that the problem has been sorted.

 

[Dannypipe]

Thanks for the conclusion mate, it always bugs me when we're left to wonder.